Europe News

Letter from MEDEL to the European Network of Judicial Councils on suspension and Imprisonment of Judges and Prosecutors in Turkey

Europe News July 24, 2016

Dear Sir or Madam, MEDEL (Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés), an organization of European judges and prosecutors created with the main...

Turkey: Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations

Europe News July 24, 2016

Amnesty International has gathered credible evidence that detainees in Turkey are being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, in official and unofficial detention...

Statement of the President of the Superior Judicial Council of Romania

Europe News July 23, 2016

Poziţia domnului judecător Mircea Aron, preşedinte al Consiliului Superior al Magistraturii referitoare la informaţiile vehiculate în spaţiul public privind situaţia judecătorilor şi procurorilor din...

Statement of The European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)

Europe News July 23, 2016

The ECBA, whose objects under its constitution include promoting “(...) the administration of justice and human rights under the rule of law within the...

Letter from MEDEL to the Consultative Council of European Judges on suppression of the Independence of the Judiciary in Turkey

Europe News July 22, 2016

Dear President Nils Engstad, We are writing you to call an extraordinary meeting as soon as possible to discuss the suppression of the independence...

Letter from MEDEL to the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors on suppression of the Independence of the Judiciary in Turkey

Europe News July 22, 2016

Dear President Cédric VISART DE BOCARME, We are writing you to call an extraordinary meeting as soon as possible to discuss the suppression of...

Statement of the President of the conference of INGOs: State of emergency in Turkey – Call on civil society to be vigilant

Europe News July 22, 2016

In my capacity as President of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, I am concerned about the situation of civil society...

Statement of the Polish Judges Association “IUSTITIA” on the detention of judges and prosecutors in Turkey

Europe News July 22, 2016

Polish Judges Association "IUSTITIA" with a great concern notes the information coming from Turkey about dismissal more than 2,000 judges and prosecutors and detention...

Statement of the Supreme Judicial Council of Bulgaria

Europe News July 22, 2016

Висшият съдебен съвет на Република България изразява своята загриженост за спазване правата на над 2 700 турски съдии и прокурори, които по публични данни са...

Statement of the Bureau of the CCPE

Europe News July 22, 2016

The Bureau of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) has closely followed the dramatic events that occurred in Turkey recently. A democratically elected authority...

1...363738...49 Page 37 of 49