The UN Human Rights Committee considered Turkey’s second periodic report and reports from different civil society organizations during its meetings in October and issued its concluding observations in a document on 7 November 2024.
The Committee requested Turkey to provide information by 8 November 2027 on the implementation of the recommendations made, particularly on the independence of the judiciary, the right to a fair trial in anti-terrorism procedures and freedom of association.
Conscientious Objection Watch sent a submission to the Human Rights Committee in October. The report provided comprehensive information on the violation of the right to conscientious objection and the current situation of conscientious objectors in Turkey.
The submission of Conscientious Objection Watch, in particular the lack of any limitations on the number of sanctions imposed on conscientious objectors, the deprivation of some civil and political rights of conscientious objectors, and the abolition of Article 318 of the Penal Code, which criminalises the ‘mand. Discouraging People from Performing Military Service’, were included in paragraphs 49 and 50 of the concluding observations published by the Committee.
You can access the concluding observations of the Committee by clicking here.
