ELDH demands the immediate release of CHD lawyers from prison
Since November 2017 Selçuk KOZAĞAÇLI, the president of ÇHD, the Progressive Lawyers Association has been detained in pre-trial solitary confinement in the Silivri prison camp. He is suffering as a result of the isolation. His repeated demands for occasional contact with other prisoners have been rejected. Selçuk KOZAĞAÇLı is accused together with 19 other ÇHD…
Is the State of Emergency Inquiry Commission, established by Emergency Decree 685, an effective remedy?
Article by Kerem Altıparmak Download the article (PDF-file)
Presentation of the Verdict of the Judges of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Turkey and the Kurds
Presentation of the Verdict of the Judges of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Turkey and the Kurds at the European Parliament, Brussels, 24 May 2018 A 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…
Turkey and the ECtHR: (In)effective Remedies from Strasbourg
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…
Palestine – statements, articles
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…
Syria airstrikes violated international law: German parliamentary report
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…
Documentation – Permanent Peoples Tribunal on Turkey and the Kurds
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 statement for the release of Ahed Tamini
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…
ELDH against the banning of strikes in the Turkish metal industry
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…
ELDH calls on the EU and the EU member states – to condemn the Turkish attack on Afrin (Northern Syria)
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,…