Category: OHCHR

MRAP: Turkey: the repression against Kurdish elected peoplecontinues

September 24, 2020September 28, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

United Nations General Assemblyuman Rights Council 45th Session 14 September–2 October 2020 A/HRC/45/NGO/89 Written statement* submitted by Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, a non-governmental organization on the roster./24 September 2020

After the failed coup attempt of 15 July 2016, the Turkish government declared a state of emergency. It was renewed every three months for a total period of two years. The state of emergency has been applied without any legal framework and has been transformed into an instrument of authoritarian repression against opposition groups in society.

News, OHCHR

MRAP: Turkey: Support for Daech members promotes violations of human rights and international humanitarian law

September 22, 2020September 28, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

United Nations General Assemblyuman Rights Council 45th Session 14 September–2 October 2020 A/HRC/45/NGO/87 Written statement* submitted by Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, a non-governmental organization on the roster./22 September 2020

Turkish state support for Daech

News, OHCHR

UN calls on Turkey to respect international law in Syria

September 18, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The human rights situation in parts of north, northwest and northeast Syria under the control of Turkish forces and Turkish-affiliated armed groups is grim, with violence and criminality rife, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned on Friday.

OHCHR, Syria

Omar: report of UN Commission of Inquiry is insufficient without binding decisions

September 18, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Abdul Karim Omar stressed that the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry documenting the violations within the Turkish occupation zones and its mercenaries is important, but it is not sufficient and needs decisions from the Security Council or the United Nations Association to prosecute the perpetrators and their supporters.

OHCHR, Syria

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic: War crimes carried out in Afrin and Serêkaniyê

September 16, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The UN Syrian Commission of Inquiry said that the FSA carries out war crimes under Turkish control, including abductions, disappearances, gender-based violence in Afrin and Serêkaniyê. Full 25page Report

News, OHCHR, Syria

UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: No clean hands – behind the frontlines and the headlines, armed actors continue to subject civilians to horrific and increasingly targeted abuse

September 16, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Syrians continue to be killed, suffer severe hardships and grave rights violations, despite a relative reduction in largescale hostilities since the 5 March ceasefire, according to the latest findings of the UN Syrian Commission of Inquiry.

OHCHR, Syria

UN: Culture of impunity for human rights violations marks Turkey

September 11, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances says most of its reccomendations were ignored by Turkey where a culture of impunity prevails.

OHCHR, Turkey

UN calls on Turkey to to release other human rights defenders

September 3, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The death of Turkish human rights lawyer Ebru Timtik after a long hunger strike was entirely preventable, UN human rights experts said in a statement, calling on Turkey to release other human rights defenders.

OHCHR, Turkey