What we do

Advocacy for Peace and Justice, to insist on our shared humanity.

We engage in advocacy on issues of human rights, communal democracy, and peace-building in the Middle East, with a specific focus on the Kurdish question.

We do so through the regular publication of information documents, brochures, and books, as well as through the organization of seminars, debates, meetings, and exhibitions on political, social, legal, economic, cultural, and environmental issues affecting the Kurds.

We Advocate

On issues of human rights, communal democracy, and peace-building in the Middle East, with a specific focus on the Kurdish question.

We Educate

On topics related to the Kurdish question and building participatory, communal democracy.

We Organize

Together with civil society actors, movements, and policy makers for a lasting peace and justice in Kurdistan and the broader Middle East.

We Create

Connections and opportunities for dialogue between different actors in the search for a peace through the political resolution of the Kurdish question.ed.

We Consult

We bring together experts in the field and decision makers to consult on key issues.

We Inform

We provide reliable, updated information and analysis regarding political and judicial processes for peacebuilding, democratization and the resolution of the Kurdish question.

Areas of Work

Council of Europe: Human Rights & Justice

We collaborate with experts in engaging with international institutions, committees and rapporteurs to advocate for a greater respect for human rights, and justice in the case for those who have faced repression by state forces. In particular, we mainly focus on the implementation of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), such as in the case of Öcalan v. Turkey (2).

Building peace and democracy from the grassroots

We understand peace not simply as the absence of war, but the creation of an environment in which diversity and coexistence between peoples flourish. This is possible through the creation of democratic, ethical and political societies. Our approach thus focuses on the grassroots, in building communal practices of participatory democracy and organization.

Freedom in Kurdistan, the Middle East

The political resolution of the Kurdish question in Turkey, as a core historical conflict and Gordian knot underpinning many contemporary political and social issues, would have a broader positive impact in contributing to the democratization of the Turkish Republic. As the Kurdistan is divided between four contemporary nation-states, such successes could also spark similar processes for peace and democratization in neighboring countries of Iraq, Syria, and Iran.