Newsroom - Turkey - HF II - Supporting the Implementation and Reporting on the Action Plan on Human Rights in Turkey
Launch of a new comparative study on custody and pre-trial detention in five selected Council of Europe member states
The protection of human rights in custody and pre-trial detention lies at the core of the European Convention on Human Rights. It is also a key commitment under Turkey’s Action Plan on Human Rights (2021-2023), in particular Goal 5.2, which foresees a series of measures towards “Raising standards...
Study Visit to the European Court of Human Rights
A study visit of a delegation from Turkey to the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) was held on 25-26 November 2021 within the framework of the joint European Union and the Council of Europe programme Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022. The delegation was...
The Right to a Reasoned Decision: Standards and Good Practices in Drafting Reasoned Judgments in Civil, Criminal and Administrative Matters Discussed in International Seminar
An international online seminar on “Comparative perspectives on the reasoning of judgments” was held on 5 November 2021. With the participation of close to 200 participants, the meeting brought together legal practitioners from seven countries of common law and civil law to discuss best practices...
Turkish and international legal professionals discuss reforms needed to better protect the right to compensation
The award of compensation for persons subjected to “erroneous or unjust imposition of protective measures” has been a key commitment of Turkey’s new Action Plan on Human Rights announced in March 2021. To support anticipated reforms and ensure a better protection of the right to liberty and...
Training on monitoring and reporting realized with Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Justice of Turkey
An online training covering the subject “Monitoring and Reporting of Human Rights Action Plans” was held on 10 August 2021 with the Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Justice of Turkey. In the training, potential challenges of monitoring and reporting processes were addressed, and useful...
Turkish legal professionals review ways of increasing the use of alternatives to detention
What are current challenges and barriers to the use of alternatives to pre-trial detention and alternative punishments in Turkey? What kind of practical tools and resources could be provided to the support the use of alternative measures to detention? How can the innovations of Turkey’s new Human...
The right to a reasoned decision: Panel discusses meaning and prospects in Turkish law and practice
A key element of Turkey’s new Action Plan on Human Rights (2021-2023) is to ensure sufficient reasoning of judgments, which is reflected both as a stand-alone goal and a cross-cutting theme. This echoes judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and Turkish higher courts, which have all...
Higher courts’ representatives share their perspective on challenges facing the Turkish judiciary in the fields of the right to liberty and security, the right to a fair trial, and freedom of expression
A sound problem analysis lies at the heart of good policy-making, including the development of strategies and action plans for human rights. To support Turkey in the implementation of its forthcoming National Action Plan on Human Rights, the Council of Europe has been piloting a needs assessment...
The Second Field Visit was Organised to the Court of Appeals, Courthouse and Local Bar Association in Adana
Representatives of the Council of Europe, the Department of Human Rights of the Ministry of Justice and project experts participated in the field visit, which was organised to the Court of Appeals, Courthouse and local bar association in Adana on 1-2 October in order to support the needs...
Human rights policy based on solid evidence: Scotland and Turkey reflect on their experiences
Turkey just concluded its third round of peer-to-peer exchange regarding the development and implementation of National Action Plans for Human Rights. This time, the experience of Scotland within the United Kingdom was at the centre of attention. “Our vision is the one of an Action Plan that is...
For ambitious, yet actionable Human Rights Action Plans: Georgia and Turkey discuss their experience
How could Human Rights Action Plans contribute to more coherence, instead of multiplying policy documents? How could civil society’s role be embedded in the process? What is the ideal duration of an Action Plan? Here are some of the topics discussed by Georgian and Turkish representatives during...
Peer exchange on Action plans for human rights: Finland shares experience with Turkey
As part of the action on “Supporting the implementation and Reporting on the Action Plan on Human Rights in Turkey”, an online discussion on good practices in the preparation and implementation of National Action Plans for human rights was organised on 5 June 2020 with the participation of...
Expert reviews: consultations progressing through a second video-conference
The Council of Europe experts met with the representatives of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey and The Ombudsman Institution, which function as the national human rights monitoring mechanisms on 27 May 2020 via video conference in order to support the ongoing needs assessment...
The First Consultancy Meeting Organised Under Needs Assessment Studies
As part of the project on Supporting the Implementation and Reporting on the Action Plan on Human Rights in Turkey, a video conference meeting was held on 7 May 2020 with the participation of the Council of Europe experts and representatives of Ministry of Justice, Department of Human Rights;...
The First Field Visit was Organised to the Court of Appeals, Courthouse and Local Bar Association in Sakarya
Representatives of the Council of Europe, Department of Human Rights of the Ministry of Justice and project consultants participated in the field visit, which was organised to the Court of Appeals, Courthouse and local bar association in Sakarya on 5-6 March in order to support needs assessment...
Launch of action "Supporting the Implementation and Reporting on the Action Plan on Human Rights in Turkey"
The Council of Europe has organised a conference to launch the action “Supporting the Implementation and Reporting on the Action Plan on Human Rights in Turkey.” The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, together with Abdülhamit Gül, Minister of Justice of Turkey,...
Key publications under the project
Monitoring pre-trial detention and material detention conditions: Guide for NPMs
