
Wolfgang Kaleck
@wolfgangkaleck
Human Rights Lawyer, General Secretary @ECCHRBerlin, Author of Law Versus Power: Our Global Fight for Human Rights (2018) @orbooks
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BREAKING: The court in Trapani 🇮🇹 dropped the charges against iuventa-crew and other civilian organizations! They were accused of “facilitating irregular entry” of migrants into Italy and faced up to 20 years in prison - for saving lives at sea.👉 ecchr.eu/en/case/sea-re…











"Getrieben von Rechtsextremen zeichnen sich die Vorschläge in der aktuellen Migrationsdebatte dadurch aus, dass sie ungeeignet sind, Verbrechen wie den Anschlag in #Solingen zu verhindern, aber den Rechtsstaat beschädigen", sagt Wolfgang Kaleck.


Introducing the 2024 #RightLivelihood Laureates: 🇵🇭 Joan Carling 🇵🇸 Issa Amro عيسى عمرو 🇵🇸 / Youth Against Settlements 🇲🇿 Anabela Lemos / JA! Justiça Ambiental Moçambique 🇬🇧 Forensic Architecture These change-makers are committed to using non-violent methods to speak out against oppression & exploitation ➡️ rightlivelihood.org/2024-announcem…


In times of wars and other crisis we need to maintain the right to hope and the right to dream - and we need individuals and collectives such as the awardees of Right Livelihood 2024 who stand for these rights. Congratulations to all of them! And to the RLF team for their choice!

We ECCHR are honored to work with Forensic Architecture eyal weizman in our platform Investigative Commons in Berlin - and moreover in supporting the Herero and Nama in their struggle for reparations for the German Genocide 1904-1908!

Listen to this talk between eyal weizman and Wolfgang Kaleck. They discuss the advantages of presenting evidence in cultural fora, asking how Forensic Architecture’s approaches and ECCHR’s legal work can synthesize different methodological approaches. 👉loa.ecchr.eu/podcasts/foren…



Numerous lawyers have submitted an open letter to the Attorney General of Spain. The signatories are concerned about the recent legal proceedings against lawyer and human rights advocate Gonzalo Boye and suspect political motivations behind the allegations. ecchr.eu/en/press-relea…
