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Swiss Asylum Rejections & Rights Violations: The Case of Bahar Yalçınkaya Submitted to the UN by KURD-CHR Geneva

August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 hugo dersim

1. Background & Systemic Issue Organization: The Kurdish Center for Human Rights (KURD-CHR) in Geneva submitted an urgent report to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT)[cite: 1]. Core Problem:…

Europe, Human Rights, Switzerland

Press briefing notes on Turkey

June 26, 2021January 9, 2023 Centre Kurde Genève

Turkey’s announcement at the weekend that it was withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention, an important regional human rights treaty on combatting all forms of violence against women, highlights wider concerns…

OHCHR, Turkey

The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….