Author Archives
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The UN publishes the statistic about Turkey’s 2020 UPR cycle.
Turkey was reviewed by UPR WG 35, in January 2020. It received 321 recommendations and it supported 216 recommendations at the adoption of its UPR outcome at HumanRights Council 45, in September 2020. Supported recommendations related to: Legal and general framework of implementation, universal and cross-cutting… Read More ›
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Exclusive Interview: Diego García-Sayán, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
On the International Day of Endangered Lawyers – 2021, we have the privilege of having an exclusive interview with Mr Diego García-Sayán, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. We talked about a wide range of topics: from growing authoritarianism to attacks on judges and lawyers; Poland, Turkey, Hungary, Italy and others.
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Report Update: Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey (2016-2021)
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative published the fifth edition of its report named ‘Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey‘.
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Turkish Ministry of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of the executives of Ankara and Istanbul bar associations
Turkish Ministry of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of the presidents of Istanbul and Ankara bar associations as well as their board members.
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Interview: Adv. Irma van den Berg, the president of Lawyers for Lawyers
Our third interview is with Irma van den Berg who is the president of Lawyers for Lawyers, since 1 July 2019. Ms Berg is a lawyer at Six Advocaten and has served as a board member of Lawyers for Lawyers for the last 10 years.
