EUROPE Le 23 MAI 2017 LA JUSTICE EN EUROPE QUINZE SYSTEMES JUDICIAIRES PASSES AU CRIBLE DES PRINCIPES FONDAMENTAUX Dans un monde inquiet, garantir les droits est plus que jamais nécessaire au coeur des sociétés qui perdent leurs repères1. INDEPENDANCE : Acteur clef de l’Etat de droit démocratique, elle est, selon des degrés divers, atteinte dans […]
SITUATION DE LA JUSTICE EN ALLEMAGNE 1. La République Fédérale Allemande se comprend comme un état de droit démocratique et social (Art. 20 de la constitution, Grundgesetz (GG), Loi Fondamentale). L’accès à la justice, aux juges, auxquels le pouvoir de rendre la justice est confiée (Art. 92), est garanti par la constitution (Art. 19 alinéa […]
The Association of Greek Judicial Officers for Democracy and Liberties salutes the decision of the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos), by which it is ruled the non extradition of the eight Turkish militaries. With this rule it is confirmed once again the high level of our legal culture and emitted a very clear message of independence […]
which is composed of the four European judges associations Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ) European Association of Judges (EAJ) Judges for Judges Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés (MEDEL) CONSIDERING that Turkey had suffered a terrible attack against its democratic institutions on 15.7.2016 which killed almost three hundreds of its people and […]
Platform for an Independent Judiciary in TurkeyThe extraordinary situation of violation of the independence of the judiciary in Turkey has induced all four European Associations of Judges to join together in their activities: • The Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ), • The European Association of Judges (EAJ), • Judges for Judges and • “Magistrats […]
Document signed by 500 italian academics, lawyers, judges and prosecutors; the text has been sent to the Italian Minister of Justice, and will be sent very soon to CCJE e CCPE, PE, UN, EC. After targeting journalists, college professors and lawyers, the Turkish government proceeds with the annihilation of the Nation’s critical conscience through the […]
The Hellenic Association of Magistrates for Democracy and Freedoms, a member of MEDEL – Magistrats Européens pour la démocratie et les libertés (European Judicial Officers for Democracy and Freedoms), – is participating in the global anxiety for the containment of the fundamental rights in Turkey, the aftermath of the failed coup. It is very worrying […]
MEDEL urges all the European institutions to condemn in the strongest terms the brutal attack of the Turkish authorities to the independence of the judiciary in the country. MEDEL calls for the immediate release of the thousands of judges and prosecutors who were arbitrarily deposed from the bench and arrested without the respect of any […]
In the past 21 months in Turkey, nearly 9.000 magistrates (out of around 15.000) who dared to protect basic rights and freedoms and to adjudicate in accordance to the law and their own conscience, even in the politically sensitive cases, thus including those affecting the family or the Turkish president himself, have been transferred in […]
The Bureau of MEDEL MEDEL was informed that today thousands of judges and prosecutors in Turkey were arrested and dismissed. While MEDEL has not sufficient elements to comment on the attempt of coup d’etat occurred in Turkey, it is hard to understand how and why judges and prosecutors performing daily their judicial duties can be involved in such […]
LA JUSTICE EN EUROPE24/05/2017 - 8:22 pmRAPPORTS SUR LA SITUATION DE LA JUSTICE PAR LES ORGANISATIONS MEMBRES DE MEDEL14/02/2017 - 9:20 pmResolution concerning the non extradition of Turkish military refugees.01/02/2017 - 6:55 pmThe PLATFORM FOR AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IN TURKEY,31/10/2016 - 3:28 pmPlatform for an Independent Judiciary in Turkey08/08/2016 - 7:40 am