International Bodies Archives - Advocates of Silenced Turkey https://silencedturkey.org/source/international-bodies Giving Voice to the Voiceless, Restoring Hope Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:20:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://silencedturkey.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-Silenced-Turkey-Circle-Logo-Black-scaled-1-32x32.png International Bodies Archives - Advocates of Silenced Turkey https://silencedturkey.org/source/international-bodies 32 32 UN SP Joint Statement 7 October 2024 AL TUR 5/2024 https://silencedturkey.org/archives/un-sp-joint-statement-7-october-2024-al-tur-5-2024 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:20:27 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1401 it raises serious concerns about the misuse of counter-terrorism laws in Turkey, including mass arrests, arbitrary detention, transnational renditions, surveillance abuses, and violations of fundamental rights, and requests clarification and action from the Turkish government.

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]]> it raises serious concerns about the misuse of counter-terrorism laws in Turkey, including mass arrests, arbitrary detention, transnational renditions, surveillance abuses, and violations of fundamental rights, and requests clarification and action from the Turkish government.

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]]> UN Decision on Arbitrary Detention – Akın Öztürk Case https://silencedturkey.org/archives/un-decision-on-arbitrary-detention-akin-ozturk-case Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:18:45 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1398 This document is an official opinion adopted by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. It concludes that the detention of Akin Öztürk is arbitrary and violates international human rights law, including the ICCPR, and calls on Türkiye to release him and provide reparations.

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]]> This document is an official opinion adopted by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. It concludes that the detention of Akin Öztürk is arbitrary and violates international human rights law, including the ICCPR, and calls on Türkiye to release him and provide reparations.

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]]> Second periodic report submitted by Türkiye under article 40 of the Covenant pursuant to the optional reporting procedure, due in 2022 https://silencedturkey.org/archives/second-periodic-report-submitted-by-turkiye-under-article-40-of-the-covenant-pursuant-to-the-optional-reporting-procedure-due-in-2022 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:56:03 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1372 Report submitted by Türkiye to the United Nations Human Rights Committee detailing the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including legal, institutional, and policy measures to protect civil and political rights.

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]]> Report submitted by Türkiye to the United Nations Human Rights Committee detailing the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including legal, institutional, and policy measures to protect civil and political rights.

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]]> UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Türkiye 2025 https://silencedturkey.org/archives/un-human-rights-councils-universal-periodic-review-of-turkiye-2025 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:51:48 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1365 A compilation of information by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Türkiye, summarizing human rights conditions and developments in the country.

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]]> A compilation of information by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Türkiye, summarizing human rights conditions and developments in the country.

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]]> WGEID – Afganistan – 2018 https://silencedturkey.org/archives/wgeid-afganistan-2018 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:41:05 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1349 This joint UN Special Procedures urgent appeal concerns the arrest, secret detention, and subsequent house arrest of five teachers and a businessman in Afghanistan, allegedly at the request of Turkish authorities, and the risk of their deportation to Turkey. It raises concerns about arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, denial of legal safeguards, and violations of non-refoulement, […]

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]]> This joint UN Special Procedures urgent appeal concerns the arrest, secret detention, and subsequent house arrest of five teachers and a businessman in Afghanistan, allegedly at the request of Turkish authorities, and the risk of their deportation to Turkey. It raises concerns about arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, denial of legal safeguards, and violations of non-refoulement, and urges Afghan authorities to clarify the legal basis for the actions taken and prevent forcible return

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]]> WGAD abot 43 Victims – 2020 https://silencedturkey.org/archives/wgad-abot-43-victims-2020 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:39:52 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1346 This joint UN Special Procedures allegation letter raises concerns about the arrest, prolonged detention, prosecution, and alleged ill-treatment of 43 Turkish nationals in the aftermath of the July 2016 coup attempt, many of whom are teachers, judges, lawyers, military cadets, and civil servants. It alleges systematic arbitrary detention, denial of due process, misuse of counter-terrorism […]

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]]> This joint UN Special Procedures allegation letter raises concerns about the arrest, prolonged detention, prosecution, and alleged ill-treatment of 43 Turkish nationals in the aftermath of the July 2016 coup attempt, many of whom are teachers, judges, lawyers, military cadets, and civil servants. It alleges systematic arbitrary detention, denial of due process, misuse of counter-terrorism laws, and ill-treatment including against pregnant women and detainees with children, and requests detailed explanations and remedial measures from the Turkish authorities.

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]]> Pakistan – WGAD OPINION – Mesut:Meral Kacmaz (ENG) A_HRC_WGAD_2018_11 https://silencedturkey.org/archives/pakistan-wgad-opinion-mesutmeral-kacmaz-eng-a_hrc_wgad_2018_11 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:38:35 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1343 In this opinion, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention finds that the arrest, secret detention, and forcible deportation of Mesut Kaçmaz, Meral Kaçmaz, and their two minor children from Pakistan to Turkey were carried out without legal basis and in defiance of a domestic court order. The Working Group concludes that Pakistan and Turkey […]

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]]> In this opinion, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention finds that the arrest, secret detention, and forcible deportation of Mesut Kaçmaz, Meral Kaçmaz, and their two minor children from Pakistan to Turkey were carried out without legal basis and in defiance of a domestic court order. The Working Group concludes that Pakistan and Turkey jointly violated due process, non-refoulement, and children’s rights, determining the deprivation of liberty to be arbitrary under multiple categories and calling for release, compensation, and accountability.

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]]> Osman Karaca – SP Joint Comm AL KHM 7:2020 (December 11, 2020) https://silencedturkey.org/archives/osman-karaca-sp-joint-comm-al-khm-72020-december-11-2020 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:37:17 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1339 This joint UN Special Procedures allegation letter raises concerns about the enforced disappearance of Thai political activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit in Cambodia and the arrest, short-term enforced disappearance, and deportation of Osman Karaca, a dual Mexican-Turkish national, to Turkey. It alleges serious violations of international human rights law, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and breaches of […]

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]]> This joint UN Special Procedures allegation letter raises concerns about the enforced disappearance of Thai political activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit in Cambodia and the arrest, short-term enforced disappearance, and deportation of Osman Karaca, a dual Mexican-Turkish national, to Turkey. It alleges serious violations of international human rights law, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and breaches of non-refoulement obligations, and requests detailed explanations and remedial measures from the Cambodian authorities.

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]]> MOROCCO – CAT Decision on Mustaf Onder – G1918342 https://silencedturkey.org/archives/morocco-cat-decision-on-mustaf-onder-g1918342 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:36:10 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1336 In this decision, the UN Committee against Torture finds that Morocco would violate article 3 of the Convention against Torture if it extradited Mustafa Onder to Turkey, given the real, personal, and foreseeable risk of torture based on his perceived association with the Hizmet movement. The Committee concludes that Morocco failed to adequately assess the […]

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]]> In this decision, the UN Committee against Torture finds that Morocco would violate article 3 of the Convention against Torture if it extradited Mustafa Onder to Turkey, given the real, personal, and foreseeable risk of torture based on his perceived association with the Hizmet movement. The Committee concludes that Morocco failed to adequately assess the risk of torture despite extensive evidence of post-coup abuses in Turkey and orders the State to refrain from extradition, release the complainant, and ensure safeguards against similar violations in the future.

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]]> Malaysia – Arif Komis – A_HRC_WGAD_2020_51_Advance_Edited_Version https://silencedturkey.org/archives/malaysia-arif-komis-a_hrc_wgad_2020_51_advance_edited_version Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:34:35 +0000 https://silencedturkey.org/?post_type=archive&p=1333 In this opinion, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concludes that the arrest, incommunicado detention, and forcible transfer of Arif Komiş, his wife Ülkü Komiş, and their four minor children from Malaysia to Turkey constituted arbitrary detention under multiple categories of international law. The Working Group finds that both Malaysia and Turkey violated due […]

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]]> In this opinion, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concludes that the arrest, incommunicado detention, and forcible transfer of Arif Komiş, his wife Ülkü Komiş, and their four minor children from Malaysia to Turkey constituted arbitrary detention under multiple categories of international law. The Working Group finds that both Malaysia and Turkey violated due process, non-refoulement, and children’s rights, and calls for Mr. Komiş’s immediate release, compensation, and accountability for those responsible.

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