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The right to defend our rights is a fundamental right. We demand the release of rights defenders and revocation of the investigations and cases filed against them ! 24 October 2017 As we explained in detail in the file notes[1] announced to the public on 11 July, 14 August and …

Yaman Akdeniz-Kerem Altıparmak The purpose of this book was to present a comprehensive assessment of the legal dimensions of a process which can be best described as a witch-hunt started after the signing and publishing of the Declaration of Academics for Peace in January 2016. This fifteen period is marked …

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an announced the new Democratisation Package on 30 September 2013. The Package cannot be regarded as insignificant in terms of its content and scope. Topics mentioned in the Package are important as they are relevant to the rights and freedoms defined by international conventions and to …

IHOP released the KCK Trial Monitoring Report at a press conference in Ankara on 15 April 2011. The report was prepared within the framework of IHOP’s studies focusing on the rule of law. Lawyers Hüsnü Öndül, Murat Dinçer and Kerem Dikmen examined the KCK case and prosecution on the basis …

IHOP updated its translation pool with the latest general comment of UN Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee and UN Fact Sheets as a part of its human rights defenders capacity building programme. The translations are available in Turkish for public use and free of charge. Please click for the …

IHOP translated the preliminary note of Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin, on his visit to Turkey during 16-23 February 2006.       * Click here for the original version in English.    * Click here for Turkish version.

Human Rights Joint Platform translated the 2002 visit report of former UN Right to Education Special Rapporteur Katarina Tomasevski.

Human Rights Joint Platform launched the beta version of its database for rights based NGOs in Turkey. The database is still being developed and aims to provide necessary information for establishing communication and sharing among the human right movement.   Please visit this page for the database. (Turkish only)

Demo version of the new database of IHOP for monitoring human rights in Turkish legislation is launched. Database is available only in Turkish and may be reached via a banner on the Turkish main page. The demo version of the database includes legislative mechanism on freedom of expression. The complete version …