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EULITA has co-signed an open letter by Red T to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning a UN database capturing human rights violations of translators and interpreters. You can read the letter below.

You will find below a press release Daniela Amodeo, president of EULITA, issued after another failure of justice occurred before an Italian court, which was obliged to stay proceedings due to the impossibility of finding a qualified legal interpreter who would allow the accused foreigner to enjoy the same rights as a citizen of the...

Please find below the Call for Papers for our conference of 16 and 17 March 2023, which we invite you to disseminate among your colleagues in your country.

EULITA celebrates International Translation Day with all, including legal and court, translators and interpreters. We believe that this special day should not be a simple evocation of an underestimated profession, but also an occasion to pay tribute to the work of translators and interpreters and raise awareness about the importance of training, professional qualifications, skills...

EULITA is holding an online seminar on “Standards: an Undervalued Tool in the Hands of Language Professionals” on Monday, 26 September 2022, at 17:00 CET. The seminar will outline the bodies at the international and national level that set the standards in the field of translation, interpreting and related technology. ISO standards are important, as...

EULITA has co-signed an open letter by Red-T to German ministers regarding the resettlement of Malian interpreters/LECs.

You will find below an Open Letter to Ayatollah Khamenei regarding the arrest and detention of two Iranian interpreters, which was signed by representatives of the world language community. Open letter to Iran

The CCBE and the European Commission are organizing a webinar on the European Judicial Training Report and its questionnaire. Representatives of the European Commission: EMMANUELLE CRETIN-MAGAND LENA GECKLE Programme Team Leader, Unit B1 General criminal law and judicial training, Directorate General Justice and Consumers of the European Commission Policy Officer, Unit B1 General criminal law...

We are happy to announce that, on 25 June, a joint event organized by EULITA and the AIIC’s Legal Interpreting Committee will be held online: “Communication Behind Bars in the US Prison System”, whose speaker will be Ms Karen Gedney, a former prison doctor in Arizona. Here is the link to the announcement and registration...

On this day, we recall the Declaration that Robert Schuman made in 1950 which paved the way to the construction of Europe and to a long-lasting peace between former enemies. This year in particular, so challenging for all of us and making us worry about the future, let us get inspired by his very words  as...