Turkey: Council of Europe Votes for Infringement Process

Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Private (Istanbul) - The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers' vote on February 2, 2022 to begin infringement proceedings against Turkey is an important step to support human rights protection in Turkey and uphold the international human rights framework, Human Rights Watch said today. The resolution concerns Turkey's failure over the past two years to comply with the European Court of Human Rights' judgment in which the Court ruled that Turkey shou...