IHD calls on Parliament to ensure justice for the disappeared
IHD calls on Parliament to ensure justice for the disappeared
IHD Diyarbakýr branch sent a letter to Diyarbakýr deputies in Parliament asking for the disclosure of the fate of disappeared people. IHD also called on the Turkish government to sign the “International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance”.
Speaking before the press release on the Week for the Disappeared, Diyarbakýr Branch Chair Raci Bilici underlined that the purpose of the week is to create public awareness through the action of all IHD branches in the country.
The press statement was read by lawyer Gamze Yalçýn, member of IHD Commission for the Disappeared and Murders by unknown, who underlined that they call on the entire society and the government authorities to search and disclose the fate of the disappeared people and to take the perpetrators to account by means of judiciary.
“The IHD struggle of many years will not end until the revelation and disclosure of all disappeared people, victims of unidentified murders and their graves as well as those responsible for deaths”, said Yalçýn and pointed out that the Turkish society and the state should face the reality of disappeared people in Turkey’s history.
Yalçýn continued as follows; “A state that doesn’t bring the perpetrators of each unidentified murder cannot claim itself to be a democratic state of law. Experiences in all states with disappeared people reveal the fact that these disappearances are organized by the state or state-supported organized powers. In line with this reality, the “International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance” was declared in 2006, putting an absolute ban on enforced disappearances. The Convention which considers disappearances as a crime against humanity imposed obligation on party states to make arrangements in their domestic law pursuant to the Convention. The justice demand of relatives of disappeared people in Turkey can only be fulfilled by Turkey’s signing this Convention to prevent further disappearances.”
Following the press release, the letters of IHD’s demands were sent to eleven Diyarbakýr deputies in Parliament.
Speaking before the press release on the Week for the Disappeared, Diyarbakýr Branch Chair Raci Bilici underlined that the purpose of the week is to create public awareness through the action of all IHD branches in the country.
The press statement was read by lawyer Gamze Yalçýn, member of IHD Commission for the Disappeared and Murders by unknown, who underlined that they call on the entire society and the government authorities to search and disclose the fate of the disappeared people and to take the perpetrators to account by means of judiciary.
“The IHD struggle of many years will not end until the revelation and disclosure of all disappeared people, victims of unidentified murders and their graves as well as those responsible for deaths”, said Yalçýn and pointed out that the Turkish society and the state should face the reality of disappeared people in Turkey’s history.
Yalçýn continued as follows; “A state that doesn’t bring the perpetrators of each unidentified murder cannot claim itself to be a democratic state of law. Experiences in all states with disappeared people reveal the fact that these disappearances are organized by the state or state-supported organized powers. In line with this reality, the “International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance” was declared in 2006, putting an absolute ban on enforced disappearances. The Convention which considers disappearances as a crime against humanity imposed obligation on party states to make arrangements in their domestic law pursuant to the Convention. The justice demand of relatives of disappeared people in Turkey can only be fulfilled by Turkey’s signing this Convention to prevent further disappearances.”
Following the press release, the letters of IHD’s demands were sent to eleven Diyarbakýr deputies in Parliament.
