Supporting Access to Justice for Girls and Women with Disabilities in Combatting Discrimination
Title: Supporting Access to Justice for Girls and Women with Disabilities in Combatting Discrimination
Supporter: The Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul.
Time Period: 12 months (1 February 2022 – 31 January 2023)
Budget: 339.280,00 TL
Fields of Activity: Capacity Development, Trial Monitoring, Legal Support and Awareness Raising
Title: Together against discrimination: building a civil society coalition to
improve access to justice for victims of discrimination
Supporter: EU Delegation Turkey– European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
Collaborators: Netherlands Helsinki Committee (Lead Applicant)
Time Period: 01.01.2022 – 31.12.2024 (3 years)
Budget: € 559,499.79
Fields of Activity: Capacity Development, Monitoring and Reporting, Advocacy, Legal Support
Website: https://esitlikizlememerkezi.org/
Social Media:
- Twitter – @esitlikizleme
- Instagram – @esitlikizlememerkezi
Title: Strengthening Access to Justice for Disadvantaged Groups
Supporter: EU Delegation Turkey– European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
Time Period: 15.04.2021 – 15.04.2024 (3 years)
Budget:
Fields of Activity: Capacity Development, Monitoring and Reporting, Advocacy, Legal Support
Title: Strengthening and Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Turkey
Supporter: Netherlands Helsinki Committee
Collaborators: Netherlands Helsinki Committee, Hakikat Adalet Hafıza Merkezi (Truth Justice Memory Center)
Time Period: 01.09.2018 – 31.12.2020
Budget: € 216.320,00
Fields of Activity: Human Rights Advocacy, Monitoring, Advocacy, Support
Human rights defenders face a variety of pressure and intimidation policies in countries in Turkey, which is also the case in a number of other countries with authoritarian tendencies. This project aims to conduct monitoring, support and campaign activities for strengthening and protection of human rights defenders in Turkey in partnership with Netherlands Helsinki Committee and the Truth Justice Memory Center.
Title: Equal Access to Human Rights Campaign
Supporter: EU Delegation Turkey– European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
Collaborators: Sosyal Kültürel Yaşamı Geliştirme Derneği (SKYGD) ve Karadeniz Kadın Derneği (KarKadDer)
Time Period: 01.02.2018 – 31.07.2020
Budget: € 449.785,20
Fields of Activity: Human Rights, Discrimination, Monitoring, Advocacy, Support
This project aims to strengthen the fight against discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual identity and age. The project activities will be carried out in collaboration with strategic partners such as CSOs, bar associations, local journalists and university students, in two pillars. The first pillar consists of activities which will contribute to increasing public awareness on discrimination and solidarity for an equal society. The second pillar includes activities to address responsible authorities such as advocacy and ensuring equal protection for everyone within the judicial system.
These activities aim to:
- recording discrimination activities and ensuring their visibility
- empowering victims of discrimination,
- increasing the effectiveness of complaints mechanisms,
- reshaping the public policies,
- raising public awareness on non-discrimination
For details, you can visit the Equality Forum website where CSOs, civil initiatives and independent individuals come together to meet these goals:
- eşitlik forumu – website of of forum and campaign
- eşitlik forumu – twitter ve facebook accounts
Supporting Equal Access to Justice for People with Disabilities
Title: Supporting Access to Justice for People with Disabilities in Combating Discrimination
Supporter: EU Delegation Turkey– European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
Collaborators: Van İşitme Engelliler ve Aileleri Derneği
Associates: Genç Engelliler Spor Kulübü-GESK, Karadeniz Kadın Dayanışma Derneği-KKDD, Mersin Ortopedik Engelliler Derneği – MOED
Time Period: 26.12.2016 – 27.07.2019
Budget: € 253.307,52
Fields of Activity: Campaigning and Raising Awareness, Advocacy, Monitoring, Capacity Development for Civil Society
This project aims to improve and strengthen access to justice for persons with disabilities for the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The activities conducted for this purpose:
- Enhancing capacities of CSOs in supporting equal rights for persons with disabilities through monitoring/reporting, advocacy, legal support;
- Raising awareness on access to services and combatting with discrimination for persons with disabilities;
- Increasing the number of applications made by persons with disabilities, to human rights complaints mechanisms such as Human rights and Equality İnstitution of Turkey and Ombudsman Institution as well as judicial mechanisms.
- Improving the efficiency of CSOs in terms of development of national and local policies, implementation and dissemination of information regarding rights of persons with disabilities.
- Raising awareness on the rights of persons with disabilities in society and providing international exchange of experience between CSOs and relevant institutions.
Monitoring Freedom of Assembly
Title: Monitoring Freedom of Assembly in Turkey
Supporter: National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Period: 2015 – 2020 (Son çalışma aralığı 01.02.2019 – 01.02.2020)
Budget: $ 32.000 (son çalışma döngüsü bütçesi)
Fields of Activity: Monitoring, Advocacy
The right to peaceful assembly is among the basic criteria of democratic society, as it is an important tool for advocacy for human rights as well as political participation. Through monitoring and reporting of freedom of assembly in Turkey, it is aimed to render violations more visible, ascertaining problem areas as well as guiding responsible authorities who both make and implement legislation.
Within the scope of the work carried out since 2015, data is collected through media monitoring, violations which interfere with the enjoyment of this right are recorded and evaluated. Bans issued by the administrative authorities are evaluated on the basis of national and international human rights standards, and also shared with the wider public. A monitoring network has been formed with trade unions, bar associations’ representatives/members and CSOs. This network is utilised in workshops for discussing current problems and solutions.
Monitoring of Discrimination Based on; Race, Ethnic Origin, Religion and Belief
Title: Elimination of Discrimination Based on Race, Ethnicity, Religion or Belief
Supporter: EU Delegation Turkey
Period: 15.12.2015 – 14.06.2018
Budget: € 157.883,85
Fields of Activity: Human Rights, Discrimination, Monitoring, Advocacy, Support
Towards the fundamental aim of rendering discrimination visible in Turkey, the activities focus on this framework:
- Recording and reporting discrimination through monitoring activities
- Monitoring and reporting cases which include discrimination based on race, ethnic origin, religion or belief
- Facilitating access to advocacy for persons who are subject to discrimination
- Strengthening CSO’s working in this field
- Contributing to the development of policies for the prevention of discrimination
Independent Election Monitoring
Title: Independent Election Monitoring
Collaborators: NGOs from different fields
Monitored Elections:
- 12 Haziran 2011 National Elections
- 30 Mart 2014 Local Elections,
- 10 Ağustos 2014 Presidential Elections,
- 7 Haziran 2015 National Elections,
- 1 Kasım 2015 National Elections,
- 24 Haziran 2018 National Elections,
- 31 Mart 2019 Local Elections,
- 23 Haziran 2019 İstanbul Municipality Elections
Fields of Activity: Right to Vote and to be Elected, Discrimination, Monitoring, Reporting
The right to vote and stand for elections is one of the most basic basic citizenship and human rights. In Turkey, homeless people, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTI+, persons who have different religious belief or ethnic origin, non-Turkish speakers, illiterate persons, the elderly, persons who live in shelters and nursing homes, are unable to enjoy equal access to the right to vote and stand for elections. Through the Independent Election Monitoring Platform, comprised of CSOs and citizens, access to the right to vote and stand for elections for the groups mentioned above has been monitored and reported in every local and national elections since 2011. The aim is to strengthen democratic society and increasing the participation of citizens in governance.