Lawyers on Trial in Turkey: Implications for Establishing Peace and Justice is the title of a public meeting in the British Parliament to discuss the criminalisation of lawyers in Turkey, the anti-terror legislation and the impact of these arrests on the peace process. The meeting will take place on Thursday 28 February.
Speakers include Michael Mansfield QC, President of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers; Prof Bill Bowring, President of the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH); Melanie Gingell, barrister Tooks Chambers and member of the Bar Human Rights Committee: observed hearings in Turkey on 6 November 2012 and 3 January 2013; Margaret Owen OBE, barrister and member of the Bar Human Rights Committee: observed hearings in Turkey on 16 July 2012 and 6 November 2012.
Venue: Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Westminster SW1 0AA. Please arrive least half an hour in advance to give yourself time to go through security.