Erklärungen & Publikationen
Turkey and the ECtHR: (In)effective Remedies from Strasbourg Report of the Conference held on 5 March 2018 Table of contents Conference sponsors Conference programme Panelists Opening keynote and introduction Panel I: “Does the court provide an effective remedy to the citizens of turkey in applications concerning the events relating to the attempted coup and the …
IADL condemns Israeli attacks on unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip IADL statement *** Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, regarding the worsening situation in Gaza https://www.icc-cpi.int/Pages/item.aspx?name=180408-otp-stat *** Jerusalem oder der Kampf um den jüdischen Staat Wie die israelische Politik den Untergang des jüdischen Staates selbst herbeiführt. Von Norman Paech …
The German government supported the airstrikes by the US, UK and France in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack. But a new report has said the airstrikes infringed upon international law. The report of the legal service of the Deutsche Bundestag (download PDF-file in German) Statement of German scientists (download PDF-file in English) Report …
The session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on alleged violations of international law and international humanitarian law by the Turkish Republic and its officials in their relations with the Kurdish people and their organisations was held in Paris (France) on 15 and 16 March 2018. The proposal to hold this session was made by 4 …
ELDH joins colleagues and comrades across the world in condemning Israel’s arrest of Ahed Tamimi and demanding her immediate release. On 16th December 2017, Ahed and her cousin Nour crossed Ahed’s yard in the village of Nabi Saleh in Palestine’s occupied West Bank, approaching the Israeli soldiers who were standing at the gate. Ahed’s mother …
Letter to the Turkish Prime Minister Letter of concern: the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkey banning strikes in the metal industry download the letter (PDF) Mr. Prime Minister, I am writing this letter to you on behalf of ELDH www.eldh.eu, which represents lawyers in 21 European countries, to urge you to withdraw …
Appeal of European Lawyers download the ELDH statement (PDF-file) the statement of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers IADL ELDH calls on the EU, and all other world powers, to condemn Turkey’s unprovoked attack on the people of Afrin in Syria. This amounts to a war crime (aggression) and commission of crimes against humanity. Afrin, …
ELDH Statement (in Turkish as PDF download, see below) Too often progressive lawyers are the target of arbitrary state violence and oppression. They are oppressed because they defend workers, trade unionists, political activists, alleged terrorists, and victims of state violence. They are oppressed because they fight for the upholding of human rights and labour law. …
Balfour Declaration Will Not Recur – Statement by IADL – supported by ELDH Balfour Declaration Will Not Recur: The Palestinian Right to Jerusalem is An International Law That Cannot Be Given away by Political Measures and Statements In a flagrant challenge to international law, the United States President Donald Trump on 06 December 2017, declared …
Documentation with the available speeches European Conference, 11th November 2017, London, Diskus Centre at Unite, 128 Theobald’s Road, Holborn, London, WC1X 8T Confererence handout with the available CV and abstracts Some pictures taken during the conference (download) 09h30 – 10h00 Opening John Hendy Q.C., Institute for Employment Rights IER Rose Keeping, Regional Industrial Officer, Unite the Union …