{"id":2510,"date":"2025-02-05T14:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vsadvocaten.be\/opinie-blog\/dossier-turkije\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T13:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:06:59","slug":"turkey-case","status":"publish","type":"opinie-blog","link":"https:\/\/vsadvocaten.be\/en\/opinie-blog\/turkey-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>The turkey tribunal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>turkey tribunal<\/strong>, which convened in <strong>geneva from september 20 to 24, 2021<\/strong>, is an <strong>international opinion tribunal<\/strong> that conducted an <strong>independent legal assessment<\/strong> of <strong>human rights violations<\/strong> committed under turkey\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal\u2019s findings were based on:<\/p>\n<p>\u2714 <strong>Objective reports by seven independent international experts<\/strong>, who meticulously examined the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2714 <strong>Testimonies<\/strong> presented during a week-long public session.<\/p>\n<p>\u2714 <strong>An evaluation of turkey\u2019s practices against the european convention on human rights<\/strong>, other <strong>international legal instruments ratified by turkey<\/strong>, and <strong>general principles of international law<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Crimes against humanity<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Following <strong>five days of public hearings and extensive legal deliberation<\/strong>, the <strong>six independent international judges<\/strong> of the <strong>turkey tribunal<\/strong> rendered a <strong>unanimous legal opinion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Their conclusion: acts of <strong>torture and enforced disappearances<\/strong> carried out in turkey <strong>could qualify as crimes against humanity<\/strong>, provided that a <strong>competent judicial body<\/strong> establishes both the <strong>intent and knowledge of the perpetrators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Next steps<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Equipped with this <strong>authoritative opinion<\/strong>, <strong>VSA, in collaboration with its partners and under the leadership of managing partner johan heymans and prof. Em. Johan vande lanotte, is actively engaged in efforts to mobilize international opinion and advocate for targeted sanctions<\/strong>. The objective is to ensure that those <strong>responsible for large-scale human rights violations in turkey are held accountable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>Learn more about the turkey tribunal and the next steps in the pursuit of justice (link).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":981,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"auteur":[85],"opinie-blog-categorie":[125],"class_list":["post-2510","opinie-blog","type-opinie-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","auteur-johan-vande-lanotte","opinie-blog-categorie-human-rights"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vsadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinie-blog\/2510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vsadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinie-blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vsadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/opinie-blog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vsadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vsadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"auteur","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vsadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/auteur?post=2510"},{"taxonomy":"opinie-blog-categorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vsadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinie-blog-categorie?post=2510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}