The undersigned organisations have been following recent developments in the cases of human rights lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on hunger strike since February 2020. On 5 April 2020, the Turkish Day of the Lawyer, Timtik and Ünsal announced that they would persist in their hunger strike even if it leads …
The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) is gravely concerned and alarmed at the announcement of the Israeli government that it planned to unlawfully annex even more Palestinian territory. Israel seems to have temporarily halted the annexation of the Jordan Valley, but the threat remains. This land comprises 30% of …
IADL, AED and ELDH condemn the tactics employed by the European Union and other European countries member to the Schengen/Dublin Area through their agents and agencies, particularly Frontex, to repel and collectively expulse migrants seeking to enter Europe by sea from Turkey and North Africa. IADL, AED and ELDH call for a radical defunding of …
European lawyers express solidarity with Turkish Bar Associations The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its grave concern at the news that a peaceful demonstration of the presidents and other members of almost 60 Bar Associations was blocked by the police, without any legal ground, from entering Ankara. The …
15. und 16. Oktober 2020 Einladung (Registrierung erforderlich s.u.) Konferenzsprache ist Englisch. – Es wird Simultanübersetzung angeboten in den Sprachen Deutsch, Englisch, Spanisch Aufgrund der Covid-19-Beschränkungen wird die Konferenz in Form von Webinaren durchgeführt, die vom Internationalen Gewerkschaftshaus (Brüssel) live gestreamt werden. Die Erteilung einer FAO-Bescheinigung ist voraussichtlich nicht möglich, weil wir den erforderlichen Präsenznachweis …
RAV-ELDH Press release End the Breach of Law in the Greek Refugee Camps: Refugee Admission instead of Symbolic Politics More than 30,000 people continue to live in the Greek refugee camps under catastrophic and inhuman conditions. At today’s [June 16] Federal Press Conference (BPK) in Berlin, the RAV together with other organizations commented and called …
Fact-Finding-Mission-on-CHDs-Trials-Oct – 2019, June-2020
President of theEuropean Committee for the Prevention of Tortureand Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) Professor Dr. Mykola GNATOVSKYYCouncil of EuropeF-67075 Strasbourg CedexFranceFAX +33 (0)3 88 41 27 72 Download the letter Ill treatment of political prisoners in Turkey – unjustified health risk due to Corona pandemic Dear Mr Gnatskovskyy, The undersigned lawyers’ organisations …
Die Covid-19-Pandemiepolitik der europäischen Regierungen hat dramatische Folgen, insbesondere für Arbeitnehmer*innen, Selbständige und Kleinunternehmen In vielen Wirtschaftssektoren sind die Beschäftigten stark gesundheitsgefährdet, insbesondere im Gesundheits- und Pflegebereich, im öffentlichen Verkehrssektor und im Einzelhandel sowie im Bereich der Lieferdienste. Arbeitsschutzvorschriften, die in einigen Ländern bereits völlig unzulänglich sind, werden nur noch in begrenztem Umfang angewandt, obwohl …
Since the 2014 elections in India criminalisation of dissent and free expression on charges of sedition or terrorism has increased meteorically. Lawyers and democratic rights activists defending such cases are increasingly targeted on the same grounds. At a time when many prisoners are being released during the COVID-19 pandemic, these political prisoners remain inside and …