(A/HRC/WG.6/21/TUR/2) - 27 January 2015 - click here for the report.

Report by Scott Crosby, ECBA Human Right Officer

Introduction
The document bearing the above reference was prepared for the UNRC and was prepared for the 21st Human Rights Council Session by way of a Universal Periodic Review on Turkey and was discussed in Geneva on 27 January 2015.  Immediately after the official discussion in the HRC, a side meeting was held in the UN Building, the Palais des Nations, where representatives of various sectors of Turkish life testified as to persistent human rights violations by Turkey.

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