REACT Project

REACT Project This project is funded by the European Union.

Implemented by ICJ and IHOP, this project seeks to support the role of civil society actors in turkey in ensuring effective access to justice for the protection of human rights.

UN side event "Human rights defenders and the rule of law in Turkey"---This event took place today at the Palais des Nat...
21/12/2020

UN side event "Human rights defenders and the rule of law in Turkey"
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This event took place today at the Palais des Nations, United Nations, in Geneva.

The situation of the rule of law in Turkey and of human rights defenders who promote it continues to be of serious concern.

Following the attempted coup of 15 July 2016, the two-year state of emergency and security legislation enacted thereafter, human rights defenders face harassment and are subject to pressure by authorities, including by unfounded criminal charges of terrorist offenses. Lack of accountability for gross violations of the rights of human rights defenders is also a particular problem.

The panel discussion at this side event will also focus on the situation of human rights defenders for the rule of law in Turkey and the lack of accountability for human rights violations against them, including for the killing of the head of the Bar Association of Diyarbakir three years ago.

The event is organized by the ICJ jointly with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute.

Speakers:

– Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders

– Feray Salman, Coordinator of the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP)

– Kerem Altiparmak, ICJ Legal Consultant

– Jurate Guzeviciute, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute

Chair:

Saman Zia-Zarifi, ICJ Secretary General

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This event took place today at the Palais des Nations, United Nations, in Geneva. Watch it on video. The situation of the rule of law in Turkey and of human rights defenders who promote it continues to be of serious concern. Following the attempted coup of 15 July 2016, the two-year st

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The ICJ today highlighted threats to the rule of law in Turkey, Poland, Hungary and Azerbaijan, and the need to address corporate complicity in South Sudan, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.The statement, delivered during general debate, read as follows: "The situation remains grave for t

Turkey: ICJ and IHOP hold workshop on the implementation of European Court judgments---On 12 April 2019, in Ankara, the ...
21/12/2020

Turkey: ICJ and IHOP hold workshop on the implementation of European Court judgments

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On 12 April 2019, in Ankara, the ICJ and IHOP convened a workshop for lawyers and civil society practitioners on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human rights.

The 29 participants in the workshop will examine methods and tools available to guarantee the effective ex*****on of the European Court of Human Rights judgments in Turkey.

The participants in the workshop will discuss the use of the Committee of Ministers’ judgment ex*****on process and the potential of “rule 9“submissions, as well as ways to advance the implementation of the judgments oft he European Court of Human Rights in Turkey.

The workshop will share good practices with a view to promoting solutions and opportunities for cooperation in the matter.

This one-day event is organized by ICJ, in cooperation with its partners Kapasite Geliştirme Derneği, Human Rights Joint Platform and European Implementation Network, as part of the EU co-financed project Rebuilding and Ensuring Access to justice with civil society in Turkey.

The project is funded by the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) of the European Union.

Today in Ankara the ICJ convened a workshop for lawyers and civil society practitioners on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human rights. The 29 participants in the workshop will examine methods and tools available to guarantee the effective ex*****on of the European Court

Turkey: workshop on the use of the UN human rights mechanisms---On 12 October 2019, ICJ and IHOP held in Izmir (Turkey) ...
21/12/2020

Turkey: workshop on the use of the UN human rights mechanisms
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On 12 October 2019, ICJ and IHOP held in Izmir (Turkey) a one-day workshop for lawyers and CSO practitioners on the use and strategies of UN mechanisms and of their decisions in domestic courts.

This event was organized by ICJ, in cooperation with its partners Kapasite Geliştirme Derneği and Human Rights Joint Platform, as part a/the EU co-financed project Rebuilding and Ensuring Access to justice with civil society in Turkey.

30 lawyers and civil society practitioners are taking part in the workshop on 12 October in Izmir.

The workshop aims at discussing the functioning of the UN human rights mechiansms (treaty bodies and charter-based bodies) as well as their follow up procedures and the implementation of their decisions in the domestic legal framework in Turkey.

The workshop will provide presentations on the functioning of UN mechanisms by international expert, including from OHCHR, on the value of UN decisions under Turkish law, as well as discussions and brainstorming on how to use UN decisions in Turkey.

The project is funded by the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) of the European Union.

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Today begins in Izmir (Turkey) a one-day workshop for lawyers and CSO practitioners on the use and strategies of UN mechanisms and of their decisions in domestic courts. This event is organized by ICJ, in cooperation with its partners Kapasite Geliştirme Derneği and Human Rights Joint Platform, a

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