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Joint Statement on the arrest of 48 Lawyers and 7 Intern Lawyers in Ankara, Turkey (16.9.2020)

Europe News September 16, 2020

MEDEL has co-signed a joint statement, published today, on the mass arrest of lawyers in Turkey. You can read it below: Through the new “alternative bar...

The Tragedy of Ebru Timtik

Europe News September 4, 2020

MEDEL issued a statement on the death of the Turkish Lawyer Ebru Timtik. You can find it below: The death of Ebru Timtik, after 238 days...

Statement of the Platform for in Independent Judiciary in Turkey (31th August 2020)

Europe News August 31, 2020

The Platform for an independent Judiciary in Turkey has just issued a statement about the situation in Turkey. It was sent to the Turkish government,...

The Arrested Lawyers published an interview with Filipe Marques, President of Medel

Europe News August 23, 2020

Within the scope of our new project we are publishing interviews with prominent European lawyers, academics and executives of judges’ associations. Our fourth interview is with Filipe...

Filipe Marques (President of Medel), and Roger Casale (Secretary-General of New Europeans), in an OP-ed for The Parliament Magazine: “Human rights violations in Poland...

Europe News August 23, 2020

Poland's rule of law breaches putting EU’s future at stake, argue Filipe Marques and Roger Casale. Call for European Commission to ‘walk the talk’...

Letter and statement from the Platform for an Independent Judiciary in Turkey

Europe News July 15, 2020

The Platform for an Independent Judiciary in Turkey, of which MEDEL is a member, has released a statement, marking another anniversary of the attempted coup...

MEDEL statement on judge Igor Tuleya’s hearing

An independent Judiciary June 8, 2020

Tomorrow we shall face another stage of dismantling of the rule of law in Poland. The Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, disabled by CJEU...

Protests co-organized by MEDEL and other institutions in Poland and Europe

Europe News June 6, 2020

On Tuesday 9 June, at 9:00, Judge Igor Tuleya is called to the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court in Poland, for a hearing...

Joint statement on COVID-19 and the death penalty / Déclaration conjointe sur le coronavirus et la peine de mort

Defense of Liberties June 4, 2020

The World Coalition Against Death Penalty, of which MEDEL is a member, issued today the attached statement on COVID-19 and its impact on the...

E-book “Justice and Challenges in Times of Pandemic in Europe”

Europe News June 1, 2020

MEDEL gathered the communications and notes of speakers presented in the webinar “Justice and Challenges in Times of Pandemic in Europe”, held on May...

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