In two cases, ECHR found that the detention of 366 individuals unlawful and awarded more than €1 Million in compensation.
Recent Judgments
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.
Vlog Post: Details of Yüksel Yalçınkaya Judgment of ECHR
Bylock prosecutions & Yüksel Yalçınkaya v. Turkey judgment of the ECHR: We have prepared a video for you going into details of the Court’s reasoning dealing with #Quality #Reliability of #DigitalEvidence
Implications of the Landmark Judgment: Yalçınkaya vs. Turkey
A panel of experts discussed the Yalçınkaya vs. Turkey judgment, shedding light on systemic human rights issues, challenges of digital evidence, and the implications of such a landmark ruling.
ECHR: Pretrial detention of Amnesty Turkey chair breached the Convention
European Court of Human Rights found on 31 May 2022 that the pretrial detention of lawyer Taner Kılıç then president of Amnesty Turkey between June 2017 and August 2018 breached his several rights envisaged in the European Convention on Human Rights
ECtHR: Arrest and pretrial detention of justices Erdal Tercan and Alparslan Altan is unlawful
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the arrest, pretrial detention and house search of the purged justice of the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) breached a number of human rights violations and ordered damages to be paid. The judgment is not a surprise as the ECtHR reached the same conclusion in the case of Alparslan Altan who was the other purged justice of the TCC.