ELDH enthusiastically supports a new constitution for Chile
On 4 September 2022, the Chilean people will vote on the draft of a new state constitution. Their choice will be either to approve the entry into force of the new constitution, or to continue to apply the 1980 constitution drafted under military dictator Augusto Pinochet. A vote for the Pinochet constitution of 1980 would…
Third party intervention to the ECtHR by ELDH, AED-EDL, ÇHD, and ÖHD concerning 32 pushbacks from Greece to Turkey
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To the OIAD: Information on massive Espionage perpetrated on seven Spanish Lawyers using the Pegasus programme
TO THE OBSERVATOIRE INTERNATIONAL DES AVOCATS EN DANGER (OIAD) The indiscriminate ‚hacking‘ using the PEGASUS spy program that was carried out on pro-independence politicians, has also affected seven lawyers: Gonzalo Boye Tusset, Josep Costa, Jaume Alonso Cuevillas, Andreu Van den Eyden, Joaquim Jubert, Josep Rius and Jordi Domingo, the first one from the Madrid Bar…
ELDH Statement – Restore rights and values at Europe’s borders
Download the statement ELDH condemns the cynical killings and beatings of migrants by both Moroccan and Spanish Border Forces at Melilla on 24 June 2022. They are being used as political pawns. We urge a humanitarian response from the African Union, the EU and its Member States to require both Morocco and Spain to respond…
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.
International Fair Trial Day (IFTD)
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…
ELDH’s deep concern at “Catalangate”, illegal surveillance of Catalans
Download the statement ELDH, the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights, with individual and organisational members in 22 European countries, is alarmed at the fact that in recent years there have been serious violations of civil liberties and human rights through the use of sophisticated mercenary spyware, notably PEGASUS, a program developed by the…
Western Sahara crisis – a solution must be based on international law
Download the statement (EN) Download the statement (EUS) Download the statement (ESP) ELDH notes with great concern that the status of West Sahara under international law, recognized for decades by the United Nations, has been questioned first by the previous President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, then by the governments of three…
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…