MEDEL expresses deep concern over the latest attack launched by the U.S. administration against the International Criminal Court and calls for urgent action to defend its independence and the integrit...

Every year on May 23, MEDEL marks the Alert Day for the Independence of Justice, to pay tribute to the memory of judges Giovanni Falcone, Francesca Morvillo and Paolo Borsellino, killed together with ...

Le pressioni sulla magistratura francese: lo Stato di diritto è un principio per cui vale la pena lottare Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magistratura Democratica.

by Mariarosaria Guglielmi President of Medel We are in the middle of the referendum campaign and in an advanced phase of a debate that started soon after the “bulletproof passage” of the Nordio[1] con...

À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de l’avocat en danger, qui s’est tenue le samedi 24 janvier, Louis Degos, bâtonnier de Paris, et Carine...

La riforma Nordio altera gli equilibri fra i poteri dello Stato, facendosi premessa di un cambio di paradigma per la nostra democrazia.

Medel joins the international legal community in condemning the detention of lawyer and human rights defender Ayachi Hammami. Tunisia: The international legal community condemns the detention of lawye...

The Council of Admnistration of Medel has elected the new bureau for 2025-2028. President Mariarosaria Guglielmi (Magistratura democratica – Italy) Vice- President Paulo Lona (SMMP – Portugal) Secreta...

Dieci anni di strumenti a difesa dello lo Stato di diritto: valutazione e prospettive future Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magistratura Democratica.

The institutional extremism of the Meloni Government. The revenge of the “marginalised”? Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magistratura Democratica.

«Questi giudici devono andarsene» Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magistratura Democratica.

MEDEL observed with great concern the violent attacks in 2023 and the 2024 attempted bombing in the heart of Brazilian democracy. The invasion that vandalised the premises of the Federal Supreme Court...

Strasbourg 04/09/2025

The sanctions imposed on August 20, 2025, by the US administration on two judges and two deputy prosecutors of the International Criminal Court confirm that a systemic attack is underway against the C...

MEDEL expresses its deepest concern over the current attacks on the Italian judiciary launched through a media campaign and public statements by highest levels of government and institutions, accusing...

States and the international community cannot stand by helplessly as the carnage in Gaza continues and international and humanitarian law is violated. The number of recorded casualties among aid seeke...

States and the international community cannot stand by helplessly as the carnage in Gaza continues and international and humanitarian law is violated. The number of recorded casualties among aid seeke...

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I giudici nella crisi delle democrazie europee: antefatti e rischi del “nuovo fronte” italiano Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magistratura Democratica.

Le proposte della Commissione su paesi di origine e paesi terzi sicuri: ampliamento degli istituti e ulteriore livellamento al ribasso degli standard di tutela dei richiedenti Rivista Questione Giusti...

Discorso di apertura di Mariarosaria Guglielmi, Presidente di Medel, alla conferenza per il 40° anniversario di Medel (Strasburgo, Palazzo d'Europa, 3 giugno 2025) Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magis...

Discorso d’apertura della conferenza per il 40° anniversario della fondazione di MEDEL Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magistratura Democratica.

Discorso d’apertura della conferenza per il 40° anniversario della fondazione di MEDEL Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magistratura Democratica.

Discorso di apertura di Mariarosaria Guglielmi, Presidente di Medel, alla conferenza per il 40° anniversario di Medel (Strasburgo, Palazzo d'Europa, 3 giugno 2025) Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magis...

Strasbourg 16/06/2025

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MEDEL’s 40th Anniversary Conference 3 June 2025, 9.00 – 17.30 Palace of Europe, Strasbourg Programme:   8.30 – Registration of Participants 9.00 – Opening Session Simone Gaboriau | Past President of S...

Secretary General Strasbourg 24 May 2025

On May 23, every year, Medel pays tribute to the memory of Giovanni Falcone, as a symbol of the many judges and prosecutors who lost life or freedom due to their courageous commitment to justice. Rule...

Strasbourg 06/05/2025

MEDEL expresses its deep concern over the escalating attacks on the rule of law in the United States. It is astonishing that in the very cradle of democracy and freedom—a country whose Constitution wa...

L’umanesimo penale tra passato e presente Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magistratura Democratica.

At its meeting in Strasbourg on 9 April, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons called on member states to fully comply with the instruments of international humanitarian law, mari...