Supporting the Effective Implementation of Turkish Constitutional Court Judgments in the Field of Fundamental Rights
First Training of Trainers delivered on the impact of individual application judgments
The impact of judgments issued by the Constitutional Court of Türkiye in the context of individual applications and the role of Turkish lawyers in human rights protection were at the centre of discussions during the training-of-trainers (ToT) workshop held in Ankara on 19-20 January 2023, under...
Call for Tender - SIAC II - Printing and Design & Questions Received and their Answers
The Council of Europe is currently implementing a Joint Project on “Supporting the Effective Implementation of Turkish Constitutional Court Judgments in the field of Fundamental Rights”. Within the scope of this project, the purpose of this call for tender is to create a pool with maximum five...
Study Visit of the Turkish Constitutional Court to Italy
The European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project on “Supporting the Effective Implementation of Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) Judgments in the Field of Fundamental Rights” held a study visit on 16-17 December to Venice, Italy. The visit brought together high-level representatives of the...
Regional Meeting on the Impact of Turkish Constitutional Court Judgments held in Trabzon
A regional meeting on the impact of Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) judgments on criminal and civil justice took place in Trabzon on 1 November 2022. This event was organised in the scope of the Supporting the Effective Implementation of Turkish Constitutional Court’s Judgments in the Field of...
University lecture delivered in Rize
On 31 October 2022, a university lecture was organised for the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Law in Rize. This was the second lecture planned in the framework of the Project to support the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC). The President, Vice-Presidents, members and...
Project Description
- To contribute to the effective implementation of European standards in the field of human rights, including gender equality.
Project Information
48 months (17 September 2021 – 16 September 2025)
€ 5,500,000
European Union (90%) and Council of Europe (10%)
Project Activities
• Preparation of a roadmap to ensure that the first instance courts and public authorities render decisions in line with the TCC caselaw regarding the protection of fundamental rights based on the comparative assessment of other countries;
• Development of a monitoring mechanism model including strengthening of a specific monitoring unit in the TCC, as well as the establishment of an IT platform in coordination with the Court of Cassation (CoC) and the Council of State (CoSt), the Courts of Appeals and other relevant stakeholders (including the CSOs) to improve the monitoring of execution of the TCC judgments, including the data collection mechanism regarding references made to the TCC judgments by ordinary courts;
• Development of stock-taking methods on results of the established monitoring system to assess the developments in the individual application system and conducting a qualitative impact assessment of the TCC case-law on prevention of human rights violations;
• Training for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, courts, bar associations and other stakeholders on different human rights categories, including gender equality, with a focus on the human rights issues identified in the case-law of the ECtHR and the TCC;
• Development of a training of trainers programme;
• Preparation of publications, studies, recommendations on good practices of applying individual application system in constitutional justice and mechanisms for execution and implementation of judgments of constitutional courts by other public bodies;
• Development of alternative communication and visibility channels for lawyers to inform them about recent judgments of the TCC;
• Regular meetings with lawyers of the ECtHR Registry;
• Placements and study visits to European institutions and peer courts in the EU Member States to improve the TCC’s capacity to apply the ECHR and for its effective functioning;
• Round table meetings with high courts and Regional Courts of Appeals on specific topics of individual applications judgments.
Project Result
- The monitoring mechanism for execution of judgments of the TCC is strengthened in line with the EU best practices, and the stakeholder platform has improved monitoring;
- Judges, prosecutors, relevant public officers and lawyers are aware of the caselaw of the ECtHR and the TCC, and are able to implement those judgments in similar cases;
- Inadequate implementation of the TCC judgments and serious human rights lacunas detected via the TCC’s case-law are effectively addressed;
- The transfer of EU expertise and cooperation between Turkish courts and relevant stakeholders with the European and Member States institutions/courts, and the European Court of Human Rights are enhanced;
- Awareness of the general public and public institutions on the role of the TCC in the protection of fundamental rights through its judgments is increased.
Partners and Beneficiaries
The Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC), The Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (HREI), The Ombudsman Institution of Turkey, The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNA), all courts of the Turkish justice system, The Union of Turkish Bar Associations (UTBA), Bar Associations (Bas), The Justice Academy (TJA), The Council of Judges and Prosecutors (CoJP), ministries, law enforcement bodies, judges and legal advisors of the Turkish Constitutional Court, judges and legal clerks of courts of general jurisdiction, lawyers and the general public.
Project news
First Training of Trainers delivered on the impact of individual application judgments
Call for Tender - SIAC II - Printing and Design
Study Visit of the Turkish Constitutional Court to Italy
Regional Meeting on the Impact of Turkish Constitutional Court Judgments held in Trabzon
University lecture delivered in Rize
Rapporteurs of the Turkish Constitutional Court Attended a Study Visit to Strasbourg
International Conference on the 10th Anniversary of Individual Application Mechanism in Türkiye
Study Visit of the Turkish Constitutional Court to Strasbourg was held on 23-24th June 2022
Gender Mainstreaming Meeting was held with the participation of Civil Society Organisations