Mustafa Özben
Abduction Witness: The witness testified that he was abducted on 9 May 2017 and disappeared for 92 days. He was a lawyer and academic at a Gülen affiliated university. After the July 2016 events he went into hiding since he noticed that colleagues and perceived members of the Gülen movement […]
Mehmet Alp
Torture Witness: The witness, who used to be a schoolteacher in Cizre (in the Kurdish region), testified that he was abducted on 18 April 2015 by persons who said that they were policeman. The witness testified that these persons asked him questions about four of his students, of which they […]
Prof. Dr. Em. Johan Vande Lanotte – Belgium
Report on Crimes Against Humanity under the Rome Statute in Turkey Today 1986: PhD in Law at Ghent University 1988 – present: Associate professor of constitutional law and human rights at the University of Ghent Deputy Prime Minister in federal governments in Belgium (1995-1998, 1999-2003, 2003-2005, 2011-2014) 2006: Appointed Minister […]
Philippe Leruth – Belgium
Report on freedom of expression and freedom of the press 1995-2005: Chairman of the General Association of Professional Journalists of Belgium and then Chairman of the Association des journalistes professionnels. 2004-2013: Vice-President of the European Federation of Journalists 2016-2019: President of the International Federation of Journalists Question 4 Can Turkey […]
Johan Heymans – Belgium
Report on enforced disappearances Partner | Vennoot at Van Steenbrugge Advocaten 2013: Internship at the International Center for Transitional Justice (department of international criminal law), New York 2013 to date: Registered at the New York Bar 2013: Internship at the Cambodia Tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2013: Guest Lecturer […]
Luca Perilli
Report on Judicial Independence & Access to Justice 1995 – present: Judge 2016 – 2020: Member of the Board of Directors of the Italian School for the Judiciary (SSM) 2007 – 2017: EU independent expert in Albania, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey in the context of Rule […]
Dr. Emre Turkut – Turkey
2014- 2016: Research/Teaching Assistant at Turgut Özal University Law School, Ankara, Turkey 2018- 2019: Research Fellow at Uppsala University Law School, Sweden 2019- 2021: Visiting Fellow at Hertie School of Governance, Germany 2021 – Present postdoctoral researcher at Hertie School Berlin The report Impunity will be co-authored by Prof. […]
Prof. Dr. Yves Haeck – Belgium
Report on impunity 2010 – present : Professor of Human Rights at the University of Ghent Co-founder of the Centre for Human Rights of Ghent University 2007 – today: Editor in Chief of the Inter-American and European Human Rights Journal The report Impunity will be co-authored by Prof. Dr. Yves […]
Justice Dr. Johann van der Westhuizen – South Africa
1976-1998: Professor and founding director of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria 1999-2004: Judge at the Transvaal Branch of the High Court of South Africa 2004-2016: Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Eric Sottas – Switzerland
Report on torture* 1980-1985: Advisor to the Secretary-General UNCTAD 1995-2010: Secretary General of the World OrganisationAgainst Torture 1986: French prize for human rights * The torture report will be made with the support of Prof. Dr. Johan Vande Lanotte (University of Ghent) Question 1 Can we see a pattern in […]