Conference on the criminalization of migrants (languages: 16th March 2012, Brussels, 09h00 – 16h00 Maison des Associations Internationales (MAI), Rue Washington 40, 1050 BRUXELLES ‘Is is a crime to be a foreigner? We don’t think so.’ This is the last sentence in a dissenting opinion of six judges of the European Court of Human Rights …
On this page the papers presented at the conference will be published as soon as they are available Colombia – 1 Colombia – 2 Dagestan Palestine Philippines Russia Pictures taken at the conference by the official photographer Ripon Ray can be regarded under: Photos – Human Rights Defenders
International Conference 24th February 2012, London in the Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre Post 9/11 and in an age where States continually seek to control their citizens and curtail any challenge to their authority, the challenges faced by those working on behalf of vulnerable people are escalating. In light of this and the increasing …
Düsseldorf / London – February 2012 In 2011 ELDH published two statements concerning the legalization of SORTU (1). ELDH stated that it “regards the foundation of the political party SORTU as opening up a real chance for transition to a peaceful and democratic solution of the conflicts in the Basque Country. This new party SORTU …
REPORT European lawyers have protested all over Europe – in Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bern, Bilbao, Brussels, Düsseldorf, The Hague, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Rome, Seville, and other cities – against unfounded and unlawful arrests and obstruction of lawyers in Turkey. A short report on all activities on 24th January 2012
International Conference (simultaneous translation: English, French, German) The Conference will focus on the Right to Strike, and the right to Information and Consultation March 2-3, 2012 at the ver.di Bildungs- und Begegnungszentrum Clara Sahlberg, Koblanckstr. 10, 14109 Berlin-Wannsee The Programme (pdf-file) Friday, March 2, 2012 1:00 pm: doors open, conference registration 2:00 pm: …
EUROPEAN LAWYERS PROTEST AGAINST UNFOUNDED AND UNLAWFUL ARRESTS AND OBSTRUCTION OF LAWYERS IN TURKEY European lawyers protest all over Europe – in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bern, Brussels, Düsseldorf, The Hague, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Rome, Seville, Utrecht and other cities – against unfounded and unlawful arrests and obstruction of lawyers in Turkey. This year, the …
The European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) and the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH), which represent lawyers in 16 European countries, are united in their deep concern at news of the arrest on one day of 51 lawyers – among them most of the defenders of Mr. Abdullah Öcalan – during …
ELDH Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ELDH recommends that the UNHCR should reaffirm the refugee status of the inhabitants of Ashraf in order to give them a protective cover while they are still in Iraq and help the Member States in facilitating the implementation of arrangements for their transfer to third countries. …
TEN YEARS OF ATTACKS ON FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – THE ROLE OF LAWYERS – international conference Friday, 22nd July 2011 – Palazzo Ducale, Genoa Friday, 22nd July 2011 – Palazzo Ducale, Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Genoa – simultaneous translation: English, French, Italian, Spanish – 9h30 am The programme: GREETINGS · Stefano Savi, President of the Bar …