The prolonged and unlawful detention of Selahattin Demirtaş constitutes a serious breach of his human rights and represents a deepening of the rule of law crisis in Turkey. The Turkish authorities should release him from detention, drop the abusive criminal proceedings against him and refrain from weaponising the law to stifle the exercise of free […]
The ICJ submitted today written observations to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe denouncing the lack of structural independence of the Turkish judiciary and the abuse of its system of transfer of judges to undermine judges’ individual independence. (more…)
The ICJ submitted today a contribution to the work of a Council of Europe Committee drafting a recommendation on human rights and the protection of the environment. (more…)
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers decision notifying Turkey it will start infringement proceedings over its failure to comply with the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) order to free the jailed human rights defender Osman Kavala is a welcome step, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, and the Turkey Litigation Support […]
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union should amend legislative proposals regulating artificial intelligence (AI) and online digital services to bring them in line with human rights law, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today in two briefing papers addressing the proposals. (more…)
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers should trigger infringement proceedings against Turkey at its September 14-16, 2021 meeting for its failure to implement the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) judgment ordering the release of the jailed human rights defender Osman Kavala, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, and the Turkey Litigation […]
