National and International Mechanisms

  • Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey
  • Ombudsman Institution
  • Individual Applications to the Constitutional Court of Turkey
  • Filing Complaints at the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office
  • United Nations Mechanisms
  • Human Rights Council
    • Human Rights Committee
    • Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
    • Committee on the Rights of the Child
    • Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • European Council Mechanisms
    • European Court of Human Rights
    • Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

Prohibition of Discrimination

National and International Law and Standards

Domestic Law

  • The Constitution of Turkey
  • Penal Code (Law no. 5237)
  • Labour Law No. 4857
  • Law No. 6701 on the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey
  • The Basic Law of National Education (Law No. 1739)
  • Law No. 657 on Civil Servants

International Law

  • United Nations Documents
    • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
    • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
    • International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
    • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
    • Convention on the Rights of the Child
    • International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
    • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    • International Labour Organisation, Convention No. 111. Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation
  • European Council Documents
    • European Convention on Human Rights
    • European Social Charter (revised)
    • European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers
  • European Union Documents