The ECBA co-signed an urgent request to intervene in favour of persecuted Iranian lawyer Reza...
Human Rights Committee
Statement in support of the Turkish lawyer Günay Dağ – February 2023
10 Feb 2023 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
The ECBA co-signed the Statement issued in support of the Turkish lawyer Günay Dağ. Günay Dağ is a...
Day of the Endangered Lawyer 24 January 2023 – Afghanistan
23 Jan 2023 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
Since 2010, the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer has been observed on 24 January in...
ECBA HRC disapproves the default conviction of the Olympian medalist Herasimenia and the lack of fair trials against dissidents in Belarus – January 2023
10 Jan 2023 | Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA Human Rights Committee would like to express its growing concern about the situation...
ECBA HRC Statement about detained French-Palestinian Lawyer Salah Hamouri – December 2022
12 Dec 2022 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
The ECBA has received credible reports that our colleague Salah Hamouri, a French-Palestinian...
ECBA HRC is concerned about the situation in Iran – October 2022
31 Oct 2022 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
We are extremely concerned about the repression suffered by many Iranian lawyers, following the...
ECBA HR Officer at the ECHR hearing in the case Pietrzak v. Poland and Bychawska-Siniarska and Others v. Poland/Hearing – September 2022
29 Sep 2022 | Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Safeguarding Independent Legal Institutions
The ECBA, represented by its Human Rights Officer Alexis Anagnostakis, appeared before...
Free the Gezi defendants! – joint statement in favour of Turkish human rights activists – April 2022
29 Apr 2022 | Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA signed a joint statement issued at the initiative of the European Association of Lawyers...
The ECBA condemns the invasion of Ukraine by Russia – February 2022
28 Feb 2022 | Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA issues a Statement condemning the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, calling for the end of...
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...
The European Court of Human Rights – change of the time-limit for lodging an application with the Court – January 2022
25 Jan 2022 | Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Safeguarding Independent Legal Institutions
Marialena Tsirli, Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights, announces the change of the...
ECBA signs Statement regarding the 2022 Day of the Endangered Lawyer – January 2022
17 Jan 2022 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA Human Rights Committee co-signs a Statement regarding the Day of the Endangered...
Request for leave to intervene before the UN Human Rights Committee, December 2021
22 Dec 2021 | Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
The ECBA Human Rights Committee decided to submit a Request for leave to intervene before the UN...
The ECBA Human Rights Committee stands in Solidarity with Egyptian lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer, December 2021
17 Dec 2021 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA Human Rights Committee, along with members of the global legal community, signed a Joint...
Report on detained Turkish lawyers by Maria Hessen Jacobsen – November 2021
15 Nov 2021 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
Norwegian lawyer Maria Hessen Jacobsen was on a legal study assignment in Istanbul on behalf of...
Joint call in support of endangered lawyers in Afghanistan – November 2021
9 Nov 2021 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
Following the recent worrying developments in Afghanistan, many European legal organisations...
The ECBA stands by the prosecuted Turkish lawyers – September 2021
20 Sep 2021 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
The ECBA participated to a Legal Fact Finding mission in Istanbul from 15 to 20 September 2021,...
The Philippines: attacks against lawyers further escalating – joint statement – July 2021
2 Jul 2021 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
Together with 30 lawyers’ organizations, bar associations and human rights organisations, the...
The ECBA signed the first “International Fair Trial Day” (IFTD) statement – June 2021
17 Jun 2021 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
The first annual “International Fair Trial Day” (IFTD) took place this 14 June 2021. Several...
Joint statement on the Russian state’s measures against lawyer Ivan Pavlov – May 2021
18 May 2021 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Safeguarding Independent Legal Institutions
The ECBA co-signed a joint statement regarding the situtation of the Russian lawyer Ivan...
ECBA HRC statement on the case of the lawyer Robert Roșu – May 2021
13 May 2021 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
This statement concerns the case of the Romanian lawyer Robert Roșu, who was convicted by the High...
ECBA HRC Statement regarding the situation of the defence lawyers in Myanmar – March 2021
15 Mar 2021 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA Human Rights Committee wishes to express its solidarity with members of the legal...
The ECBA signed the Joint Petition for the Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2021, focusing this year on Azerbaijan – January 2021
22 Jan 2021 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Safeguarding Independent Legal Institutions
The Statement addresses some of the critical challenges faced by lawyers there in practising their...
ECBA Statement on Human Rights Lawyer Tahir Elçi’s Murder – December 2020
22 Dec 2020 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
Please click here for the Statement.
Joint Statement in solidarity with colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh and others – December 2020
4 Dec 2020 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
Please click here for a joint Statement undersigned by 26 Bar Associations (including the ECBA),...
Joint Statement to demand Justice for the killing of human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi – November 2020
27 Nov 2020 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee
28 November marks the 5th year of the killing of human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi. 43 international...
The ECBA expresses its concerns over the proceedings instigated against Judge Igor Tuleya – October 2020
5 Oct 2020 | Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Safeguarding Independent Legal Institutions
The ECBA has written to the Supreme Court/ Disciplinary Chamber of Poland to express its concerns...
The ECBA HRC sent an urgent request for intervention in favour of Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh – October 2020
5 Oct 2020 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The European Criminal Bar Association, on the initiative of the Italian Criminal Lawyers...
ECBA Statement on the death of the Turkish Lawyer on hunger strike – September 2020
2 Sep 2020 | Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
Today our name is Ebru Timtik. A black day for democracy and justice has dawned. The news of her...
ECBA Human Rights Committee Statement regarding crackdown on protesters in Belarus – August 2020
20 Aug 2020 | Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
Click here for the Statement. The Statement has been sent to the President of the Republic of...