In 2021, a group of lawyers and lawyers’ organisations came together to establish an annual International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) to be observed every year on 14 June. This initiative is supported by more than 100 legal associations across the world, all of which are committed to the vital importance of the right to a …
Invitation In-Person & Online Event(Simultaneous interpretation Spanish and English provided) 10:00 – 18:00 CST Venue: Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAMCircuito, Mario de La Cueva s/n, C.U., Coyoacán04510 Mexico City, MexicoRoom: Dr. Guillermo Floris Margadant Registration for in-person and online participation: HERE Download the programme: in English with speakers bios – in French – …
Dear Minister, Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş, who are detained in the İmralı F-Type High Security Prison, are unlawfully prevented from seeing their lawyers. While Abdullah Öcalan has not been allowed to see his lawyer since August 7, 2019, Veysi Aktaş, Hamili Yıldırım and Ömer Hayri Konar have not been …
TO THE OBSERVATOIRE INTERNATIONAL DES AVOCATS EN DANGER (OIAD) The indiscriminate ‚hacking‘ using the PEGASUS spy program that was carried out on pro-independence politicians, has also affected seven lawyers: Gonzalo Boye Tusset, Josep Costa, Jaume Alonso Cuevillas, Andreu Van den Eyden, Joaquim Jubert, Josep Rius and Jordi Domingo, the first one from the Madrid Bar …
On the 27th of August 2020 we lost our colleague, sister and comrade EBRU TIMTIK, killed as a result of denial of justice by the Turkish regime, after 238 days on hunger strike. We do not forget and we do not forgive her killing. We do not forget our colleagues and all the human rights activists still …
The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH), with members in 21 European countries, declares its grave concern at many aspects of the ongoing trial at the Criminal Chamber of the Audiencia Nacional ( Sala de lo Penal de la Audiencia Nacional) in Madrid of nine Basque defendants. The accused are the …
Today, 14 June 2021, marks the inaugural International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) which will beobserved for the first time worldwide. The focus country of the IFTD this year is Turkey, a countrythat is and has been suffering for many years, from systemic human rights violations and a seriouslack of fair trial standards. On the occasion …
The right to a fair trial has long been recognised by the international community as a fundamental human right. Without a fair trial every individual risks becoming the victim of a miscarriage of justice. Either as an innocent suspect wrongly convicted, or as a victim unable to secure justice for a wrong perpetrated against them. …