Every year on May 23, MEDEL marks the Alert Day for the Independence of Justice, to pay tribute to the memory of judges Giovanni Falcone, Francesca Morvillo and Paolo Borsellino, killed together with their security details in devastating Mafia attacks. On this day, MEDEL honours all those who fight, even at the cost of their […]
Hellenic Judges’ Association for Democracy and Liberties expresses its deep concern over the approval of the constitutional reform of the Judiciary in Italy, which establishes the separation of the careers of public prosecutors and judicial magistrates. This represents a structural change to the traditional principles of independence and self-governance of the Judiciary. We recognize that […]
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 […]
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 […]
ASSOCIATION OF GREEK
JUDGES AND PUBLIC PROSECUTORS
FOR THE DEMOCRACY
AND THE LIBERTIES