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UN Child Rights Committee rules that countries bear cross-border responsibility for harmful impact of climate change

10/11/2021

Press Releases

Brazil
Argentina
Turkey
France
Georgia

Committee on the Rights of the Child

E F S R C A

Turkey: Uncover truth behind killing of couple who challenged mining companies, demands UN expert

9/17/2021

Press Releases

Turkey

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions

Human rights defenders
Summary or arbitrary executions
Environment

E F S R C A

UN women’s rights committee urges Turkey to reconsider withdrawal from Istanbul Convention as decision takes effect

7/1/2021

Press Releases

Turkey

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Women

E F S R C A

Turkey: Stop mis-using the law to detain human rights defenders, urges UN expert

6/9/2021

Press Releases

Turkey

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Human rights defenders
Torture and inhuman treatment
Independence of judiciary
Health
Freedom of association

E F S R C A

Turkey: Withdrawal from Istanbul Convention is a pushback against women’s rights, say human rights experts

3/23/2021

Press Releases

Turkey

Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Older persons
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Independent expert older persons
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children

Violence against women
Women
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Women rights
Freedom of opinion and expression
Disability
Traffic in persons
Truth justice and reparation
Slavery
Torture and inhuman treatment
Environment
Extreme poverty
Summary or arbitrary executions
Freedom of association
Terrorism
Right to food
Human rights defenders
Older persons
Mercenaries
Transnational corporations
Arbitrary detention
Right to development
Religious intolerance
Independence of judiciary
Sale of children
Adequate housing
Right to drinking water

E F S R C A

Press briefing notes on Turkey

3/23/2021

Press Releases
Press Briefing Notes

Turkey

High Commissioner for Human Rights

Women

E F S R C A

Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Sweden, Grenada, Turkey and Kiribati

9/29/2020

Press Releases

Sweden
Grenada
Turkey
Kiribati

Human Rights Council
Universal Periodic Review

Human Rights Council
Universal Periodic Review

E F S R C A

Syria: Violations and abuses rife in areas under Turkish-affiliated armed groups – Bachelet

9/18/2020

Press Releases

Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey

High Commissioner for Human Rights

E F S R C A

Turkish human rights lawyer dies after hunger strike

9/2/2020

Press Releases

Turkey

Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
WG on Arbitrary Detention

Human rights defenders
Summary or arbitrary executions
Freedom of association
Freedom of opinion and expression
Torture and inhuman treatment
Terrorism
Independence of judiciary
Violence against women
Women
Arbitrary detention

E F S R C A

UN experts: Turkey should preserve Hagia Sophia as space for meeting of cultures

7/31/2020

Press Releases

Turkey

Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

Cultural rights
Religious intolerance

E F S R C A

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