TURKEY: OIAD attends the trial of colleague Özum Burgun in Diyarbakir

Date of the report: May 2024 Gaspard Lindon, lawyer at the Bar in Paris and delegate of the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD), travelled to Diyarbakir on May1st alongside Françoise Cotta, member of ASF-DS and associate of the OIAD. Ms Burgun had been accused of being involved in conspiratorial activities within the PKK. […]

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TÜRKEI: Gemeinsamer Bericht des OIAD und der Beobachtungsstelle für den Schutz von Menschenrechtsverteidigern im Rahmen der Mission Saturday Mothers in Istanbul.

Datum des Berichts: Juni 2024 Das Internationale Observatorium für bedrohte Anwälte und die Beobachtungsstelle für den Schutz von Menschenrechtsverteidigern, ein gemeinsames Programm der Internationalen Föderation für Menschenrechte (FIDH) und der Weltorganisation gegen Folter (OMCT), sind nach Istanbul in der Türkei gereist. Gemeinsam wurdendie Organisationen aktiv, um die Saturday Mothers und ihre Anwälte zu unterstützen. Lesen […]

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TURKEY: LEAFLET ON THE TRIAL FOR THE KILLING OF TAHIR ELÇI

Date of the document: June 2024 OIAD REPORT: A LOOK BACK AT THE EMBLEMATIC TRIAL OF FORMER BAR PRESIDENT TAHIR ELÇI’S MURDERERS As we approach the final phase of the trial for the assassination of the former President of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, on 28 November 2015, the OIAD has prepared a graphic leaflet recapitulating […]

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MEXICO: Report on International Fair Trial Day 2023

Date of the report: May 2024 On June 14, 2023, around 300 human rights lawyers, judges, reporters, and associations worldwide attended online and in-person to the third edition of the International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) and Ebru Timtik Award. The Conference had the participation as panellists of eminent lawyers, human rights defenders, victims and academics […]

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NICARAGUA: OIAD’s contribution to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Nicaragua

Report date : April 2024 The report on Nicaragua by the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger was recently presented at the 47th session of the 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council. The report, which has already been received by the United Nations, particularly emphasises the lack of protection […]

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TURKEY: Judicial observation report (trial of the murder of Bar President Tahir Elçi, 6 March 2024)

Date of the report: March 2024 The President of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, was murdered on 28 November 2015 in a shooting attack during a public lecture at the foot of the 500-year-old «four-legged» minaret. He was about to make a statement on the destruction that had occurred in recent months in the […]

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TÜRKEI: Gemeinsamer Bericht über die ÇHD-Erkundungsmission

Datum des Berichts: Februar 2024 „Zwischen dem 6. und 10. November 2023 unternahm eine internationale Delegation, die 27 Anwaltskammern, Anwaltsverbände, Menschenrechtsgruppen und juristische Gruppen vertrat (…), eine Erkundungsmission in die Türkei, um acht Rechtsanwälte zu befragen, die unter Umständen festgenommen und inhaftiert wurden, die eine Reihe von Menschenrechtsbedenken aufwerfen. Die Delegation beobachtete auch zwei Gerichtsverhandlungen, […]

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TÜRKEI: Bericht zur gerichtlichen Beobachtung (Prozess zur Ermordung des Anwaltspräsidenten Tahir Elçi, 29. November 2023)

Date of the report: December 2023 On Wednesday 29 November 2023, the 8th hearing in the trial for the assassination of Bar President Tahir Elçi in Diyarbakir, Turkey, was observed by Barbara Porta (member of Torino Bar), Benedetta Perego (member of Torino Bar) and Adam Zaki (member of Geneva Bar). Download the full report:

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TUNISIE : Communiqué sur la mission du Bâtonnier du Barreau de Nice

Maître Adrien VERRIER, Bâtonnier de l’Ordre des Avocats de Nice s’est rendu du 26 au 28 juillet 2023 à Tunis afin de rencontrer trois avocats actuellement incarcérés : Maître Ridha BELHAJ et Maître Ghazi CHAOUACHI (incarcérés depuis le 25 février 2023), ainsi que Maître Nourredine BHIRI (incarcéré depuis le 14 février 2023).   Ce déplacement fut […]

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TURKEY: Judicial observation report (trial of the murder of Bar President Tahir Elçi, 5 July 2023)

Date of the report: July 2023 On Wednesday 5 July 2023, the 7th hearing in the trial for the assassination of Bar President Tahir Elçi in Diyarbakir, Turkey, was observed by Franck Heurtrey (member of the Lyon Bar) and Jean-Baptiste Farcy (member of the Brussels Bar). On this occasion, the members visited the lawyer Turan […]

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