The Athens Bar Association has decided to carry out mobilizations and targeted abstentions, due to the implementation of the “new” judicial charter”.

More specifically, the Board of Directors of the Athens Bar Association decided to hold a protest rally outside the Areio Pagos on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 (10 a.m.) and the simultaneous holding of a three-hour general stop by all courts on the same day from 9 a.m. m. to 12 p.m. and the realization of targeted abstinence from 7 to 14 October 2024 from the hearing of cases of suspensions, registration and elimination of footnotes

The announcement of the DSA is as follows:

“The Board of Directors of the DSA during its meeting today, took the following decisions for the reasons that are analyzed in a statement that will be issued on the unacceptable and third-world situation that prevails in the courts of Athens due to the implementation of the “new” judicial charter:

1. The realization on Tuesday 1 October 2024 at 10.00 of a protest gathering outside the Areio Pagos and the simultaneous realization of a three-hour stop universally by all the courts on the same day from 09.00 to 12.00. The Board of Directors invites colleagues to mass participation in order to record in a dynamic way the reaction of the legal profession to this situation that we experience every day.

2. The implementation of a targeted abstention from October 7 to 14, 2024 from the adjudication of cases of objections, registration and elimination of pre-notes (both of attorneys-at-law and of lawyers registered in the list of Law 5095/2024), as well as from the adjudication of all cases at the regional offices of the Court of First Instance of Athens.

3. The protest performance of the Board of Directors of the DSA on 3-10-2024 during the event to be held in the Old Parliament to celebrate the day of Justice.

4. Holding a press conference and creating a video to highlight the problems created by the implementation of the “new” judicial map”.