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TURKEY: Court observation report (Trial on the assassination of Barrister Tahir Elçi – 5th hearing, 15 June 2022)

Date of the report : November 2022 On 15 June 2022, a delegation from the OIAD, the Geneva Bar Association and secretaries of the Paris Bar Conference attended the 5th hearing of the defendants in the Barrister Tahir Elçi assassination case. On 28 November 2015, Tahir Elçi was shot dead while holding a press conference he had organised at the “four-legged minaret” in Diyarbakır to denounce the serious human rights violations committed during the curfews in Cizre, Sur, Silopi and Nusaybin, and to make a public appeal for the protection of cultural property and heritage during the conflict. The observer delegation presents this comprehensive report which includes the background, the course of the 15 June 2022 hearing, as well as a critical analysis of the trial and the hearing. Download the report:  

TURKEY: Court observation report (Trial on the assassination of Barrister Tahir Elçi – 5th hearing, 15 June 2022)

AFGHANISTAN: Commemorating the Fall of Kabul

A retrospective of the destruction of a profession: 15 August 2021 – 15 August 2022

AFGHANISTAN: Commemorating the Fall of Kabul

STRASBOURG: Legal instrument to strengthen the protection of the profession of lawyer

The first meeting of the Committee was held in Strasbourg from April 6 to 8.

STRASBOURG: Legal instrument to strengthen the protection of the profession of lawyer

ACTIVITY REPORT OIAD (2021-2022)

Date of the report: May 2022 On 20 May 2022, at the General Assembly, the members of the Bureau presented the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger activity report for 2021/22. Download the report:

ACTIVITY REPORT OIAD (2021-2022)

TURKEY: Report on the Observation Mission of the Observatory (CHD I & II Trials)

Date of the report: September 2021 This report is produced by the delegation of the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD for its french acronym) during the joint judicial observation mission carried out in Istanbul from 15 to 20 September 2021. It is a complement to the report of the previous joint judicial observation mission carried out in Istanbul from 4 to 8 April 2021 by the OIAD, the General Council of Spanish Lawyers, the Geneva Bar and the Paris Bar . More specifically, this report deals with the two hearings of 15 and 20 September 2021 respectively in the CHD I and II trial before the 18th Criminal Chamber of Istanbul concerning Barkin Timtik and Selçuk Kozağaçlı and in the case concerning Oya Aslan and Günay Dağ before the 37th Criminal Chamber of Istanbul. It also covers the visits to lawyers in prison that were carried out by the OIAD delegation on 16 and 17 September 2021 along with twenty-four other delegations. Download the report:  

TURKEY: Report on the Observation Mission of the Observatory (CHD I & II Trials)

TURKEY: Report on the Observation Mission of the OIAD (OHD & CHD I Trials)

Turkey : Report on the Observation Mission of the OIAD (OHD & CHD I Trials)

TURKEY: Report on the Observation Mission of the OIAD (OHD & CHD I Trials)

Country File / Colombia: The use of justice as a persecution mechanism

OIAD presents the Country File: Colombia on the endangered legal profession in this country and, in particular, on the use of justice as a persecution mechanism  against Colombian lawyers.

Country File / Colombia: The use of justice as a persecution mechanism

Honduras: Report on the Trial for the assassination of Berta Cáceres, Expert Observer Mission

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Honduras: Report on the Trial for the assassination of Berta Cáceres, Expert Observer Mission

Alternative report on Turkey in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review

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Alternative report on Turkey in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review

World day of the endangered lawyer: Dedicated to Pakistan

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World day of the endangered lawyer: Dedicated to Pakistan

Peru: Mission of support and accompaniment to the Southern Andean Lawyers Collective

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Peru: Mission of support and accompaniment to the Southern Andean Lawyers Collective

Colombia, «12 Apostles» Trial: Judicial observation mission

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Colombia, «12 Apostles» Trial: Judicial observation mission

OIAD 2018-2019: Activity report

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OIAD 2018-2019: Activity report

Turkey, «CHD» trial: Postponement of the observation mission

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Turkey, «CHD» trial: Postponement of the observation mission

Turkey, «Propaganda» Trial: Transcript of the hearing 22.05.2019

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Turkey, «Propaganda» Trial: Transcript of the hearing 22.05.2019

Turkey, «Propaganda» Trial: Transcript of the hearing 19.02.2019

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Turkey, «Propaganda» Trial: Transcript of the hearing 19.02.2019

World day of the endangered lawyer: Dedicated to Turkey

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World day of the endangered lawyer: Dedicated to Turkey

Turkey, «Propaganda» Trial: Observation mission

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Turkey, «Propaganda» Trial: Observation mission

Belarus: Control of lawyers jeopardizes human rights

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Belarus: Control of lawyers jeopardizes human rights

Mexico: Visit to support the human rights defense lawyer

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Mexico: Visit to support the human rights defense lawyer

Honduras: Report of the mission to support advocacy at risk (updated)

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Honduras: Report of the mission to support advocacy at risk (updated)

Honduras: Report of the mission to support advocacy at risk

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Honduras: Report of the mission to support advocacy at risk

OIAD 2010: Activity report

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OIAD 2010: Activity report

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