45.272
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allow children of Greek citizens working in Istanbul to enrol in the Greek minority schools and grant them an equivalent diploma upon completion of their studies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.271
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the seven-year regulatory gap and proceed without further delay to the adoption and implementation of new electoral regulations so that Turkish citizens belonging to non-Muslim communities are able to elect their leadership and thus manage their charitable foundations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Elections
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.269
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake the adequate steps concerning the property claims of persons of Bulgarian identity from Eastern Thrace, following Bulgaria’s recommendations from the first universal periodic review cycle
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- UPR process
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.262
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation prohibiting all forms of corporal punishment of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.255
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the age of criminal responsibility and effectively enforce the prohibition of child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.243
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Combat all harmful practices against women and girls, including child, early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.242
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen law enforcement in the fight against early and forced marriages
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.235
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Introduce comprehensive frameworks for the protection of women and children from violence, including domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.224
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the number of women’s shelters, ensure unrestricted access for all women, including physically disabled women, and strictly prohibit contact between women and their perpetrators in these institutions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.206
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts to promote the school attendance of girls, particularly in rural area
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.191
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive anti-trafficking law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.185
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the introduction of civil service for conscientious objectors to military service
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.184
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider revising the current law according to which the right to conscientious objection to military service is a criminal act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.183
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prevent misuse of provisions concerning public order, public health and public morals to ensure freedom of assembly and association for all citizens, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.181
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allow journalists, human rights defenders and all non-governmental organizations to freely exercise their right to freedom of expression and opinion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.175
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the creation of a safe, enabling environment for journalists, human rights defenders and civil society, both online and offline
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.174
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure free and safe space for civil society, including human rights defenders, in full accordance with international human rights obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.173
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that its freedom of assembly, expression and association laws fully meet human rights obligations and are fully implemented
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.172
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure full enjoyment of the freedoms of expression and assembly and allow the free functioning of civil society and the media
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.166
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to ensure that national laws protect freedom of expression online and offline
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.165
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that human rights defenders and journalists can exercise their tasks without fear of reprisals, including through bringing those responsible for attacks and harassment of journalists to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.164
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect freedom of expression, including for journalists and human rights defenders, by decriminalizing defamation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.161
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Release all those democratically elected politicians that have been arbitrarily detained or arrested and refrain from further violations in this regard
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Elections
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.159
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize defamation and ensure that the right to freedom of expression is consistent with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.158
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider decriminalizing defamation or insult by abolishing articles 299, 267 and 125 of the Turkish Criminal Code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.155
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislative arrangements and specific measures implementing the Judicial Reform Strategy, inter alia, as part of ensuring media freedom and freedom of opinion and expression, both online and offline
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Justice
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate measures to protect freedom of expression, assembly and association, as well as to guarantee a safe and enabling environment for civil society organizations, human rights defenders and journalists, including by defining the limitations to fundamental freedoms in compliance with international obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the practice of replacing elected mayors with Government- appointed trustees before due judicial process is completed
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.152
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allow democratically elected representatives to exercise their mandates and stop their replacement by arbitrarily appointed trustees
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Elections
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.150
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the right to freedom of assembly of all citizens by ensuring that the restrictions provided by law are not applied in an extensive manner
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020