Spain, march 2007
Defense of the freedom of speech
the President of the General Council of the
Spanish Judicial Authority(CGPJ) requested that a disciplinary investigation be
opened against the signatories of the Manifesto
for a Rational Debate about Criminal Policy.
Medel
took the initiative of a statement and sent a letter to the president
of the CGPJ, to defend the principles of freedom of speech for judges
and prosecutors.
Romania, May 2007
Denonciation of the measures taken by the Minister of justice against the anti corruption public prosecution service.
Romanian
judges and prosecutors adopted a resolution to denounce the way the
minister of justice is weakening the anti-corruption prosecution
service.
December 2007
The minister resigned, after revelations on his presumed personal implication in a real estate scandal.
Call
for the Defense of Trade Union Freedom
The
European Court of Human Rights has often had the opportunity to decide on
freedom of expression – namely, syndical one – granted by Article 10 of the
Convention, giving it a large field of application. Indeed, this freedom
« applies not only to information or ideas welcomed or considered innocuous
or incurious, but also for those that are hurtful, shocking or worrying »
(the case Giniewski vs.
Clément Schouler, member of the Syndicat de la magistrature (SM), has
been condemned for having dared to state, in a work published by the SM, that
in France, racially motivated identity checks are not only a common occurrence,
but are on the rise. Medel has joined the Appeal
for the Defense of Trade Union Freedom of Expression, launched by the SM
after the aforementioned condemnation.
Assault by the Minister of Interior on the Judiciary
The French Minister of Interior multiplied the attacks the magistracy.
Medel
has voiced its concern in an Open Letter addressed
to the High Council of the Judiciary.
Bernard Borrel, a French
magistrate, was assassinated on October 19, 1995 in Djibouti. Everything was
done in an attempt to disguise this crime as a suicide. Pressure and
manipulation has been employed for 11 years to hinder the truth. The fact that
the case has not been buried for good can be credited only to the courage of
Elisabeth Borrel and the support she received.
Italy, 2003
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