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How to use it?

Our website is equipped with an advanced search engine facility: the e-library. Whether you are trying to locate a publication we’ve produced or looking to take part in our campaigns and support our work, then your journey starts here.

Why using it?

The e-library allows you to browse the latest Human Rights-related news we’ve produced on any given theme and country. For customised search results, you can either select the type of publication you’d like to browse (Press Release, Report, Factsheet, Core Document, …etc.), your theme of interest (gender equality, justice, etc.) or the country for which you are looking to locate information.
You can further refine your search results by combining several criteria (e.g. Report /Syria/ women rights)

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27 Oct 2022
Turkey: Şebnem Korur Fincancı must be released!

EuroMed Rights calls for the immediate release of Human Rights Defender Şebnem Korur Fincancı.
- Press Release
- Turkey
1 Aug 2022
Why the Istanbul Convention remains necessary?

On the 8th anniversary of entry into force of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, colloquially known as the Istanbul Convention, EuroMed Rights interviewed women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights defenders on both shores of the Mediterranean, to find out why the Convention remains an essential tool to … Continued
1 Jul 2022
On year after Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul convention, LGBTIQ+ communities more than ever under pressure

One year ago, on July 1st 2021, the Turkish government officially withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, a legal text aiming at preventing and combating violences against women and promoting gender equality.
28 Jun 2022
Pride month 2022: LGBTQIA+ violations rising in the Euro-Mediterranean region

June is Pride month all over the world and a time to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and their rights. Unfortunately, although advances have been seen, LGBTQIA+ rights continue being violated worldwide, including in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
17 May 2022
Turkey: Gender Diversity is a human right!

IDAHOT Day: EuroMed Rights stresses its solidarity with organisations and LGBTQI+ activists fighting for their rights in Turkey and across the region.
29 Apr 2022
Free the Gezi defendants!

Joint statement from 28 organisations, including EuroMed Rights, denouncing the verdict of the Gezi trial handed down on 25 April 2022.
21 Feb 2022
Turkey: new trial against Öztürk Türkdoğan, new proof of judicial harassment

Statement in support of IHD Co-Chairperson Öztürk Türkdoğan ahead of the first hearing of his trial on 22 February 2022.
1 Feb 2022
Turkey’s biased use of counter-terrorist measures

In Turkey, counterterrorism measures have long been used to prevent the work carried out by civil society organisations. In 2021, the situation worsened for these organisations since the adoption, on 31 December 2020, of Law no. 7262 on the “Prevention of Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”.
6 Jan 2022
Turkey: Freedom of expression endangered in universities

Joint press release from EuroMed Rights, Human Rights Association Turkey and Civic Space Studies Association calling for the release of Boğaziçi University students.
- Press Release
- Turkey
15 Dec 2021
It’s time to map backlashes to gender equality!

Violations of women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights are intensifying across the Euro-Mediterranean region. A multitude of actors originating from autocratic, illiberal, and even democratic countries are now publicly holding anti-women and anti-LGBTIQ stances. These backlashes take multiple forms. Despite the strong mobilisation of women’s rights organisations across the region, many violations seep through the cracks. This year alone, serious backlashes have been noticed across the region. President Erdogan unilaterally withdrew Turkey from the Istanbul … Continued