EUROPEAN LAWYERS IN SOLIDARITY WITH RAJIV MENON KC!
The European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH), with members in 23 European countries, are deeply concerned that the experienced and highly respected criminal defence barrister Rajiv Menon KC (Kings Counsel), called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1993, and appointed Queens Counsel (senior barrister) in 2011, is facing a prosecution for…
ELDH Statement on the Garvaghy Road Parade
ELDH expresses its serious concern at the decision of the Parades Commission to permit an Orange Order procession along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, and at the legal and institutional process which has resulted in the reopening of a dispute carrying profound historical significance for the local community and for Northern Ireland as a whole….
Pakistan: End the cycle of detention and judicial harassment of lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha
Joint statement by international civil society organisations working on the protection of lawyers, human rights defenders and freedom of expression We, the undersigned international civil society organisations, express grave concern at the continued arbitrary detention of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha since January, despite the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspending…
ELDH Statement: Welcoming the New Turkish Legislation as a First Step Towards Peace
Download the statement We welcome the approval of the new legislation on disarmament and reintegration as an important and long-awaited first step towards addressing the Kurdish question and consolidating the emerging peace process in Turkey. For the first time, the current process has reached the stage of concrete legislation, creating a basis on which a…
Urgent International Joint Call for the Immediate Release of Lawyers Semra Demir, Kürşat Bafra and Doğa İncesu
We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the simultaneous pre-dawn police raids conducted in Ankara and Istanbul on the morning of June 23, 2026, which resulted in numerous individuals being taken into police custody, including three lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD). Lawyer Doğa İncesu, a member of the ÇHD Istanbul Branch,…
ELDH mourns the passing of the lawyer Aurora D’Agostino
ELDH mourns the passing of the lawyer Aurora D’Agostino, co-President of the National Association of Democratic Jurists (Associazione Nazionale Giuristi Democratici, Italy) and member of the ELDH Executive Committee. For decades, she was committed to the defence of women, migrants and political activists, to international observation activities, and to solidarity with the Kurdish and Palestinian…
CJEU Judgment on the Spanish Amnesty Law
ELDH Welcomes the CJEU Judgment on the Spanish Amnesty Law and Calls for the Definitive Closure of the Judicialisation of the Catalan Political Conflict The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) welcomes the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union confirming that the Spanish Amnesty Law is…
Statement on the Critical Situation of Sahrawi Human Rights Defender Naama Asfari
Download the statement The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its profound concern over reports regarding the critical health condition of Sahrawi human rights defender and political prisoner Naama Asfari, who has reportedly been on an open-ended hunger strike since 8 June 2026 at Kenitra Prison in Morocco. This…
ELDH Report : WESTERN SAHARA, 50 YEARS UNDER OCCUPATION
Human Rights Violations, Settler-Colonial Transformation, and the Absence of International Monitoring in Western Sahara.
ELDH Statement on Palestinian Children Report
Download the statement ELDH Statement Supporting the Findings and Recommendations of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, on the Deliberate Targeting of Palestinian Children The European Association of Lawyers association for Democracy and World Human Rights in the world (ELDH) expresses its strongest support for…