International Call for the Immediate Implementation of the Advisory Opinion of the ICJ of 19 July 2024 and the UNGA Resolution on Palestine of 17 September 2024

Download the resolution in English – in Spanish – in Basque From the symbolic village of Gernika (Basque Country), today we echo the International Court of Justice’s findings that Israel’s prolonged occupation, systematic expansion of settlements, and entrenched discriminatory policies not only violate international law but also constitute grave breaches of the fundamental rights of …

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Right to strike under attack – legal counterstrategies

European Labour Law Conference, 28 February and 1 March 2025, DGB, Ingeborg-Tönnesen-Saal, Keithstraße 1, 10787 Berlin Important note: the in person conference is fully booked. You can register for online participation Download the programme in English – in German – in Spanish In Europe and on other continents, workers and their trade unions are experiencing …

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Joint statement on the arrest and detention of lawyer Bedirhan Sarsılmaz

8 November 2024 Download the statement Lawyers for Lawyers, the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights, Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe, and the Law Society of England and Wales are gravely concerned about the arrest and detention of lawyer Bedirhan Sarsılmaz. Mr Sarsılmaz is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association and the Association of Lawyers …

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ELDH protest against the Attack on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

The European Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) unequivocally condemns the recent campaign against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory Occupied since 1967. This escalation, which has gained support from several Western states, is an attempt to undermine a mandate holder who plays …

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ELDH: against politically motivated lawfare / EJDH – Contra la delincuencia política

The European Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) strongly denounces the politically motivated lawfare campaign being waged by the National Electoral Commission of Colombia against President Gustavo Petro. These actions blatantly violate the principle of presidential inviolability, which is clearly enshrined in Colombia’s constitution, and directly contradict the standards established by the Inter-American …

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THE LEGAL STRUGGLE IN SUPPORT OF THE PALESTINE CAUSE – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

16 November 2024, 09.00 – 13.00 CET Abandoibarra Etorbidea 3 Street . Bilbao 48009 (Venue: Bizkaia Aretoa EHU-UPV) Download the programme – in Basque language Introduction: The Palestinian legal struggle has gained renewed significance in the wake of the 2024 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UNGA Resolution of September 17, …

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Petition to lift the ongoing and uninterrupted lawyer access ban in İmralı Prison against Mr. Abdullah Öcalan and other detainees.

TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY (google.com) Dear Minister, Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş, who are detained in the İmralı F-Type High Security Prison, are unlawfully prevented from seeing their lawyers. While Abdullah Öcalan has not been allowed to see his lawyer since August 7, 2019, …

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Urgent Request for Immediate Clearance for the Ship CONSCIENCE to Sail and Notice of Potential Damages

Dear Excellencies, The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights, a non-profit organisation, which currently unites lawyers from 23 European countries, write to you with great urgency and profound concern regarding the continued detention of the ship CONSCIENCE at a Turkish port. As advocates for international law and human rights, we call on …

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Occupied Crimea: human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin disbarred

The undersigned international lawyers’ rights and human rights organisations strongly condemn the Tyumen Regional Bar Council’s decision to disbar Russian human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin in retaliation for his human rights work. We call on the Russian authorities to revoke this decision, cease harassment against him and guarantee that all lawyers in Russia and Russia-occupied …

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