25 November 2008 GENEVA (OHCHR) – Women must play an active role in peace negotiations, and in the effort to combat impunity for rape and other acts of violence,...
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Council of Europe Secretary General: “We are not doing enough for women victims of violence”
26.11.2008 Press release – 831(2008) Strasbourg, 24.11.2008 – On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women tomorrow, Council of Europe Secretary General Terry...
31.10.2008 Council of Europe to fight discrimination, foster integration in Europewide events next month Strasbourg, 30.10.2008 – With recent polls indicating rising Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe and beyond...
21.08.2008 Homeless earthlings’ camp at the border DİKİLİ – Turkey Theholiday and skippers’ paradise of the Aegean Sea between Greek islands and the Turkish coast has made a name...
28.07.2008 TURKEY AND WORLD AROUND IT FROM A DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ “The fundamental barrier to democracy in Turkey today is the clique which dominates...
17.06.2008 Document – Turkey: Fear for safety / ill – treatment / legal concern: Mehmet Bal PUBLIC AI Index: EUR 44/009/2008 11 June 2008 UA 163/08 Fear for safety /...
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PACE committee urges Turkey to take further ‘positive measures’ for Greek minority on Turkish islands in the Aegean.
09.06.2008 Note to editors – 100(2008) Strasbourg, 03.06.2008 – The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has urged Turkey to...
26.05.2008 EU Should Insist on Reforms to Counter Persisting Inequality and Abuses (Istanbul, May 22, 2008) – Turkey should urgently change law and policy to protect lesbian, gay,...
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Cyprus: UN-Backed Missing Persons Group Launches Website in Greek, Turkish
21.05.2008 New York, May 20 2008 4:00PMThe United Nations-backed group in Cyprus tasked with identifying the remains of missing persons and returning those remains to the families concerned announced...
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Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis reacts to changes in Turkish Criminal Code related to freedom of expression
05.05.2008 Strasbourg, 02.05.2008 – “The recent amendments to Article 301 of the Turkish penal Code which criminalises insults to the Turkish nation testify to the readiness of the Turkish...