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CA of Florence – statements approved

In its Council of Administration held in Firenze, Italy, on September 19th, 2020, MEDEL approved: - the Declaration of Firenze, on the Independence of the...

MEDEL Statement on President of ECHR Robert Spano’s visit to Turkey

Upon invitation of Turkey's Minister of Justice, the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Robert Spano, made an official visit to Turkey...

MEDEL Declaration of Firenze

Since the Palermo Declaration “Elements of a European Statute of the Judiciary”, adopted on 16 January 1993, MEDEL affirmed that the autonomy of the...

International conference “Public Prosecution and Rule of Law in Europe”

International conference "Public Prosecution and Rule of Law in Europe". Watch live, today (18/09/2020), from 9.15am.   Translation to English and live chat available to join the...

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

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

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)

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

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...

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’...

Support to Judge Erika Lorena Aifán Dávila

MEDEL – Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés, has been informed of the developments regarding the judiciary in Guatemala and the situation of Judge...

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