UNDER PRESSURE OF THE TROIKA – THE IMPACT ON COLLECTIVE LABOUR RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE AND IRELAND

17.10.15 09:30-18:00 Madrid

Invitation to the European Labour Law Conference – 17th of October 2015 – Madrid – SAVE THE DATE SAVE THE DATE – and register now with your name, profession, contact details by email ! Download the Invitation with the draft programme ***** European Labour Law conference UNDER PRESSURE OF THE TROIKA – THE IMPACT ON …

THE RIGHT TO STRIKE: a threatened democratic right?

20.03.15 Brussels

Colloquium, 20th March 2015, European Parliament ı Conference Room JAN 2Q2, Wiertzstraat 60 ı 1047 BRUSSELS Programme (details see invitation folder – PDF-File) – registration necessary before the 6th March 2015 progresslawevents.net/en/home/ 8.30 WELCOME 9.00 – 10.40 SESSION 1 The right to strike and the right to collective action: Genesis and current developments 11.00 -12.20 …

„Der so genannte Anti-Terror Kampf am Beispiel der Kurdinnen und Kurden im Lichte internationalen Rechts“

Bonn, Internationale Fachtagung, 6. – 8. Februar 2015 Bonner Abschluss-Resolution Nach intensiver Befassung der TeilnehmerInnen der Fachtagung mit dem Selbstbestimmungsrecht der KurdInnen dem Konzept des Terrorismus und dem rechtlichen und politischen Lösungsweg kommen diese zu folgendem Ergebnis: Das kurdische Volk in den Staaten des Nahen-Ostens (Türkei, Syrien, Irak, Iran) hat das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung. Nach …

EUROPEAN LAWYERS EXPRESS THEIR UTMOST CONCERN ABOUT THE ARREST OF 12 BASQUE LAWYERS IN SPAIN

Declaration / Press release / Letter to the Spanish minister of justice The European Lawyers Associations ELDH and AED-EDL are extremely concerned about the information that on 12th January 2015, at 07h00 in the morning in the Basque Country/Spain and in Madrid 16 people, among them 12 lawyers, were  arrested for alleged terrorist crimes. The …

6 YEARS OF AUSTERITY AND THE IMPACT ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Saturday, 15th November 2014, Paris, France   – Conference Reader – (speeches or Power Point slides) Prof. Keith Ewing (Kings College London), Introduction – Collective Bargaining in times of Austerity Isabelle Schoemann (Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels), Collective Bargaining – comparison of the changes on national level under the impact of the crisis. …

6 YEARS OF AUSTERITY AND THE IMPACT ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

14.11.14 Paris

Invitation to the International Conference Saturday, 15th November 2014, 09h00 – 17h00 Maison de l’Europe 35-37 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75004 Paris, France 0900 Entrance, registration Morning 09h30 Welcome: Jean Luc Wabant, Lawyer Lille/Paris, SAF, ELW-Coordinating Committee 10h00 Prof. Keith Ewing (Kings College London), Introduction – Collective Bargaining in times of Austerity 10h45 Isabelle Schoemann …

Human Rights and Democracy in the context of EU Enlargement – Western Balkan perspectives

06.06.14 Belgrade

International Conference – With speakers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey Friday, 6th June 2014, 10:30 – 18:30, Belgrade Centre for cultural decontamination. http://www.czkd.org/?lang=en  , Birčaninova 21, 11000 Beograd Programme: (as PDF file) 10:00  Registration (for registration send an email to your contact details) 10:30 …

Grounding of Bolivian presidential jet and treatment of Edward Snowden shames European Union

Civil society statement Over 50 international lawyers, human rights, civil rights and civil society groups and networks say the actions of certain EU member states in response to Snowden’s revelations contradict the EU’s stated commitment to democracy, human rights and international law. The refusal of entry into their airspace by certain European states for the …