Turkey: Rejection of many UPR recommendations concerning – Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcome on Turkey

The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Turkey on 29 September 2020 during its 45th session. Prior to the adoption of the review outcome, Amnesty International delivered the oral statement. In the statement, Amnesty International welcomes Turkey’s participation in the UPR process but regrets its rejection of so many recommendations made by the reviewing states.

Amnesty International had earlier submitted information on the situation of human rights in Turkey: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur44/0834/2019/en/

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