In co-operation with London Advocacy, we launched a new project aimed at ensuring Turkey complied with ECHR rulings, in particular Grand Chamber’s Yüksel Yalçınkaya v Türkiye.
Following this judgment, a coalition of NGOs, legal scholars, and human rights advocates called on the president of the Turkish Constitutional Court to regard the ECHR’s decision as a pivotal moment for judicial normalization. For instance, The Arrested Lawyers Initiative and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee led a coalition of international human rights organizations and esteemed legal professionals to send an open letter to Prof. Dr Zühtü Arslan, the President of the Constitutional Court of Türkiye, expressing concerns over the Turkish judiciary’s adherence to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Turkish Constitutional Court urged to observe the ECHR judgments
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative led a coalition of international human rights organisations and legal experts in sending a letter to the TCC urging it to comply with ECHR judgments, in particular the recent Yalcinkaya judgment.
Project Aims and Objectives
The enforcement of ECHR judgments is overseen by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (COE) following verdicts. It is crucial that Turkish authorities implement these judgments, particularly in landmark cases like the Yalcinkaya case, which affects tens of thousands.
The project will target both individual and general measures mandated by these judgments. Individual measures may include retrials or compensation, while general measures will focus on preventing similar future violations.
For more details, you can visit the project page
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