The Closing Conference on “Review and Way Forward for the Individual Application System, Seven Years On” of the joint project on Supporting the Individual Application to the Constitutional Court in Turkey was organized on 22-23 September 2019 in Istanbul.
The conference, which took place in presence of presidents and members of high courts from Turkey and various European countries, examined the current impact of the individual application system in Turkey. It looked at the road ahead for over 39,000 pending cases, and discussed ways of ensuring effectiveness of the national remedy.
The Council of Europe and the Turkish Constitutional Court have been partners ever since the establishment of the individual application system. The joint project on Supporting the Individual Application to the Constitutional Court in Turkey has been a catalyst for cooperation, which has delivered multiple activities to spread knowledge about human rights, and promote exchange and dialogue among over 6,500 legal professionals at all levels. The project has aimed to facilitate contacts with the European Court of Human Rights and other European Constitutional Courts. It has contributed to harmonised approaches within the national judiciary, and equipped Turkish lawyers with tools and know-how to file effective applications.
See the conference programme here
See details about project here
You can watch or read speech by clicking on the links next to the names of the speakers. You can also watch the opening and closing speeches.
Keynote Address
Christos GIAKOUMOPOULOS, Director General, Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe [Text] [Video]
Hakan ERTÜRK, Acting Director, Central Finance and Contracts Unit [Video]
Eleftheria PERTZINIDOU, Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey [Video]
Robert SPANO, Judge and Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights [Text] [Video]
Giovanni BUQUICCHIO, President of the Venice Commission [Text] [Video]
Zühtü ARSLAN, President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey [Video]
Session I: The pivotal role of the individual application in the system for the protection of fundamental rights in Turkey
Chair: Sadık DEMİRCİOĞLU, Head of 4th Civil Chamber, Court of Cassation
Presentations:
Ulaş KARAN, Bilgi University [Video]
Tolga ŞİRİN, Marmara University [Video]
Yusuf Şevki HAKYEMEZ, Member, Constitutional Court [Video]
İhsan BAŞTÜRK, Member of the 19th Criminal Chamber, Court of Cassation [Video]
Gürsel ÖZKAN, Member of 13th Chamber, Council of State [Video]
Session II: The individual application in other European countries: a comparative outlook
Chair: Saadet YÜKSEL, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
Panel discussion:
Marko BOSNJAK (Slovenia), Judge of the European Court of Human Rights [Text] [Video]
Mario JELUŠİĆ (Croatia), Judge of the Constitutional Court [Text] [Video]
Christiane SCHMALTZ (Germany), Judge of the Federal Court of Justice [Video]
Juan Antonio HERNANDEZ CORCHETE (Spain), Legal Counsel of the Constitutional Court [Text] [Video]
Session III: The execution of individual application judgments: challenges, opportunities, and way forward
Chair: Emin SINMAZ, Head of Chamber, Council of State
Ayhan KILIÇ, Chief Rapporteur, Constitutional Court [Video]
Selim DOĞANAY, Head of Department, Directorate of Human Rights, Ministry of Justice [Video]
Filiz SARAÇ, Member of the Board, Union of Turkish Bar Associations [Video]
Atilla NALBANT, Head of Division, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights [Video]
Closing remarks
Mikhail LOBOV, Head of Human Rights Policy and Co-operation Department, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe [Video]
Engin YILDIRIM, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court [Video]
