Magistrate Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés

Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés (abbreviated MEDEL ; German: European judges for democracy and freedom rights ) is a European organization of judges and public prosecutors. It was founded in 1985 on the initiative of 10 associations of judges and prosecutors from Europe. The longstanding chairman was Edmondo Bruti Liberati , who was also president of the Italian judges' association ANM. Filipe Marques (ASJP - Portugal) has headed the association since December 2017.

Member organizations

In 2006 MEDEL had 15,000 members. Meanwhile 23 organizations of judges and public prosecutors from European countries are members of MEDEL.

• Belgium :
  • Association syndicale des magistrats (ASM)
  • Magistrate & Maatschappij
• Bulgaria : Bulgarian Judges Association ( Bulgarian Съюзът на съдиите в България Săjuzăt na Sădite v Bălgarja )
• Germany :
  • United Service Union Verdi (Expert Committee for Judges and Public Prosecutors)
  • New judges' association NRV
• France : Syndicat de la magistrature
• Greece : Eteria Elinon Dikastikon Litourgon gia ti Democracy ke tis Elefteries ( Modern Greek Εταιρία Ελλήνων Δικαστικών Λειτουργών για τη Δημοκρατία και τις Ελευθερίες )
• Italy :
  • Magistratura democratica (MD)
  • Movimento per la Giustizia
• Moldova : Asociația Judecătorilor din Republica Moldova (AJRM)
• Poland :
  • Polish Judges Association "Iustitia" (Polsce Stowarzyszenie Sędziów Polskich "Iustitia")
  • Polish Association of Prosecutors (Stowarzyszenie Prokuratorów Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej)
• Portugal :
  • Associação Sindical dos Juizes Portugueses (ASJP)
  • Sindicato dos Magistrados do Ministerio Público (SMMP)
• Romania : Uniunea Naţională a Judecătorilor din România
• Serbia :
  • Judges' association of Serbia
  • Prosecutors association of Serbia
• Spain :
  • Jueces para la democracia
  • Union Progresista de Fiscales (UpF)
• Czech Republic :
  • Soudcovska Unie České Republiky
  • Unie statnich zastupcu Česke republiky
• Turkey : Association of Judges and Prosecutors (Yargıçlar ve Savcılar Birliği - YARSAV ; dissolved in July 2016)
• Cyprus : Cyprus Judges Association ( modern Greek Ενωση Δικαστων Κυπρου )

Monitoring by SISMI

In early July 2007, the Italian Supreme Judicial Council revealed that the Italian military intelligence service SISMI monitored prominent judges and prosecutors in Italy between 2001 and 2006. Affected were, among others, public prosecutor Antonia Ingroia, who investigated cross-links between the Mafia and politics, the public prosecutors who investigated Silvio Berlusconi in Milan , and the long-time Medel chairman, Edmondo Bruti Liberati. Among other things, the judges' e-mail traffic was monitored. As a result, many European judges who are members of MEDEL were also monitored. Of the 203 judges monitored, 47 were Italians, the rest come from 12 other European countries.

Web links

• Homepage
• Sabine Struht: Legal and political cooperation between European judges and public prosecutors. (DOC) MEDEL meeting in Rome and Paris. July 8, 2003, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on July 4, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ursula Knapp: Italian secret service monitored 200 judges, Die Rheinpfalz of August 4, 2007
2. ^ Stasi for public prosecutors. In: Heise online . July 11, 2007, accessed April 5, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau-Online for the supervision of judges. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . August 4, 2007, archived from the original on September 30, 2007 ; Retrieved April 5, 2014 .