Jean-Jacques Gandini, lawyer and former president of the SAF contributes to the discussion on the state of emergency in France in the latest Monde Diplomatique. download
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Lawyers in Honduras
In Honduras, the practice of law has become a high-risk profession for those who practice it. They risk assassination, abductions and threats to their families. Since the 2009 coup d’état there have been human rights violations that have gravely affected the Honduran population, their effects and repercussions have continued, persisted, and made the situation of […]
a permanent securitarian state
Florian Borg, the current president of the French SAF, reflects on the anti-terrorist measures that the French government has decided to enact: Qu’est-ce que l’état d’urgence, si ce n’est une mesure de police exceptionnelle visant à rétablir l’ordre public dans les moments où l’État risque d’en perdre le contrôle : danger de coup d’État, émeutes, épidémie […]
On the Death of Tahir Elçi
La mort de Tahir Elçi, un éminent avocat et Bâtonnier du conseil de l’ordre de Diyarbaquir en des circonstances dramatiques au District Sud d’Amed (Diyarbakir), abattu à coups de feu en pleine rue pendant une conférence de presse, constitue un assassinat politique et crime contre les Droits Humains. Les Avocats Européens Démocrates (AED – EDL) […]
LE DROIT À LA DEFENSE MENACÉ EN ESPAGNE
Un avocat arrêté du fait d’avoir exercé la défense Les Avocats Européens Démocrates (AED/EDL) expriment leur profonde préoccupation face à l’arrestation d’un avocat au nom de la soi-disant « Opération Pandora 2 ». Le 28 octobre 2015, neuf personnes ont été arrêtées pour infractions terroristes présumées et ont été renvoyées devant le Tribunal Central d’instruction […]
The day of the Endangered Lawyer
The Day of the Endangered Lawyer is an initiative started by AED‐EDL in 2010, on behalf of the lawyers of Iran. The date of 24 January was chosen in remembrance of the assassination of 4 trade union lawyers and one employee in Atocha Street of Madrid in 1977 (Massacre of Atocha), during the Spanish transiciòn […]
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In solidarity with the striking French lawyers
Les Avocats Européens Démocrates (AED), dénoncent les faits et montrent leur solidarité avec leurs confrères et leurs consœurs qui protestaient au Palais de Justice de Lille contre la réforme de l’Aide Juridictionnelle en France, et qui ont été évacués de force par la police et chargés par les CRS . Des faits similaires se produisent […]
We are close to the victims of Ankara
The EDL, the association of European Democratic Lawyers, is close to the Turkish and Kurdish people hardly hit by the attack carried out in Ankara on October 10th during a peaceful demonstration organized by non-governmental organizations, trade unions and the HDP, the Party, which won in June together with the coalition of Kurdish party and […]
on Hot spots
To the presidents of democratic political groups in the European Parliament: The Bureau of the AED, meeting in Naples on the 9th and 10th October 2015, has taken note of the establishment, particularly in Italy and Greece, by the Council of the European Union of so called “hot spots”, destined to sort out in a […]