European Court of Human Rights – Avocats Européens Démocrates

Justice Delayed: Lawyers associations condemn the European Court of Human Rights’ Inaction on Lawyers’ Cases in Turkey

09/12/2025

For years, these lawyers have faced politically motivated prosecutions in Turkey, marked by flagrant violations of international fair trial standards. They were arrested, tried, and convicted on charges largely derived from their professional duties as defence lawyers, such as attending human rights protests, defending political opponents, or advising clients on their right to remain silent. Different fact-finding missions have documented […]

Turkey: Top Court Upholds Rights Defender’s Life Term

10/10/2023

Conviction of Osman Kavala and Four Others Needs Urgent International Response (Istanbul, October 10, 2023) – The prosecution of the rights defender and businessman Osman Kavala and four codefendants in connection with mass protests a decade ago has been unfair and essentially a political show trial from the beginning, a group of nine non-governmental organizations including AED-EDL today, ahead of […]

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BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

07/25/2022

WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS OF: European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH), European Democratic Lawyers (EDL), Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), and Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) ON THE APPLICATIONS: No. 1712/21 K.K. v. Greece No. 2871/21 I.M. v. Greece, No. 3104/21 S.K. v. Greece, No. 3111/21 S.A. v. Greece, No. 3118/21 L.M. v. Greece, No. 4034/21 A.D. […]