AI Submission to Universal Periodic Review of Turkey
Amnesty International has published its submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Turkey 2010. The Amnesty submission relates to the promotion and protection of human rights on the ground and identifies certain achievements, challenges and constraints. The submissions calls on the Turkish Government to reform the law, including the Penal Code, to better protect freedom of thought, conscience and religion; “to send a clear message that torture and other ill-treatment will not be tolerated in any circumstances”; to improve fair trial rights; and to better protect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. The Amnesty submission can be found here: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR44/005/2009/en/f8de59fb-fe9c-4cf7-b01d-3adea5f80c23/eur440052009en.html.