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Ending Impunity for Killings and Disappearances in 1990s Turkey
出版Human Rights Watch, 2012
主題Law / MilitaryPolitical Science / Civil RightsSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN15643293489781564329349
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=LY5wngEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Turkey's modern history has been marked by impunity for serious human rights abuses with the authorities systematically failing to hold to account members of the security forces and other public officials for violations, including thousands of killings and enforced disappearances they carried out during the armed conflict between the Turkish military and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the 1990s. Time for Justice examines the tentative moves in Turkey over the past four years towards bringing to justice members of the security forces and public officials. Focusing on the trial of a gendarmerie officer and six others for 20 killings and disappearances in the southeast city of Cizre in Şırnak province between 1993 and 1995, the report identifies some of the obstacles to wider and more effective investigation and prosecution of past abuses, including: intimidation of witnesses; a continuing climate of fear; lack of effective chain of command investigations; and time limitations on prosecutions. The report also examines the social impact of the government's village guard system and its role in inhibiting accountability. Calling for bold steps to investigate thousands of other cases, Time for Justice recommends that: the time bar on the prosecution of serious human rights abuses should be removed; courts and prosecutors should take steps to investigate chain of command responsibility and provide better witness protection and a victim-centered approach to justice; Turkey's parliament should set up an independent truth commission to examine past abuses; and that the government should dismantle the village guard system operating in provinces of southeast Turkey"--P. [4] of cover.