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TURKEY: Council of Europe warning over post-coup conditions

01 August 2016

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"Detention conditions and allegations of torture are among the concerns noted by Nils Muižnieks, in the aftermath of Turkey’s failed coup attempt.

The country’s authorities have informed the Council of Europe of Turkey’s derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECtHR).

Now the Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed his fears that new legislative provisions enable an “extremely wide and indiscriminate administrative powers affecting core human rights.”

He added: It is with profound concern that I examined the first decree with the force of law (Kanun Hükmünde Kararname, KHK/667) adopted within the framework of the state of emergency declared in Turkey last week.

“It is particularly striking that the present decree authorises detentions without access to a judge for up to thirty days. This period is exceptionally long and will apply not only to those suspected of involvement in the coup attempt, but all persons suspected for involvement in terrorist offences and organised crime, during the validity of the state of emergency.

“I fear that the combination of extremely wide and indiscriminate administrative powers affecting core human rights and the erosion of domestic judicial control may result in a situation where the very foundations of rule of law are put in jeopardy and where the ECtHR will have to face a huge number of new cases coming from Turkey.""

See: Turkey: Nils Muižnieks expresses fears over state of emergency measures (Council of Europe, link)

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