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Big Lottery Fund Presentation
- Presentation delivered to the Big Lottery Fund on 29 January 2009, reviewing KHRP's work from 2006-2009.
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Recognition of the Conflict and Political Dialogue
- Speech Delivered by KHRP Chief Executive Kerim Yıldız at the Sixth International Conference on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds, European Parliament, Brussels, 3 February 2010
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Kurdish Initiative - Illusion or Reality?
- Speech Delivered by Mark Muller QC, Chairman of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales; EUTCC Board Member; & KHRP Honorary Secretary General, at the Sixth International Conference on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds, European Parliament, Brussels, 3 February 2010
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Briefing Paper: The Ilisu Dam Project: An Update
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Few infrastructure development projects have caused as much international controversy in recent years as the proposed Ilısu hydroelectric dam project in the Kurdish region of south-east Turkey. If it were built, the dam would displace between 50,000-78,000 people, mainly Kurds; flood the ancient town of Hasankeyf and hundreds of other unexplored archaeological sites; severely impact the environment upstream and downstream of the dam; and significantly reduce the flow of water to the downstream states of Iraq and Syria, with the potential for exacerbating conflict in the region.
Although funding was suspended in December 2008, after Turkey failed to implement the agreed conditions, Turkey remains adamant that it will complete the project. As this briefing paper highlights, construction work on the dam has continued intermittently and villagers in the immediate area of the dam site have had their land expropriated. Turkey has also announced that it is approaching China’s export credit agency, Sinosur, for funding, although as at the beginning of December 2009, the Chinese Embassy in Ankara denied any Chinese company is involved in the project.
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The environmental impact of Turkey and Iran’s cross-border incursions into Kurdistan, Iraq
- Turkey and Iran have conducted cross-border military operations into Kurdistan, Iraq for more than two decades, including the use of ground troops, surveillance planes cross-border shelling, and airstrikes. These operations are ostensibly part of the states’ military campaigns against Kurdish separatist groups that have launched attacks from the Qandil mountain area, the border region of Iran, Turkey and Iraq. However, as this briefing paper examines, these operations have had a severe impact on civilians, property, and the environment. An intensification of attacks by both states has taken place since mid-2007, and has resulted in widespread displacement, loss of life, and environmental destruction.
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Compiling Trial Observation Reports – Based on ‘Advocacy and the Rule of Law in Turkey’
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Compiling Trial Observation Reports – Based on ‘Advocacy and the Rule of Law in Turkey’
Lecture delivered by KHRP Managing Director Rachel Bernu to York University, 9 November 2009
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Human Rights and the Kurds in Iran
- While human rights violations are a part of everyday life for Iranians from all backgrounds, Kurds and other minorities are particularly vulnerable. With the Iranian authorities inclined to treat much minority activism – whether social, cultural or political – as linked to a separatist threat, individuals from these communities are frequently arbitrarily arrested and held incommunicado, often accused of vaguely-worded crimes relating to national security. This briefing paper gives an overview of the modern history of the Kurds in Iran, and the international and domestic legal framework in relation to the human rights situation that they and other Iranians face today. It goes on to explore patterns of human rights violations according to four key themes: discrimination on grounds of gender and ethnicity; arbitrary detention; torture and ill-treatment; and corporal and capital punishment. In the wake of the brutal crackdown that followed the disputed presidential elections in Iran in June this year, the evidence presented here underscores the need for the international community to ensure that human rights concerns are kept squarely at the forefront of diplomatic engagement with Tehran.
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The Practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Kurdish Regions
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Speech delivered by KHRP at the Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS on 29 April 2009.
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The Turkish Accession and the Need for Change
- Speech delivered by KHRP at a seminar entitled 'The Kurdish Human Rights Situation, a Lasting Peace and a Democratic Development' at the European Parliament, Brussels on 29 April 2009.
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The Impact of Large-Scale Dam Construction on Regional Security in the Kurdish Regions of Turkey
- Speech delivered by the Kurdish Human Rights Project at the Alternative Water Forum, İstanbul, 21 March 2009
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Protecting Politicians or Protecting Democracy?
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Protecting Politicians or Protecting Democracy? Parliamentary Immunity and Party Closure in the Run-Up to Local Elections in Turkey explores the ways in which the mechanisms available in Turkey for lifting the immunity of MPs and shutting down political parties facilitate the targeting of democratically elected politicians by unelected officials whose conception of what is best for the country is grounded in a narrow, secular and ethnically-exclusive form of nationalism.
This briefing paper is an updated version of a paper originally published by KHRP in July 2008, just prior to the final decision of the Constitutional Court on moves to shut down the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party, AKP). It features a detailed exploration of that case and ongoing parallel proceedings against the pro-Kurdish Demokratik Toplum Partisi (Democratic Society Party, DTP). It also includes analysis of the concept of parliamentary immunity and its application in different parts of the world, the historical context of the cases against the DTP and AKP, and the implications of these cases for democracy and human rights in Turkey.
The updated version of the paper covers moves against MPs and political parties that were ongoing in the months leading up to the March 2009 elections.
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‘Review and Progress of EU Accession’
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Speech Delivered by KHRP Executive Director Kerim Yıldız at the Fifth International Conference on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds, European Parliament, Brussels, 28-29 January 2009
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'Human Rights and Investment': Training Presentation for Civil Servants
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Presentation used in the course of a training session on ‘Human Rights and Investment’, delivered to civil servants in Kurdistan, Iraq, on 16 December 2008.
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'Human Rights and Investment': Training Presentation for Civil Society Organisations
- Presentation used in the course of a training session on ‘Human Rights and Investment’, delivered to civil society representatives in Kurdistan, Iraq, on 17 December 2008.
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The Role of Women in Civil society, Conflict Prevention, Resolution and Reconstruction
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Speech delivered by KHRP Deputy Director Rachel Bernu at the OSCE Civil Society Forum, 2-3 December 2008, Helsinki.
