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Union of Bar Associations in Ankara raises capacities on prevention of labour exploitation

Labour exploitation in Turkey was the focus of the capacity building activity with 22 lawyers of the Union of Bar Associations (UTBA), which took place in Ankara. The training was organised under the joint European Union and Council of Europe action on “Strengthening the human rights protection of migrants and victims of human trafficking in Turkey

Rıfat Sagut, Prosecutor of the Turkish Court of Cassation, presented to the participants the national legal framework on the fight against labour exploitation.

During his address Ömer Uğur Özoğul, migration expert at the Presidency of Migration Management (PMM), described institutions’ role in the fight against labour exploitation in Turkey.

In addition, Onur Batuman, Deputy President of the Presidency of Guidance and Inspection at Ministry of Labour and Social Security, provided a comprehensive presentation on the identification and referral of victims of labour exploitation in Turkey and Nafiye Korkut, expert at the Ministry of Family and Social Services, provided an in-depth state of play on the services and protection provided to children who have been victim of labour exploitation.

Sessions were delivered by eminent participants from five institutions and the training was highly appreciated by the Union of Bar Associations.

This training was organised within the framework of the action “Strengthening the human rights protection of migrants and victims of human trafficking in Turkey”, part of the joint European Union/Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019 - 2022”.

 

 

 

Ankara 17 June 2022
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Horizontal Facility III

Zajednički program Evropske unije i Savjeta Evrope „Horizontal Facility za Zapadni Balkan i Tursku“ (Horizontal Facility III) je inicijativa za saradnju, koja traje od 2023. do 2026. godine. U okviru programa aktivnosti će se sprovoditi u u Albaniji, Bosni i Hercegovini, na Kosovu*, u Crnoj Gori, Sjevernoj Makedoniji, Srbiji i Turskoj. Pod okriljem programa se pruža podrška korisnicima u ispunjavanju reformskih agendi u oblastima ljudskih prava, vladavine prava i demokratije i usklađivanju sa evropskim standardima, što je prioritet u procesu proširenja EU.

Vrijednost ovog programa je 41 milion eura (85% finansira Evropska unija, 15% Savjet Evrope).

*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.