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The right to a reasoned decision: Panel discusses meaning and prospects in Turkish law and practice

A key element of Turkey’s new Action Plan on Human Rights (2021-2023) is to ensure sufficient reasoning of judgments, which is reflected both as a stand-alone goal and a cross-cutting theme. This echoes judgments of both the European Court of Human Rights and Turkish higher courts, which have all raised concern about inadequate reasoning encountered at various stages of procedure.

The right to a reasoned decision was also the main topic of a recent round table with experts and representatives of Turkish higher courts, which was held in co-operation with the Ministry of Justice of Turkey and with the support of the European Union. The online event helped to sensitise an audience of first and second instance judges to the various elements that are inherent to adequate reasoning, while encouraging a broader discussion on the means through which sufficient reasoning may be promoted in the future.

The round table was organised within the action “Supporting the implementation and reporting on the Action Plan on Human Rights in Turkey”, which is a part of the joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”.

Ankara 9 March 2021
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Horizontal Facility III

The joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye” (Horizontal Facility III) is a co-operation initiative, running from 2023 until 2026.

The programme covers actions in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye. It enables the Beneficiaries to meet their reform agendas in the fields of human rights, rule of law and democracy and to comply with European standards, which is also a priority for the EU enlargement process.

The third phase of the programme is worth €41 million (85% funded by the European Union, 15% by the Council of Europe).

*Ovaj naziv je bez prejudiciranja statusa, i u skladu je sa Rezolucijom Savjeta bezbjednosti Ujedinjenih nacija 1244 i mišljenjem Međunarodnog suda pravde o Deklaraciji o nezavisnosti Kosova.