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5th Int. Conf. on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds


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Éditeur : KHRP Date & Lieu : 2010, London
Préface : Pages : 204
Traduction : ISBN : 978-1-905592-28-9
Langue : AnglaisFormat : 148x210 mm
Thème : Politique

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5th Int. Conf. on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds


FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EU, TURKEY AND THE KURDS

EDITOR’S NOTE

The fifth annual EU-Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) Conference was held on 28th and 29th January 2009 at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was hosted by the founders of the EUTCC, namely, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (UK); the Kurdish Human Rights Project (UK); medico international (Germany); and the Rafto Foundation (Norway), and was supported by members of the European Parliament. The conference was dedicated to the memory of the writer and Nobel Prize laureate Harold Pinter, who died on 24th December 2008.

This publication sets out the speeches and papers of the 2009 Conference, including the Final Resolutions, in order to give an idea of the key issues discussed over the 2 days of the conference, although not all remarks by moderators have been included. A brief account of the background to the Conference can be found below; for a more comprehensive guide to the accession process and related recent developments in Turkey, the Background Paper that was given to Conference delegates is included in this publication (Appendix 1).

For the purposes of publication, the speeches reproduced here have been edited and in some cases abridged or transcribed from the simultaneous translations made at the conference on each day. Where given, the title of each speech has been included. Where speeches were submitted to the publisher as papers, author’s footnotes have been retained.

The opinions expressed in this work do not necessarily represent the views of the EUTCC.


What the EUTCC does

The EUTCC was established in November 2004 as the outcome of the first international conference on ‘The EU, Turkey and the Kurds’. The following organizations decided to establish the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC):
• Rafto Foundation (Norway)
• Kurdish Human Rights Project (United Kingdom)
• Medico International (Germany)
• Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (United Kingdom).

The aim of the EUTCC is to contribute to the progress of Turkish membership of the EU. It does this by spreading accurate, objective information both in Turkey and Europe about the progress made by Turkey, but also about any shortcomings which may still persist. One of its most important tasks is to monitor Turkish compliance with the EU accession criteria. It organizes every year a conference in Brussels on “The EU, Turkey and the Kurds”. The EUTCC is registered in Belgium as a non-profit organization.

The EUTCC supports Turkey’s bid for EU accession, but only in so far as it meets the conditions for membership as defined by the accession agreements. In particular, it must demonstrate that it has achieved the condition of “stability of institutions guaranteeing
democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities” as required by the EU’s Copenhagen Criteria for membership...




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