International Law and Human Rights

This paper addresses the less researched topic of internal displacement as a human rights issue and analyzes the extent that the transnationalization of human rights issues and the pressures from regional organizations affected the rights of ethnic minorities, particularly internally displaced ethnic groups. In order…

Uluslararası hukukun unsurlarından birisini oluşturan mülteci hukuku, insanlık tarihinin en eski zamanlarına kadar uzanmaktadır. İnsanların bir arada yaşamaya başlamaları; baskı, şiddet ve zulüm gibi kavramları beraberinde getirmiştir. Söz konusu kavramların sosyal hayattaki varlığı ise, bunlara maruz kalan kitlelerin…

• NASIH SARP ERGÜVEN

The article discusses the role of the NGO Coalition for an ICC, a loosely organized principled network established to promote a fair, independent and strong permanent international criminal court, in the creation of the world's first permanent judicial institution vested with the authority to deal with the worst crime…

• CENAP ÇAKMAK

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This book explores the formation of the Baghdad Pact and Anglo-American defence policies in the Middle East, 1950-1959. It determines the aims with which the pact was established; the failings of the pact, and the struggle that was undertaken against it by hostile countries. It examines the events surrounding the form…

This book offers a historical presentation of how international criminal law has evolved from a national setting to embodying a truly international outlook. As a growing part of international law this

• CENAP ÇAKMAK

More than 800,000 Syrians registered in Turkey have now been protected under a temporary protection regime, being addressed as ‘guests’ or ‘temporary protection beneficiaries’ by the Turkish authorities. Implementation of the temporary protection policy for Syrians means that Syrians are neither refugees nor asylum se…

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• SIMON DRUMMOND VIGLEY

One could infer many conclusions from the evolution of international criminal law as surveyed earlier. However, the following are highlights and should not be considered representative or reflective of the full picture: The study of the history of international criminal law clearly demonstrates that all components of…

• CENAP ÇAKMAK

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• HÜSEYİN ÇAKAN

This paper argues that Turkey's accession to the EU has been securitised by the French and German right, according to the Copenhagen School's constructivist explanation of securitisation as a ‘speech act’. Moreover, like other critical security schools, the Copenhagen School argues that security is not limited to the…

Abstract The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly with a three‐year mandate to assist Europeans displaced by World War II. The following year, on July 28, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was adopted. It still co…