(13.), 14 and 15 January 2017, Ankara
Ankara Plaza Hotel
Kavaklidere Bestekar Sk. No: 5 06680 Çankaya
The conference is organized by the
• European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights, www.eldh.eu
• European Democratic Lawyers, http://www.aeud.org/
• International Association of Democratic Lawyers, http://www.iadllaw.org/newsite/
• The Day of the Endangered Lawyers Foundation, http://dayoftheendangeredlawyer.eu
• Together with the 19 Bar Associtions of the following Turkish cities: Ankara, Adana, Adiyaman, Agn, Antalya, Batman, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakir, Hakkari, Igdir, Kars-Ardahan, Mardin, Mus, Siirt, Sanliurfa, Sirnak, Tunceli, Van (some other Bar Associations in Turkey will suport the conference.)
• Judge Associations: Democratic Judges, The Syndicat of Judges
• The platform of Lawyers against State of Emergency: The platform of 11 different lawyer group
PROGRAM:
Opening: Bill Bowring, The President of ELDH – Pascale Taelman - The President of EDL-AED
14.01.2017 – SATURDAY / 09.30-10.45
The rights, duties and the repression faced by Bar Associations and their members under State of Emergency
Moderator: Mengücek Gazi Çitirik
Speakers:
- Ahmet Özmen – The president of Diyarbak?r Bar Association
- Hakan Canduran – The president of Ankara Bar Association
- Polat Balkan– The president of Antalya Bar Association
- Veli Küçük – The president of Adana Bar Association
- Gürkan Altun – The president of Bursa Bar Association
- Robert Sabata – Barcelona Bar Association
11.15 – 13.00
Under the State of Emergency: The guarentess for the independence, impartiality of Judges
Moderator: Ilhan Cihaner / Murat Aydin
Speakers:
- Orhan Gazi Ertekin
- Leyla Tarhan Köksal
- Mustafa Karadag
- Ingrid Heinlein
LUNCH (13.00 – 14.00)
14.00 – 15.45
State of Emergency and the Media
Moderator: Gökçer Tahincioglu
Speakers:
- Zeynep Yüncüler
- Erdem Gül
- Cem Gurbetoglu
- Kenan Kirkaya
16.00 – 17.45
Being of a lawyer under the State of Emergency
Moderator: Ayse Acinikli
Speakers:
- Selçuk Kozagaçli - ÇHD
- Özgür Erol - ÖHD
- Thomas Schmidt – ELDH
- Pascale Taelman – AED
- Hans Gaasbeek – Day of the Endangered Lawyer Foundation
- Jan Fermon - IADL
- Barbara Spinelli - ELDH/GD
15.01.2017 -SUNDAY:
09.30 – 10.45
The legislative prerogative under the state of emergency and parliamentary immunity
Moderator: Ali Haydar Hakverdi
Speakers:
- Meral Danis Bestas
- Senal Sarihan
- Filiz Kerestecioglu
- Ilhan Cihaner
- Mithat Sancar
11.00 – 13.00
Practices of Anti-Teror, State of Emergency and State of Siege in Turkey and in the World.
Speakers:
- Berke Özenç
- Sebnem Korur Fincanci
- Cihan Aydin
- Clemens Lahner – ELDH
- Florian Borg – AED
Organisations:
INTERNATIONAL:
CO-ORGANIZER
- European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH)
- European Democratic Lawyers (EDL-AED)
- International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL)
- The Day of the Endangered Lawyers Foundation
SUPPORTERS
- MEDEL
- NRV Neue Richtervereinigung (New Judges Organisation)
- IDHAE World Observatory for Defense Rights and Attacks Against Lawyers
- Barcelona Bar Association
- Padova Bar Association
- Palermo Bar Association
TURKEY:
- Bar Associations:
Adana, Adiyaman, Agri, Ankara, Antalya, Batman, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakir, Hakkari, Mus, Siirt, Sanliurfa, Sirnak, Tunceli, Van, Bursa, Igdir, Kars-Ardahan, Mardin
- Judges Organizations:
Democrat Judges Associations
Syndicat of Judges
- Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders Without Borders in Turkey
- The association of forensic science expert