It has been reflected in the press that the cemetery, which is located in an area close to Yukarıölen Village in Bitlis Province and known as “Garzan Cemetery” and...
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International Human Rights Mechanisms
Universal Periodic Review Third Cycle: Human Rights Agenda Association Submission
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW THIRD CYCLE – TURKEY Human Rights Agenda Association Submission, İzmir, Turkey International Conventions Republic of Turkey is a state party to many of the human rights...
Location: Point Hotel Taksim Date: 19 June 2019, Wednesday Hour: 4:00-8:00 PM As civil society organisations, to what extent are we able to exercise our rights to freedom of...
12/30/2017 Osman Kavala was taken into custody on October 18, 2017 and detained November 1, with accusations as “an attempt to abolish the constitutional order of the Republic of...
The right to defend our rights is a fundamental right. We demand the release of rights defenders and revocation of the investigations and cases filed against them ! 24...
2017 Press Releases
Press Releases
Joint Press Statement: Terminate Arbitrary Detention of HR Defenders!
Terminate arbitrary detention of HR defenders! 14 August 2017 It has been 40 days since 10 human rights defenders, whose fundamental position is to advocate for human rights and...
2017 Press Releases
Press Releases
Joint Press Statement concerning the Arrest of Amnesty International Turkey Chairperson Taner Kılıç
Taner Kılıç who was detained early in the morning on 6 June 2017 was arrested on 9 June 2017 late in the night at about 23.30. Since the arrest...
2017 Press Releases
Press Releases
Human rights defender lawyer Taner Kılıç should be released immediately!
Lawyer Taner Kılıç who was detained by Anti-Terror Police of İzmir following the search at his house and his personal Office on 6 June 2017 should be released immediately....
2017 Press Releases
Press Releases
We nominate Orhan Kemal Cengiz for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017
We nominate Orhan Kemal Cengiz for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017 We, the members of the Board of the Human Rights Agenda Association (IHGD), have decided to nominate our...
Ass. Prof. Gűnal Kurşun, a well-known scholar in the field of International Criminal Law and Genocide studies teaching working at the Criminal Law Department of the Çukurova University in...