Letter to the President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture – Imprisoned lawyers on hunger strike
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…
Erklärung von europäischen Jurist*innen zum 1. Mai: Anti-Covid-19-Politik bedroht die Rechte von Arbeitnehmer*innen
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…
ELDH Statements and reports – in solidarity with detained lawyers in Turkey
On 2 April 2020, more than 70 lawyers from all over the world followed the call for a video conference in solidarity with lawyers imprisoned for political reasons in Turkey, with interventions from Ayşe Bingöl of the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project, Barbara Spinelli of Giuristi Democratici, and Şerife Ceren Uysal, of the Progressive…
Amicus Curiae observations of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers On the Court’s Territorial Jurisdiction in Palestine
SITUATION IN THE STATE OF PALESTINE Download the Amicus Curiae which was submitted to the PRE-TRIAL CHAMBER I of the International Criminal Court on 16 March 2020
ELDH Statement: New mass arrests of lawyers in Turkey: European lawyers’ grave concern
The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) is gravely concerned at the news, that on 12 March 2020, 10 lawyers were arrested and later detained, and their homes and those of another 3 lawyers and offices were searched (7 in Urfa, 5 in Diyarbakır and one in Şirnak province). The following…
European Lawyers: Refugees at the Greek border are victims of EU and Turkish complicity *
On 1 March 2020 the Greek Government unilaterally invoked Article 78.3 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), announcing that it would not accept new asylum applications for one month and that those who attempt to enter illegally would be turned back. These measures were in response to the Turkish Government’s…
Déclaration commune sur la situation des réfugiés en Grèce
Les signataires ont pris connaissance de la récente décision du gouvernement grec d’augmenter les mesures de dissuasion aux frontières au niveau maximal, de ne plus enregistrer de demandes d’asile pendant un mois et de renvoyer vers leur pays d’origine ou de transit toute personne tentant d’entrer en Grèce de façon irrégulière, suite à l’annonce des…
EJDM fordert: Gemeinnützigkeit der VVN anerkennen
Düsseldorf, 15. Dezember 2019 Pressemitteilung – update (PDF-Datei herunterladen) JDM fordert: Gemeinnützigkeit der VVN anerkennen In den letzten Monaten haben sich die Fälle gehäuft, in denen Vereinen in Deutschland die überwiegend schon lange anerkannte Gemeinnützigkeit durch die Finanzämter entzogen wurde. Eines der Opfer dieser repressiven Politik ist die 1947 gegründete Bundesvereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes…
Joint Press release: We call for the immediate Stop of Police and Judicial Cooperation with the Turkish Republic!
Dowload the press release in English Download the press release in German Turkey’s recent history has been marked by the destruction of internal standards of the rule of law and external aggression and war crimes contrary to international law. Neither the bombing of its own civilian population in 2015 and 2016 nor the transformation of…
Statements against the conviction of Catalan politicians and civil society activists
ELDH Statement: ELDH condemns the conviction of Catalan politicians and civil society activists – A travesty of justice Download ELDH Statement Download letter concerning the attacks on lawyer Gonzalo Boye (defense lawyer of the Catalan ex-president Carles Puigdemont and some of his former ministers) The letter was sent to the Mr. Diego García-Sayán, United Nations…