EVENT / Join the conference for the International Fair Trial Day focused on Tunisia, 12 June in Brussels & online
The Steering Groupe of the International Fair Trial Day (IFTD), in which OIAD participates, invites you to the International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) Conference and the Ebru Timtik Award Ceremony[1] which will take place in Brussels (Université libre de Bruxelles, Solbosch campus) and online via Zoom on Thursday, 12 June 2025.
This year, the spotlight is on Tunisia, where the independence of the judiciary, the legal profession, and human rights safeguards are under urgent threat. Together, we will shed light on the systemic violations of fair trial guarantees and unite our voices for justice and accountability.
Read the save the date in English and French.
We warmly encourage especially our colleagues in France and Belgium—lawyers, judges, activists, NGOs,academics—to join us in person in Brussels. Standing together sends a powerful message of solidarity to those risking everything to defend the right to a fair trial.
For those unable to attend in person, online participation is possible—and just as vital.
We also urge you to:
- Share this event widely within your professional and activist networks,
- Promote it on social media, and
- Mobilize your communities to participate in the conference
Limited seating – RSVP required Register by completing the form:
Register here (in-person or online):https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvMpL535BmUOF-UDtTdAprjvTWifwGPKIQONUseQKGh2DQcw/viewform
An agenda with the names of the exceptional speakers contributing to the discussion will be shared with all registered participants ahead of the event.
To learn more about the IFTD, visit: https://iftd.org/
Further information will be provided upon registration. For any questions, please email nominationsetaward@gmail.com
[1] The annual International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) has been observed each year on 14 June since 2021. Established by a group of lawyers and lawyers’ organisations, the initiative is supported by over 100 legal associations across the world, who are committed to the vital importance of the right to a fair trial and addressing the serious challenges to due process rights worldwide.
The IFTD is coordinated by a Steering Group* which, each year, selects a focus country – where fair trial rights are being systemically violated – following a nomination process, and organises an event to mark the IFTD, as well as a series of activities around the event to draw attention to the situation in that country. The conference brings together national and international stakeholders to examine systemic fair trial issues and develop concrete recommendations to address them, which are shared in a public statement and report on the event.
The Ebru Timtik Award was established alongside the IFTD. Ebru Timtik is a lawyer from Turkey who lost her life on 27 August 2020 as a result of a 238-day hunger strike she undertook to protest against the systemic violations of fair trial rights which people in Turkey are facing. Every year, on the occasion of the IFTD, the Ebru Timtik Award is granted by an independent jury to an individual, individuals and/or an organisation that has/have made a significant contribution to the defence and promotion of the right to a fair trial in the focus country.
