Europäische Arbeitsrechtskonferenz – NEUE FORMEN DER ARBEIT UND NEUE UNTERNEHMENSSTRUKTUREN – Herausforderungen für das Arbeitsrecht

(save the date – register now) 15. und 16. Februar 2019 Frankfurt/M., IG Metall Hauptverwaltung, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Str- 79 Freitag, 15. Februar 2019, 13h30 – 18h30 und Samstag, 16. Februar 2019, 09h00 – 13h00 Simultanübersetzung: Deutsch-English-Deutsch Programm (Programm als PDF-Datei herunterladen) Das Netzwerk „European Lawyers for Workers“ lädt – nach Konferenzen in den vergangenen Jahren in Brüssel, …

ELDH – Solidarity Statement for the Stansted 15

ELDH – Solidarity Statement_Stansted 15 (download) On 28 March 2017, 15 activists, known as the Stansted 15, physically prevented the departure of a chartered aircraft intended to deport individuals from the UK to Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. It is the activists’ case that some of the people on the flight were at risk of …

DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 24 January 2019

The next Day of the Endangered lawyer will take place on the 24th of January 2019. The focus will be on the very difficult situation that lawyers in Turkey are facing. This is not the first time that we are focusing on Turkey, however, as you all know, the lawyers‘ situation is becoming worse in …

Condemnation and Outrage at the Murder of People’s Lawyer Ben Ramos in the Philippines

ELDH Statement Condemnation and Outrage at the Murder of People’s Lawyer Ben Ramos in the Philippines The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its Strong Condemnation and Collective Outrage at the Murder of People’s Lawyer Ben Ramos. Benjamin Tarug Ramos, 56, Secretary General of the National Union of People’s …

Recent decisions of the European Courts concerning Turkey

European Court of Human Rights Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2), ECHR 395 (2018), 20 Nov. 2018 Judgment Selahattin Demirtas v. Turkey (no. 2) – several violations of the Convention The Court found that it had been established beyond reasonable doubt that the extensions of Mr Demirtaş’s detention, especially during two crucial campaigns, namely the …

INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

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 …

International Human Rights Regime in Crisis

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 …

25 Jahre PKK-Verbot – 25 Jahre Repression und Demokratieabbau im Dienste der deutschen Außenpolitik

Konferenz – 20. Oktober 2018 im Karl-Liebknecht-Haus, Rosa-Luxemburg-Saal, Kleine Alexanderstraße 28, 10178 Berlin, 10.00 Uhr – 19.00 Uhr PROGRAMM: EINFÜHRUNGSREFERAT: 25 Jahre PKK-Verbot – Historie des Betätigungsverbots, politische und praktische Folgen Edith Lunnebach, Rechtsanwältin (sie war seinerzeit involviert in den großen „Düsseldorfer Prozess“ von Ende der 1980er Jahre) Mehmet Demir, kurdischer Politiker Monika Morres, Mitarbeiterin …