Turkey
28 years of PKK ban: Now we are talking!
Conference. 18 and 19 June 2022, Berlin organised by: ELDH (European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights)Committee for Fundamental Rights and Democracy e.V.Azadi Legal Aid Fund e.V.MAF-DAD e.V. – Association for Democracy and International LawVDJ – Association of Democratic Lawyers e.V.
Another striking example of the absence of an independent judiciary in Turkey: Free the Gezi defendants!
Download statement The verdict of the Gezi Trial was handed down on 25 April 2022. This trial has been ongoing for years and is one of the most striking examples of the absence of an independent judiciary in Turkey. The Istanbul 13th Assize Court found Osman Kavala guilty of an alleged attempt to overthrow the …
Petition to the CPT – Follow-up visit to İmralı Prison
TO THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT (CPT) Download the Petition EN This communication is addressed to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). We respectfully ask the CPT on the Day of the Lawyers in Turkey, to organize a follow-up visit to İmralı …
Statement against the banning of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)
The undersigned organisations, active in the field of democracy and human rights protection and promotion, are deeply concerned about the ongoing case before the Constitutional Court in Turkey regarding closure of the opposition party. HDP was founded on October 15, 2012 and has since been a vital part of political life in Turkey. Our organisations …
RESTORE REFUGEE RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE EU BORDER WITH BELARUS
download the statement The human tragedy at the EU border with Belarus is yet another example of the EU’s failed refugee policy. The criminal treatment of refugees in Croatia recently revealed by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), the countless drowned refugees in the Mediterranean and recently in the English Channel, and …
Political trials against lawyers and political activists in Turkey and other countries
ELDH will try to send observers to the following trials. These trials are observed by many lawyers from different organisations in Europe. Colleagues who wish to participate in the trial observation should get into contact with ELDH: Email ELDH Guide on Trial Observations UN Basic principles on the role of lawyers PEN Norway: The study …
European Lawyers demand: No impunity for those responsible for ISIS crimes
Download statement ELDH is gravely concerned about several reports of cases in Turkey in which those responsible for ISIS crimes have not been adequately prosecuted and convicted. Just a few days ago Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejected an application demanding the prosecution of public officials over their negligence in the Suruç massacre. Turkish lawyers in the …
«An entire profession on trial»
Press release issued by the legal Fact Finding Mission, taking place in Istanbul from 15 September to 20 September, to monitor and observe current mass trials against lawyers in Turkey. Download the press release A group of approximately 30 lawyers from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Switzerland, representing international organizations, bar …
Joint Statement – International Fair Trial Day – 14 June 2021
Today, 14 June 2021, marks the inaugural International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) which will beobserved for the first time worldwide. The focus country of the IFTD this year is Turkey, a countrythat is and has been suffering for many years, from systemic human rights violations and a seriouslack of fair trial standards. On the occasion …