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
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.
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.
IDAHOT Day: EuroMed Rights stresses its solidarity with organisations and LGBTQI+ activists fighting for their rights in Turkey and across the region.
Joint statement from 28 organisations, including EuroMed Rights, denouncing the verdict of the Gezi trial handed down on 25 April 2022.
Statement in support of IHD Co-Chairperson Öztürk Türkdoğan ahead of the first hearing of his trial on 22 February 2022.
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”.
Joint press release from EuroMed Rights, Human Rights Association Turkey and Civic Space Studies Association calling for the release of Boğaziçi University students.
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
EuroMed Rights publishes a new interactive tool to monitor contestations of gender equality across nine countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region.
