to ensure detention conditions and procedural safeguards in the context of migration are in line with European and international standards
 to improve procedures and inter-agency mechanisms for the protection of persons in a vulnerable situation, especially unaccompanied children

  Union of Turkish Bar Associations
 Ministry of Family and Social Services
 Presidency of Migration Management
 Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye
 The Ombudsman Institution
 Local Bars
 Lawyers

 Budget: 800 000 EUR

The budget allocated to the overall Horizontal Facility programme amounts to ca. 41 million EUR
(85% funded by the European Union, 15% by the Council of Europe).

Council of Europe: Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law

Horizontal Facility website and e-mail address

  through capacity building (with a focus on the MoFSS, PMM, NHREIT, the Ombudspersons' Office, law enforcement agencies, and UTBA)
 through development of tools (e.g. context specific HELP courses, and new HELP courses currently being developed by the Council of Europe)
 through awareness raising (lawyers, CSOs, university students)
 through co-ordination meetings involving also the CSOs: on assessment of needs and challenges in practice as well as policy level consultations
 through small grants for CSOs including the Bar Associations

 Protection of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees’ rights in Türkiye is advanced in line with European standards.

About Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye

The “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye” is a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe that enables the Western Balkans Beneficiaries and Türkiye to meet their reform agendas in the fields of human rights, rule of law and democracy and to comply with the European standards, which is also a priority for the EU enlargement process.