Turkey: Stop mis-using the law to detain human rights defenders

9 June 2021 Geneva UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor,…

FIDH: New law seriously threatens freedom of association and must be repealed!

Paris-Geneva, January 15, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) is deeply…

Joint Statement: Ten benchmarks for a zero-tolerance policy on torture in Turkey

Pushing the re-set button: Ten benchmarks for a zero-tolerance policy on torture in Turkey ​ Nothing…

İHD 2019 Report on Human Rights Violations in Turkey

5 May 2020 The last five years of Turkey has been a period during which the…

OMCT Statement Calling for Early Release from Prisons in Turkey

Turkey: Grant early release from overcrowded prisons without discrimination Brussels-Geneva March 31, 2020 While welcoming the…

OMCT: Urgent Appeal for Gülseren Yoleri

Turkey: Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of Ms. Gülseren Yoleri, Istanbul Branch President of the Human…

Joint Statement by IHD and HRFT On 10 December Human Rights Day

10 December 2019 marks the 71st anniversary of the day the United Nations (UN) General Assembly…

ICJ-IHOP Briefing Paper on Turkey’s Judicial Reform Strategy and Judicial Independence

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) have issued a…

ICJ and IHOP Briefing Paper on the Freedoms of Movement and Assembly in Turkey

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) published a briefing…

Urgent Appeal by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

    Turkey: Harassment of several HRDs as a reprisal for their calls for peace and…