In 2025 the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer focused on Belarus, chosen at the...
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ECBA Responds to EU Commission’s AI Act Consultation – January 2025
12 Jan 2025 | Cybercrime, Tech & AI, E-evidence
The European Criminal Bar Association has submitted its response to the EU Commission's...
ECBA signs urgent request for intervention in favour of renowned Iranian human rights defender Reza Khandan – December 2024
17 Dec 2024 | Defending the Defence, Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
Reza Khandan, renowned Iranian human rights activist and husband of the iconic human rights lawyer...
ECBA Statement calling the Interpol to reaffirm its commitment to uphold human rights standards – November 2024
6 Nov 2024 | International Co-operation, INTERPOL
November 2024 - On the eve of INTERPOL's General Assembly, the ECBA issued a...
ECBA Position Paper on the Digitalisation of Justice – November 2024
1 Nov 2024 | Cybercrime, Tech & AI, E-evidence, E-Justice, AI & Lawtech, Video-conferencing
The rapid digitalisation of justice brings both opportunities and challenges for...
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...
European Criminal Bar Association message on the passing of French lawyer Henri Leclerc – September 2024
24 Sep 2024 | Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee
The European Criminal Bar Association deeply mourns the loss of Henri Leclerc, a towering figure...
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...
ECBA successfully intervenes at the ECtHR in case Pietrzak vs Poland – June 2024
5 Jun 2024 | Fair Trial Standards, Human Rights Committee, Safeguarding Independent Legal Institutions
The European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in the case Pietrzak and...
ECBA Statement of Support for the American College of Trial Lawyers – May 2024
20 May 2024 | Human Rights Committee, Safeguarding Independent Legal Institutions
The European Criminal Bar Association stands in solidarity with the American College of Trial...
ECBA Opinion on Proposal for a Regulation on the transfer of proceedings COM (2023) 185 final – 2023/0093 (COD) – March 2024
1 Mar 2024 | International Co-operation, MLA
The ECBA publishes its opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation on the transfer of proceedings COM...
ECBA Statement Condemning the Death in Custody of Aleksei Navalny and Urging for an International Inquiry – February 2024
20 Feb 2024 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The European Criminal Bar Association strongly condemns the tragic death of Aleksei Navalny, which...
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...
Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2024 – Iran – 24 January 2024
19 Jan 2024 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA co-signed a statement, a report and a petition on the occasion of the Day...
Urgent request for intervention in favour of Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh (Joint Statement) – November 2023
1 Dec 2023 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The European Criminal Association joins the call and signs the statement to take concrete and...
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 signs petition for China to release human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and end the practice of enforced disappearances – August 2023
6 Aug 2023 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
ECBA and other different human rights and justice organisations call on the Chinese authorities to...
ECBA on the protection of the work of members of the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA) – May 2023
10 May 2023 | Defending the Defence, Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA publishes its resolution adopted on 6 May 2023, in Warsaw, on the protection of the work...
Common call to free five human rights defenders unjustly imprisoned in Burundi – March 2023
29 Mar 2023 | Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
On Tuesday 14 February 2023, five prominent human rights defenders, leading figures in Burundian...
Urgent request for intervention in favour of Iranian lawyer Reza Khandan – March 2023
2 Mar 2023 | Human Rights Committee, Protest Defence Rights
The ECBA co-signed an urgent request to intervene in favour of persecuted Iranian lawyer Reza...
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...
ECBA Statement on mutual recognition of extradition decisions – June 2022
27 Jun 2022 | EAW, Extradition, International Co-operation, INTERPOL
Across Europe, persons who have been successful in challenging INTERPOL red notices, extradition...
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 calls with Fair Trials, EDRi and civil society on the EU Council, EU Parliament and EU states to ban predictive systems in policing & criminal justice – March 2022
16 Mar 2022 | Cybercrime, Tech & AI, E-Justice, AI & Lawtech, Evidence, Improving Justice, Procedural Safeguards
The ECBA joins the Fair Trials and European Digital Rights initiative and civil society call...
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...