European Conference – Franco’s ghost: the judicialisation of politics in Spain and Catalonia.”, 6 May 2023, Barcelona
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)
Mexico – Focus Country of the International Fair Trial Day 14 June 2023
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 …
Preliminary report of the international trial observers following the trial against four of the “Moria 6”
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 …
Turkey Earthquake Victims – Appeal for donations – for lawyers in Turkey
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 …
Turkey’s terror list: An attack on lawyers and human rights
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 …
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer, 24 January 2023 – in solidarity with the endangered lawyers in Afghanistan
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 …
Greek court should not be accomplice for Turkish government
Download the statement ELDH, the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights, with members in 22 European countries, is gravely concerned about the trial in Athens against 11 political refugees from Turkey. They have been convicted by the court of first instance in Athens for establishing, managing and acting together with a so-called terrorist organization, …
Protection of Lawyers in Iran
Joint Statement: Bar Associations and International Lawyers’ Organisations Call for Protection of Lawyers in Iran download the statement The undersigned bar associations and international lawyers’ organisations call for the Islamic Republic of Iran and its agencies to protect, promote, and support the following basic rights: 1) the independence of the legal profession; 2) the principle …