Published October 10,2023
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Türkiye expressed robust disapproval Monday over the current awarding of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize to an individual who has acquired a ultimate conviction from the Turkish judiciary.
“It is unacceptable that the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize has been awarded to a person about whom the Turkish judiciary has rendered a final conviction,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry mentioned in a press release.
The assertion mentioned the truth that the prize is awarded as such beneath the auspices of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which ought to perform its actions beneath the steerage of the ideas of democracy, human rights and the rule of regulation, is a sign of the full disregard for the acquis of the Council of Europe on human rights and joint efforts spent for a few years in pursuit of those beliefs.
The ministry argued that awarding this prize to an individual who has been rendered a ultimate conviction is a continuation of makes an attempt to politicize regulation.
The assertion contended that “international organizations which are expected to protect common values should not be used as devices in such attempts to create a political agenda.”
In addition, the ministry maintains that this resolution not solely demonstrates an absence of respect for a judicial verdict but additionally gravely undermines the popularity and credibility of PACE.
Osman Kavala was awarded the 2023 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize by PACE, which is predicated in Strasbourg, France, regardless of having been handed an aggravated life imprisonment sentence within the Gezi Park case.
Source: www.anews.com.tr