Human Rights – ELDH

Our Colleagues should be acquitted: Peaceful protest shall not be criminalized as terrorism propaganda!Our Colleagues should be acquitted:

ThSchmidt — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:37:37 +0000

Download the statement The European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) with members in 22 European countries, is gravely concerned at the probable outcome of the hearing at the Istanbul 13th Heavy Criminal Court which is due to take place on 30 November 2023. On October 10, 2015, a bomb attack organized by ISIS ...

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INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Friedrich Bonnmann — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:46:02 +0000

INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS CAMPAIGN (IADL Statement) To: Ms. Fatou Bom Bensouda, Office of The Prosecutor (OTP), the International Criminal Court Download the full letter 1. Mindful that ‘disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind’,[i] 2. Guided by the ‘Nürnberg Principles’[ii] and stressing in ...

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International Human Rights Regime in Crisis

Friedrich Bonnmann — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:36:27 +0000

Second International Human Rights Academy of the Aegean, Nesin Maths Village, Şirince, Izmir, Turkey, 2 till 4 November 2018 The programme First Day Friday, November 2, 2018 09.00 – 09.30 Registration 09.30 – 10.00 Opening Speeches First Session: A Glance at Human Rights from Today’s Perspective The aim of the opening session is to look ...

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ELDH demands the immediate release of CHD lawyers from prison

Friedrich Bonnmann — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 08:19:56 +0000

Since November 2017 Selçuk KOZAĞAÇLI, the president of ÇHD, the Progressive Lawyers Association has been detained in pre-trial solitary confinement in the Silivri prison camp. He is suffering as a result of the isolation. His repeated demands for occasional contact with other prisoners have been rejected. Selçuk KOZAĞAÇLı is accused together with 19 other ÇHD ...

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Is the State of Emergency Inquiry Commission, established by Emergency Decree 685, an effective remedy?

Friedrich Bonnmann — Tue, 29 May 2018 10:41:03 +0000

Article by Kerem Altıparmak Download the article (PDF-file)

Presentation of the Verdict of the Judges of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Turkey and the Kurds

Friedrich Bonnmann — Fri, 25 May 2018 09:17:45 +0000

Presentation of the Verdict of the Judges of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Turkey and the Kurds at the European Parliament, Brussels, 24 May 2018 A session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on alleged violations of international law and international humanitarian law by the Turkish Republic and its officials in their relations with the Kurdish people and ...

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Violation of Human Rights in Catalonia in the frame of the political conflict

Friedrich Bonnmann — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:35:39 +0000

Conference (only languages Spanish, Catalan) Paranimf de l’Edifici històric de la Universitat de Barcelona Preu inscripció 25€ (inclou pausa cafè i dinar) supported by ELDH Programme (programme in Spanish and Catalan) 9 – 10.30 h The legal context: When the pillars of the rule of law collapse Round Table – Chair: Benet Salellas Ana Stanic, ...

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Documentation – Permanent Peoples Tribunal on Turkey and the Kurds

Friedrich Bonnmann — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 08:49:41 +0000

The session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on alleged violations of international law and international humanitarian law by the Turkish Republic and its officials in their relations with the Kurdish people and their organisations was held in Paris (France) on 15 and 16 March 2018. The proposal to hold this session was made by 4 ...

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ELDH calls on the EU and the EU member states – to condemn the Turkish attack on Afrin (Northern Syria)

Friedrich Bonnmann — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:58:28 +0000

Appeal of European Lawyers download the ELDH statement (PDF-file) the statement of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers IADL ELDH calls on the EU, and all other world powers, to condemn Turkey’s unprovoked attack on the people of Afrin in Syria. This amounts to a war crime (aggression) and commission of crimes against humanity. Afrin, ...

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Solidarity with Egyptian lawyers

Friedrich Bonnmann — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 20:31:50 +0000

DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER Appeal to the Egyptian Government – Respect the rights of Egyptian lawyers In 2017 ELDH, with members in 20 countries, already choose to focus its activities on the endangered lawyers in Egypt. Many human rights organizations, among them Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, IDHAE, and the International Commission of Jurists ...

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