ECBA condemns Israel’s new laws expanding capital punishment by hanging, targeting Palestinians and undermining fair trial guarantees.
Death Penalty Opposition
ECBA signs open letter to OHCHR against death penalty in Iran for Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani – January 2025
26 Jan 2025 | Death Penalty Opposition, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA and its Human Rights Officer, Alexis Anagnostakis, joined 302 distinguished international...
ECBA signs Joint Statement calling for the universal abolition of the death penalty – October 2024
10 Oct 2024 | Death Penalty Opposition, Human Rights Committee
The ECBA proudly joins international legal organizations in co-signing a crucial Joint Statement...
ECBA Statement regarding the loss of lawyer Robert Badinter – February 2024
20 Feb 2024 | Death Penalty Opposition, Human Rights Committee, Human Rights Recognition
The European Criminal Bar Association mourns the passing of Robert Badinter in France, a towering...
ECBA intervenes before US Military Court against evidence obtained through torture – September 2023
28 Sep 2023 | Death Penalty Opposition, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
The European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) has intervened as a third party in a significant case...
ECBA Chair co-signs letter urging the UN to open query into Iran’s 1988 killings and Raisi role – January 2022
4 Feb 2022 | Death Penalty Opposition, Human Rights Committee
Vincent Asselineau, the ECBA Chair, joined hundreds of prominent jurists, former U.N. judges and...