MEDEL has unanimously approved a statement on occasion of the 5th anniversary of the massive crackdown in Turkey MEDEL demands the Turkish authorities: - To immediately release Murat Arslan and all the unfairly imprisoned Magistrates, Lawyers and other citizens; - To [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to respect for private and family life and for one’s home of Erdal Tercan, a former judge at [...]

Every 23rd of May, MEDEL honours the memory of Giovanni Falcone, the Italian judge assassinated by the mafia on this day, in 1992, having declared this date as the Alert Day for the Independence of Justice. This year, we honour the memory of [...]

A new meaning for Hope The Provident Fund of the European Association of Judges Established only few months after the collapse of Rule of Law in Turkey, the Provident Fund of the European Association of Judges has helped hundreds of judges [...]

The report, authored by Luca Perilli, displays facts, and especially actions by public authorities, occurred in Turkey since 2010 and which relate to the role of the Turkish Judiciary and the abrupt changes that have shaken it after 2013. The final [...]

Defending the Rule of Law is now the business of all jurists, individually and collectively! Dear jurist, academic, legal practitioner and student friends, As everyone has observed especially for last few years, judicial actors generally found themselves in a position to [...]

EU Commission has published the First Annual Report on the Rule of Law situation across the European Union https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1756

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