Women’s rights are human rights – change for a feminist future – Statement of ELDH on the International Women’s Day
Roughly one year into a devastating global health crisis, it became more obvious than ever how gender is an important factor when it comes to the access to human rights. In the face of the ongoing gender related injustice, ELDH celebrates the feminist struggle of lawyers and human rights activists who continue to work for…
Next hearing in the criminal trial of those accused of killing lawyer Tahir Elçi – letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Quick Response Desk Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Office at Geneva 8-14 Avenue de la Paix CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland E-mail: 2 March2021 FOR THE ATTENTION OF:•Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers •Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defendersSpecial Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary…
Convicted Catalan politicians – political solution necessary
Since the 2017 independence referendum there has been a criminalisation of Catalan pro-independence politicians and activists for sedition and related charges resulting in heavy prison sentences. In a politically biased trial Spain’s Supreme Court convicted 12 Catalan high ranking politicians for their roles in a 2017 secession bid. In a landmark ruling, nine politicians have…
LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATIONS DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF TURKISH LAWYER OYA ASLAN
To the president of Istanbul 37. Heavy Penal Court No: 2020/247 Düsseldorf, Barcelona, Vienna, Brussels. 11.01.2020 LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATIONS DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF TURKISH LAWYER OYA ASLAN We, the undersigned international lawyers’ associations, have for many years condemned the criminal prosecutions and investigations targeted against lawyers in Turkey and internationally for performing the duties of…
Serious concern over threats against members of the National Movement for Victims of State Crimes in Colombia (Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado, MOVICE)
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JOINT STATEMENT – LAWYER NASRIN SOTOUDEH
We, the undersigned 26 Bar Associations, Law Societies, and organisations supporting the legal profession of over 14 countries, stand in solidarity with our Iranian colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh and other lawyers in Iran who are being persecuted by their Government for carrying out their profession diligently and in accordance with the law. On 13 June 2018,…
Joint Statement: Case concerning the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death
Case concerning the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death The undersigned organisations have been following recent developments in the case involving the prosecution of police officers allegedly involved in the killing of human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi in November 2015. We are concerned that the prosecution, as well as…
The international community must ensure the exercise of the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination
Poland, Turkey, … – to leave the Istanbul Convention means to encourage violence against women
https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-laws-against-domestic-abuse-fail-to-protect-women/a-55717911 The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention), of May 2011, is an important legal instrument for the reduction of violence against women. Only 34 of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe have ratified the Istanbul Convention. Poland and Turkey were…
Spendenaufruf auch im Namen der Vereinigung Demokratischer Jurist*innen e.V. (VDJ)
Für Anwältinnen und Anwälte, die Opfer des Erdbebens in Izmir wurden Am 30. Oktober traf ein schweres Erdbeben die türkischen Millionenstadt Izmir. Über 2.000 Gebäude wurden entweder zerstört oder beschädigt. 14 Menschen verloren ihr Leben, darunter 3 Anwält*innen, über 1.000 wurden verletzt. Für über 6.000 wurden Behelfsunterkünfte benötigt. Der Hauptteil der Zerstörungen fand statt im…