Reports

BY JVES HAECK and EMRE TURKUT  I SEPTEMBER 2020 This report addresses the persistent problem of impunity in Turkey in respect of serious human rights violations committed by state officials. More particularly, it aims to provide answers to two overarching questions: I. Is there an internal system of preventing and […]

This is the collection of detailed reports that have been compiled by independent experts to submit to the judges of Turkey Tribunal.

BY PHILIPPE LERUTH  I JULY 2021 Press freedom is under immense pressure in Turkey. Too many journalists have already faced long convictions for the content of critical articles. The legal framework that has been put in place is imprecise and is open to interpretation and manipulation. This analysis will allow […]

BY PROF.DR. EM. JOHAN VANDE LANOTTE  I AUGUST 2021 This report investigates if the acts of torture and the abductions, as described in the other reports presented to the Turkey Tribunal, can be qualified as crimes against humanity, according to the Rome Statute and the case law of the International Criminal […]

BY JOHAN HEYMANS   | JULY 2021   This report aims to provide an  answer to the key questions addressed to the Turkey Tribunal about abductions. These questions are: can  we, taken  in  account the reports and  the testimonies produced before the tribunal, conclude that abductions again  are a part of […]

BY ERIC SOTTAS. I MARCH 2021 This report aims to provide an answer to the key questions addressed to the Turkey Tribunal about torture. These questions are: Who are the targeted groups? What is the purpose and the motivation of the perpetrators? Is there a pattern in the way torture […]

BY LUCA PERILLI  I FEBRUARY 2021 This is the collection of detailed reports that have been compiled by independent experts to submit to the judges of Turkey Tribunal. The Ruin of Rule of Law in Turkey Since July 2016, the 96-year old Republic of Turkey, under the rule of its […]

Sümeyye Yılmaz, Fatma Betül Zeybek, Aycan Kaya, Zehra Genç Türkmen, Nilüfer Irmak, Mikail Ugan, and Nuray Tunç filed applications with the Human Rights Center of the Ankara Bar Association on 25.04.2019, 03.05.2019, 13.05.2019, 17.05.2019, 24.05.2019, 14.05.2019, and 29.08.2019 respectively, and lawyers that are member to the Human Rights Center of […]