Türkiye: ICJ intervenes in European Court case on transfer of judges

Türkiye: ICJ intervenes in European Court case on transfer of judges

The ICJ has intervened as a third party before the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning the involuntary transfers of judges and the consequences of such transfers for the independence of the judiciary.  The case of Kurtoğlu Karacık v Türkiye concerns the transfer of several judges to new locations by decision of the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors, against the wishes of the judges concerned and without the possibility of effective judicial review of the decision. In its intervention, the ICJ presents an analysis of  international standards related to the transfer of judges, including their right to appeal against involuntary transfers, in light of obligations of under article 6.1 ECHR. It also assesses the current state of judicial independence and the system of transfer of judges in Türkiye within the context of systemic deficiencies in respect of judicial independence in the Turkish judicial system..

Turkey: ICJ intervenes in support of access to justice for civil society in environmental cases

Turkey: ICJ intervenes in support of access to justice for civil society in environmental cases

The ICJ has intervened in two cases against Turkey before the European Court of Human Rights in which civil society claimed that obstacles put to their access to court were in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.In the two cases Cangi and Others v. Turkey (facts of the case here and here), the applicants argued that the limitations to their access to courts to challenge administrative acts detrimental to the environment were in breach of article 6.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, notably the right to access to justice.

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