Prominent Italian human rights NGO, the Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU) has submitted a third-party intervention in the case of Nazım Altıntaş v. Türkiye before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
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TALI makes two submissions to the UN Human Rights Committee
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative (TALI) is pleased to announce two recent submissions to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC), prepared in collaboration with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI). These submissions were made as part of the… Read More ›
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.
New Project from TALI and LA: Furthering ECHR Compliance in Turkey
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.
Turkey: TALI and IBAHRI release report on the mass imprisonment of lawyers in Turkey
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and The Arrested Lawyers Initiative have released a detailed report highlighting the declining independence of the legal profession and bar associations in Turkey. The report underscores the targeting of law professionals through unfair trials, arbitrary detainment, imprisonment and harassment, as well as the alarming misuse of counter-terrorism legislation to prosecute lawyers in the course of their legitimate work.
New FIDU report exposes the misuse of anti-terror laws in Turkey
Italian Federation for Human Rights today published a new report on the misuse of the anti-terrorism framework by Turkish authorities.