Syria airstrikes violated international law: German parliamentary report

The German government supported the airstrikes by the US, UK and France in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack. But a new report has said the airstrikes infringed upon international law. The report of the legal service of the Deutsche Bundestag (download PDF-file in German) Statement of German scientists (download PDF-file in English) Report …

NO JUSTIFICATION FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA

ELDH Statement ELDH expresses deep concern at the humanitarian crisis which is taking place in Syria as a  result of the four and  half  year internal armed conflict, exacerbated by foreign interventions . We support the struggle of the Syrian people against ISIS, Al Nusra and all foreign interventions, none of which are in the …

Israel – Palestine

Joint declaration on Israel’s Gaza offensive: The International Community Must End Israel’s Collective Punishment of the Civilian Population in the Gaza Strip (supported by ELDH) (PDF-File) British Lawyers and Professors urge ICC to initiate investigation into crimes being committed in the Gaza Strip (among them Bill Bowring, ELDH President) – http://barhumanrights.org.uk/british-lawyers-and-professors-urge-icc-initiate-investigation-crimes-being-committed-gaza-strip

EUROPEAN LAWYERS CONDEMN CONTINUED ILLEGAL DETENTION AND TORTURE BY THE US AT GUANTANAMO

Statement of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) the European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) and the League of Human Rights (Holland) The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH), with members in 18 European countries, the Commission “Défense de la défense” of the European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) and …

“Quo Vadis NATO? – Challenges for Democracy and Law”

International Conference Friday (26.4.): Konsul-Hackfeld-Haus, Birkenstr. 34, 28195 Bremen Saturday (27.4)/ Universität Bremen, Zentrum für Europäische Sunday (28.4.): Rechtspolitik, Universitätsallee, GW1, 28359 Bremen From 26th to 28th April 2013 the international conference „Quo Vadis NATO – Challenges for Democracy and Law“will take place in Bremen. The Main organizer of this event is the German section …

Statement of IADL – Israel / Palestine

IADL CONDEMNS ILLEGAL ISRAELI AGGRESSION IN GAZA IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS AND CALLS UPON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO END ISRAEL’S IMPUNITY AND TO TAKE CONCRETE ACTIONS TO END THE VIOLENCE. The folllowing statement has been issued by the International Association of Democratic lawyers (IADL): The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), with consultative status …

Libyen: EJDM fordert die Beendigung von extralegalen Tötungen

EJDM Stellungnahme, 9. Mai 2011 Der volle Wortlaut der Stellungnahme nachfolgend oder als (PDF) Was als völkerrechtlich zweifelhafte Verteidigung der Zivilbevölkerung durch Bombardierung von militärischen Stellungen der libyschen Armee begonnen hat, findet inzwischen seine Fortsetzung in militärischen Aktionen die offenbar auch um die physische die Beseitigung der libyschen Regierung zum Ziel haben. Prominentestes Opfer dieser …

MENSCHENRECHTE ALS INTERVENTIONSGRUND

Konferenz der Vereinigung Demokratischer Juristinnen und Juristen e.V. (VDJ) Ort: 10961 Berlin, Zossener Str. 55 – 58, GSG Hof, Aufgang D im ECCHR Programm (pdf) Mitveranstalterinnen sind die International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) und die Europäische Vereinigung von Juristinnen und Juristen für Demokratie und Menschenrechte in der Welt (EJDM). Im Anschluss an …