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ECHR: Turkey tops list of human right violators
January 28, 2012 - 18:41 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In an annual report released on Thursday, January
26, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the top judicial body
to rule on human rights violations in Europe, once again found that
Turkey is by far the worst violator of human rights among the 47
signatory states of the European Convention on Human Rights.
In statistical data on violation judgments by country for the last
year, Turkey once more topped the chart with 18.55 percent of all
violation judgments, practically the same as last year's figure of
18.81, followed by Russia with 14.48 percent and Romania 9.54 percent.
In 2010, a total of 278 judgments were entered for Turkey and only in
nine cases did the court find no violations.
The most common human rights violation committed by Turkey was against
Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which concerns
the right to a fair trial (42 cases) and lengthy proceedings (83
cases). This article was often raised as the reason for the rulings
against Turkey, Todays Zaman reported.
From: Baghdasarian
January 28, 2012 - 18:41 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In an annual report released on Thursday, January
26, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the top judicial body
to rule on human rights violations in Europe, once again found that
Turkey is by far the worst violator of human rights among the 47
signatory states of the European Convention on Human Rights.
In statistical data on violation judgments by country for the last
year, Turkey once more topped the chart with 18.55 percent of all
violation judgments, practically the same as last year's figure of
18.81, followed by Russia with 14.48 percent and Romania 9.54 percent.
In 2010, a total of 278 judgments were entered for Turkey and only in
nine cases did the court find no violations.
The most common human rights violation committed by Turkey was against
Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which concerns
the right to a fair trial (42 cases) and lengthy proceedings (83
cases). This article was often raised as the reason for the rulings
against Turkey, Todays Zaman reported.
From: Baghdasarian