'She actually said what everyone was thinking at that moment', Johan Vande Lanotte tells de Kanttekenende. He is professor emeritus, former deputy prime minister of Belgium and the driving force behind the Turkey Tribunal. "But ultimately it's about human rights, which, regardless of which group you belong to or not, belong to ...
Anderlecht – L'avocat de Marc Coucke : “Il s'est vraiment senti escroque”
Aujourd'hui pour mon client, c'est une journée triste. Pour un club, avec une réputation comme celle d'Anderlecht, c'est vraiment choquant. Mais d'un autre côté, dès que Marc Coucke est entré dans le club il a voulu faire table rase avec l'ancien régime puisqu'il voyait de temps en temps des choses...
Turkey Tribunal on Erdoğan gov't rights violations kicks off in Geneva
The first day of the Tribunal addressed Turkey's record of torture and abduction, with legal expert and the Turkey Tribunal's rapporteur on enforced disappearances, Johan Heymans, and Turkish human rights expert Eren Keskin, among others, giving detailed presentations on the matter.
Tribunal to adjudicate Turkey's rights record
The tribunal, set up under the initiative of Belgian-based law firm Van Steenbrugge Advocaten (VSA), aims to assess and report “all allegations of human rights violations taking place under the jurisdiction of Turkish authorities,” according to the tribunal's website.
Turkey Tribunal in Geneva
The Turkish tribunal, initiated by Belgian constitutional lawyer Johan Vande Lanotte, to investigate the human rights violations committed by the Turkish state in recent years began Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. The court is not an institution established by the EU or the UN, but an independent 'people's court'. The involved...
