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KHRP Promotes its Intern Programme at Westminster University |
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On 9 October KHRP’s Resources and Communications Coordinator, Walter Jayawardene and Research Intern, Amy Pepper attended an International NGO Working Brunch organised by the Community Volunteering Unit at the University of Westminster in Marylebone. |
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KHRP delivers Training Seminar in City of Van |
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KHRP Legal Officer Catriona Vine visited the city of Van in south-east Turkey on 6 and 7 October to deliver a training seminar on “Taking a Case to the European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of Expression”. The session was co-hosted by Van Bar Association and İHD, Van Branch. In his opening remarks, lawyer Cüneyt Caniş, Head of İHD Van Branch, referred to the worsening situation with regards to freedom of expression in the region and expressed the hope that this training seminar would strengthen the capacity of the lawyers in attendance to represent clients whose rights have been violated. The seminar was run for two days and was well attended. The participants listened to a number of lectures and took part in workshops designed to test their understanding of the topics concerned. The participants expressed a desire for KHRP to return in the future to run a training seminar on accessing the UN mechanisms for the protection and promotion of human rights. |
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KHRP's International Fellowship Programme: Senior Fellowship Applications Open |
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KHRP's International Fellowship Programme: Senior Fellowship Applications Open - click here for more information. |
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European Parliament Publishes KHRP Report on Increase in Suicide amongst Women in Kurdish Regions |
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KHRP’s extensive European Parliament- commissioned report, The Increase in Kurdish Women Committing Suicide, has been published on the European Parliament’s website. The report, based on a combination of desk research and fact-finding missions to the regions, gives a snapshot of the situation of women in the Kurdish regions and discusses the possible reasons for the comparatively high female suicide rate there, linking this to conflict, widowhood, education, health and patriarchal society. The report can be accessed by clicking the above hyperlink. For a French language version please click here.
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KHRP Meets with Lawyers on Forced Displacement of Civilians at Ilisu Dam Site |
From 28-30 September KHRP sent Legal Officer Catriona Vine to meet with numerous lawyers and campaigners regarding the forced displacement around the Ilisu Dam site. Scheduled for construction on the River Tigris, some 65 kilometres from the Syrian border by Germany's largest civil engineering company, Siemens, the dam as planned would flood an area the size of Manchester, submerging or partially submerging some 183 villages and hamlets and the ancient town of Hasankeyf, a site of international archaeological significance and displacing an estimated 78,000 people who are mainly Kurds. |
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