| Vindplaats: | C 5.99 |
| Titel: | Human rights in the Kurdish Region of Turkey: Three pressing concerns |
| Auteur: | Edel Hughes and Saniye Karakas |
| Samenvatting: | The Kurdisch Human Rights Project (KHRP) organized a fact-finding mission to the Kurdish region of Turkey from 1 to 7 May 2009 to gather information on the human rights situation there, with a particular focus on impunity of state officials, women's access to justice and restrictons on the work of human rights defenders. The mission interviewed local MO's, mayors, human rights activists, lawyers and journalists in the provinces of Sirnak, Siirt, Mardin, Batman and Diyarbakir in order to assess developments in these areas in recent months.
This report begins by placing the human rights situation in the Kurdish region of Turkey in its wider geopolitical context, with a brief history of the conflict that has blighted the lives of the local population in recent years and the harsh measures that have been imposed by the authorities. The next section sets out the domestic human rights of its citizens The report goes on to tackle the three main areas of concern explored by the mission, before concluding with a series of recommendations directed towards the Turkish authorities and the European Union outlining steps that ought to be taken to improve the human situation in the Kurdish regions of the country. |
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| Uitgever: | KHRP / BHRC |
| Jaar van uitgave: | 2009 |
| Taal: | Engels |
| Aantal aanwezig: | 1 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9781905592258 |
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| Ondertitel: | Fact finding mission report |
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| Opmerkingen: | Voorin staat een lijst met de betekenis van afkortingen. |
| Aantal pagina's: | 58 |
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| Trefwoorden: | KHRP, BHRC, Turlije, Koerden, journalistiek, wetgeving, discriminatie, Dijabakir, Batman, Mardin, Siirt, Sirnak, mensenrechten, |