Since 2012, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer has been dedicated to colleagues in many countries, who suffer repression for their professional work. Already in 2014, the Day was dedicated to Colombia. Sadly, this year, Colombia is once again the subject of the Day of the Endangered Lawyer. Accordingly, lawyers all over the world, took […]
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Press release from Istanbul- Communiqué de Presse
En Français plus en bas de la page Press release issued by the legal Fact Finding Mission of AED-EDL, taking place in Istanbul from the 15th September to the 20th September, to monitor and observe current mass trials against lawyers in Turkey. Lawyers from AED–EDL have participated in the Fact Finding Mission in Istanbul from […]
International Fair Trial Day 2021
The International Fair Trial Day will take place on the 14th of June 2021, from 15h to 17h45 and will include a panel discussion on the judiciary and civil society. Please check out the: Agenda of the meeting
JUSTICE FOR EL HIBLU 3
A reminder of the second anniversary of the rescue and subsequent detention of young migrants called El Hiblu 3 In Malta, three young migrants risk life imprisonment for having helped fellow asylum seekers to escape and be rescued from the serious risk of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, rape, exploitation and killings in refugee camps […]
International Fair Trial Day
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. […]
Sign and make vaccines & treatments a global public good
2020 was a year of remarkable human acts of solidarity. Be it from doing groceries for vulnerable neighbours to scientists working day and night to find a solution to end all of this. Luckily, we can start 2021 with the hope of being close to a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine. However, there are still […]
The Day of the Endangered Lawyer – Azerbaijan
Joint Statement -LAWYER NASRIN SOTOUDEH
Download in Farsi We, the undersigned 26 Bar Associations, Law Societies, and organisations supporting the legal profession of over 14 countries, stand in solidarity with our Iranian colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh and other lawyers in Iran who are being persecuted by their Government for carrying out their profession diligently and in accordance with the law. On […]
WE ARE HERE SINCE 1974
After years of persecution and resistance, the CHD has decided to renew the association. ÇAĞDAŞ HUKUKÇULAR DERNEĞİ ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDING STATEMENT “WE ARE HERE SINCE 1974” Our Association was closed down by the government in 2016. We had then announced that this was not a legitimate decision for us; we would not accept […]
Statement on the Judgement of the Spanish Supreme Court on the Catalan Referendum Case
in English: Berlin, on the 23rd of November 2019 The AED was part of the dozens of international organizations monitoring the Trial on the Catalan Referendum Case in Madrid. In a statement this February we warned of the lack of procedural guarantees and the danger of violating human rights if there were a conviction. […]