NGO CSW/NY organizes the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The NGO CSW Forum runs parallel to the events occurring within the UN Headquarters. This provides civil society the opportunity to engage in
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European Court Of Human Rights Press Release
In the absence of effective judicial review, a dismissal based on Emergency Legislative Decree No. 677 was in breach of the Convention In today’s Chamber judgment(1) in the case of Pişkin v. Turkey (application no. 33399/18) the European Court of
EU adopts a global human rights sanctions regime
The Council today adopted a decision and a regulation establishing a global human rights sanctions regime. For the first time, the EU is equipping itself with a framework that will allow it to target individuals, entities and bodies – including state and non-state
Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-eighth session, 24–28 August 2020 Opinion No. 47/2020 concerning Kahraman Demirez, Mustafa Erdem, Hasan Hüseyin Günakan, Yusuf Karabina, Osman Karakaya and Cihan Özkan (Turkey and Kosovo1)* 1. The Working
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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes two reports on Turkey
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today the reports on its 2017 periodic visit and 2019 ad hoc visit to Turkey. The main objective of the
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Members Send Letter to Pompeo Regarding Turkey’s Prisoner Release Policies in COVID-19 Pandemic
Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11) joined Rep. David Trone (MD-06) and four colleagues from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting that he raise concerns about Turkey’s COVID-19 prisoner release policies, namely
2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkey
Executive Summary Turkey is a constitutional republic with an executive presidential system and a 600-seat parliament. The unicameral parliament (the Grand National Assembly) exercises legislative authority. In presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Turkish authorities must restore judicial independence and stop targeting and silencing human rights defenders
Caglayan Justice Palace, Istanbul – © OVKNHR / Shutterstock.com In a report published today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, calls on the Turkish authorities to restore judicial independence and stop the practice of targeting human
Turkey: Concerns for Disappeared Men Now in Police Custody
(London) – The Turkish authorities’ decision to deny lawyers access to four men, who were forcibly disappeared in February 2019, but are now confirmed to be in police custody in Ankara raises concerns that the men may be being put under pressure
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TURKEY: INVESTIGATE WHEREABOUTS OF TWO MISSING MEN: GÖKHAN TÜRKMEN AND MUSTAFA YILMAZ
Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz have been missing since 7 and 19 February 2019 respectively and are suspected to have been abducted and forcibly disappeared. The authorities have so far been denying that they are being held in official custody.
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