In this new summary report, key developments regarding the implementation of the 2014 European Court of Human Rights decision in the case Öcalan v. Turkey (2) are analysed, and recommendations are put forward.
Table ronde au Parlement européen le 25 février 2026 pour faire le point sur le processus de paix en Turquie – « La Turquie et les Kurdes en dialogue : paix, réconciliation et démocratie ». Par Emanuela FotiPublié le 5 mars 2026 Quelques jours après l’adoption du rapport final de la « Commission pour la
Conférence au Parlement européen le 25 février 2026 – L’Union européenne appelée à jouer un rôle accru en Syrie en tant que garante de l’accord conclu le 29 janvier entre le gouvernement de transition syrien et les Forces démocratiques syriennes (FDS). Par Emanuela FotiPublié le 5 mars 2026 À la suite de l’adoption de la
Un avenir incertain pour la Syrie : de l’espoir, sur un fond de profondes inquiétudes Read More »
Mahmut Şakar, lawyer and member of the association MAF-DAD, said that legal changes in Turkey should be monitored for compliance with international law and involve the Venice Commission The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, during its September 2025 session, referred to the parliamentary commission established within the Turkish Grand National Assembly to draft regulations
Mahmut Şakar: Legal amendments must be monitored by Venice Commission Read More »
Law in Turkey has never protected those outside the imposed notion of “Turkishness,” and the Kurdish question has always been political and requires a political solution. If the process is to evolve towards peace and a solution, issues such as what democratic law truly means, how the legal rights of Kurds will be established and
Ömer Güneş: The issue is political, and so is the solution Read More »
Rengin Ergül, lawyer and member MAF-DAD , discusses the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ decision on “right to hope” in Turkey Following its quarterly meeting on human rights from September 15 to 17, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, which had given Turkey one year to implement the “Right to Hope” in the
Sixteen bar associations stress that life sentence effectively deprives prisoners of “hope for life,” and that the “right to hope” should be regulated in law on the execution of sentences. In a joint statement issued after their meeting in Dersim, Turkey sixteen bar associations in Northern Kurdistan criticized the politicization of the judiciary, violations of
Bar associations call for the right to hope and the right to life to be guaranteed Read More »
