International lawyers assert multiple breaches of human rights and international law by the UK Government in Northern Ireland ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. It is not the usual lawyers and activists based in Northern Ireland raising their concerns about human rights breaches by the UK Government in the region, but …
in Turkish – in Greek March 18 2023 marks the 7th anniversary of the 2016 EU-Turkey Statement. In 2016, Turkey assumed the role of the European Union’s border guard. It received billions of Euros from the EU on the condition that it held migrants in Turkey and received those who were deported back. Turkey, however, …
Invitation Franco’s ghost: the judicialisation of politics in Spain and Catalonia.”, 6 May 2023, 09h45 – 14h00 Sala Cotxeres in the Palau Robert, Passeig de Gràcia, 107 08008 Barcelonahttps://palaurobert.gencat.cat/ca/inici/ With speakers from Catalonia/Spain, Basque Country/Spain, England, Ireland, Kurdistan/Turkey. The conference will be held in Catalan and English with simultaneous translation. >>Registration link The programme (below)
Hold the Date and Call for Nominations for the Ebru Timtik Award 14 June 2023, Mexico City/Mexico Selection Criteria The IFTD conference will be held on June 14, 2023 in Mexico, and will be co-hosted by Mexico-based organisations. Further details of the agenda and the speakers who will participate in the conference will follow over …
I Introduction§1 From 8 to 12 September 2020, several fires completely destroyed the severely overcrowded Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. One week after the fire, Notis Mitarakis, in his position as Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, stated on CNN that six young men from Afghanistan had been arrested, and that these …
Our two member organizations in Turkey, Progressive Lawyers Association (CHD) and Lawyer Association of Freedom (ÖHD) have agreed with the Union of Bar Associations in Turkey (TTB) to conduct a fundraising campaign specifically for lawyers. If they survived and are not incapacitated, many of them are prevented from practicing their legal profession due to destruction …
The undersigned organisations deplore the recent arbitrary designation of Günay Dağ as a “terrorist”. Günay Dağ is a lawyer at the International Bureau of the People’s Law Office and a member of the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD). On 30 December 2022, he was added to the list called “list of wanted terrorists” published on the …
Since 2010, the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer has been observed on 24 January in cities, countries, and continents around the globe. This date was chosen as the annual International Day of the Endangered Lawyer because on 24 January 1977, four lawyers and a co-worker were murdered at their address at Calle Atocha 55 …