17.10.2007 Attempt to Close Lambda Istanbul Endangers Basic Freedoms (New York, October 16, 2007) – A legal challenge by the governor of Istanbul seeking to close down Lambda Istanbul,...
Selected Titles From Human Right Agenda
OHCHR, IPU, and UNDESA launch handbook for the new Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
08.10.2007 OHCHR, IPU, and UNDESA launch handbook for the new Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities Geneva, 8 October 2007 The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the United Nations...
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“Domestic violence against women, including marital rape, a criminal offence”, PACE says
05.10.2007 05/10/2007 Autumn session: 1-5 October 2007 At the end of a debate on the mid-term assessments of the Council of Europe campaign “Stop domestic violence against women”, PACE...
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Helsinki seminar highlights Council of Europe Campaign against Violence to Women, including Domestic Violence
05.10.2007 Strasbourg, 05.10.2007 – How can governments ensure the best services for women victims of domestic violence? This is the focus of the fifth regional seminar organised as part...
05.10.2007 Gareth Jones ANKARA – Reuters Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), boosted by a big election win inJuly, has vowed to speed up plans to join the European...
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PACE elects twelve judges to the European Court of Human Rights
03.10.2007 Press release – 645(2007) PACE elects twelve judges to the European Court of Human Rights Strasbourg, 03.10.2007 – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting...
2007 Press Releases
Press Releases
Death Penalty Is A “Punishment” Which Destructs Honour And Dignity Of Humanity!
01.01.2007 The Announcement by Human Rights Agenda Association on the Execution of Saddam Husein! Article 1 1. No one within the jurisdiction of a State Party to the present...
12.08.2007 Saturday, August 11, 2007, Turkish Daily News Orhan Kemal CENGIZ In my opinion, the term ‘Islamophobia’ is insufficient for and incapable of explaining the situation in Turkey. ‘Islamophobia’, a...
Articles
Conscientious Objection
The interview of Hakan Ataman, SG of the Human Rights Agenda Association with Osman Murat Ülke via e-mail on 26.07.2007
10.08.2007 HA: Dear Ossi (as we call Osman Murat Ülke), you spent almost 2 years in prison for refusing military service and now the prosecutor’s office in Eskişehir called...
10.08.2007 Thursday, August 9, 2007, Turkish Daily News Orhan Kemal CENGIZ After the elections we immediately began discussing the need for a new constitution. Unfortunately the way these discussions started...