International Coalition consists of Law Society of England & Wales, Bar Human Rights Committee, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales, Conseil National des Barreaux, European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World… Read More ›
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative made submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review for Turkey, The submission titled ‘Incarceration of Turkish Lawyers (2016-2019) | Unjust Arrests and Convictions’ covers mass arbitrary prosecution of lawyers, violation of Turkish lawyers’ the… Read More ›
The highest Portuguese and Irish judicial bodies have condemned Turkish Government over its ongoing rights violation against lawyers, judges and prosecutors, and urged all national and European institutions, within the judiciary, to suspend any initiatives or cooperation projects with the Turkish judicial system
Resolution on ineffectiveness of domestic legal remedies in Turkey The lack of visible improvements in freedom of the media in Turkey since the state of emergency was lifted on 18 July 2018 is of great concern. The mass arrests, detention… Read More ›
Ten international bar and human rights associations condemned Turkey on the persecution of lawyers on Day of the Endangered Lawyers. Abogacía Española – Consejo General Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales Geneva Bar Association, Human Rights Commission… Read More ›
The Norwegian Bar Association, the Lawyers for Lawyers, the Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, the Fair Trial Watch and the European Democratic Lawyers wrote a letter to Abdulhamit Gul who is the Turkish Minister of Justice to address their concern on… Read More ›