The European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) co-signed two petitions advocating for the immediate...
Turkey
Joint Statement by the international legal and human rights community on the actions against the Istanbul Bar Association – January 2025
30 Jan 2025 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Safeguarding Independent Legal Institutions
The international legal and human rights community is deeply concerned by prosecuting authorities’...
Statement from the ECBA Human Rights Officer on the arrest of lawyers Naim Eminoğlu and Doğa İncesu in Türkiye – July 2024
10 Jul 2024 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
would like to express my profound concern over the arrest and detention of two lawyers, Naim...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
Joint Statement regarding the Turkish Lawyers on hunger strike – August 2020
13 Aug 2020 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
Please click here for a Joint Statement, co-signed by the ECBA, regarding the Turkish Lawyers on...
Joint-Statement in support of Turkish lawyers – April 2019
5 Apr 2019 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
Click here for the Joint-Statement in support of Turkish lawyers co-signed by more than 30...
The case of two Greek soldiers detained by Turkey – June 2018
25 Jun 2018 | Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Safeguarding Independent Legal Institutions
A Plea for the Rule of Law and Good Neighbourliness According to a number of reports two Greek...