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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
MEDEL´s opinion on the construction of a international investment court for TTIP – proposal of the European Commission from 16.09.2015 and 12.11.2015 “Remove justice and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale? What are criminal gangs but petty kingdoms?” Augustine of Hippo, De Civitas Dei 1. Context In its most recent […]
The “Hellenic Association of Magistrates for Democracy and Freedoms” exresses its deep concern upon what is leaking by the press about the negotiations between the USA and EU, known as Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership [TTIP], given the absence of consultation documents. This agreement has no legal basis and the competence of the EU itself […]
To Medel Dear Mr President, By an authorizing and representative letter of the President of Medel, I was designed as observer on the trial of four prosecutors and a police officer on 1rst of October in Turkey, after a relevant request of YARSAV. For this purpose neither pertinent documents were provided to me by YARSAV […]
Marking the anniversary of Giovanni Falcone’s assassination by the Mafia in 1992, MEDEL pronounced the 23rd of May as the alert day for the independence of justice in Europe. On this date, we are invited to reflect on the need for an independent and effective justice all over Europe and its importance for the safeguard […]
Dear colleagues I would like you inform that our association [Eteria Elinon Dikastikon Litourgon gia ti Dimokratia ke tis Elefteries] with the cooperation of the Bar Association of Halkida has organized a conference on 7.3.2015, in Halkida, titled “THE SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL RIGHTS IN THE SHADOW OF ECONOMIC GRASIS”
The Administrative Board of the association [election of 10.5.2014] is as follows Evangelia Palaiologou, president Margarita Stenioti, 1st vise president Konstantinos Tolis, 2nd vise president George Almpouras, secretary general Charalampos Mavridis, special secretary Areti Grigoriou. treasurer Charilaos Kloukinas, member Soultana Konstantinou, member Rozalia Lalli, member
ASSOCIATION OF GREEK
JUDGES AND PUBLIC PROSECUTORS
FOR THE DEMOCRACY
AND THE LIBERTIES