Heinrich Böll Foundation funding support to RRT activities set to continue
25 February 2019
Heinrich Böll Foundation Turkey’s funding support to RRT activities, first initiated in 2006, is set to continue. The support framework serves to strengthen RRT’s legal assistance services benefitting particularly vulnerable asylum seekers as well as advocacy efforts at national and European level.
Refugee Law Training in Van
10 February 2019
On February 10th Sunday RRT carried out a one-day specialization seminar for lawyers in the city of Van in Eastern Turkey, in collaboration with the provincial bar association. The training focused on legal concepts and procedural issues in refugee status determination.
RRT publishes new report on “State-funded Legal Aid”
25 January 2019
RRT publishes new report on progress made and continuing challenges in the extension of stata-funded legal aid services to asylum seekers and detained migrants in Turkey. The report, made available in Turkish and English, is based on RRT’s own field observations as well as consultations with bar association leaders around the country.
Our new “Migration and Asylum Law Training Modules” were published
21 January 2019
RRT, in partnership with ICJ, ECRE and Mülteci-Der, launched a new reference resource for Turkish lawyers and NGO legal practitioners: “Migration and Asylum Law Training Modules”. The modules, made available in Turkish, provide relevant international, European and national standards and caselaw organized around 4 themes.
Refugee Law Training in Ankara
2-3 February 2019
On 2-3 February, RRT held a two-day refugee law training in Ankara in collaboration with the Refugee Rights Committee of the provincial bar association. The purpose of the training was to provide an introductory specialization package to lawyers who have recently joined the Ankara bar’s legal aid roster.
Our new information videos for refugees are online!
24 December 2018
RRT and American partner organization Refugee Solidarity Network (RSN) launch 4 new animation videos for refugees and asylum seekers in Turkey. The new videos, made available in Turkish, English, Arabic and Farsi, cover housing and property rights, marriage and divorce, state-funded legal aid services administered by bar associations and RRT’s own specialized legal assistance services.
Our new information videos for refugees are online !
New RRT Policy Paper: “Implicit Withdrawal of Asylum Applications” in Current Turkish Practice
18 December 2018
RRT launches a new policy paper offering an assessment and recommendations on the current interpretation and implementation of the LFIP’s Article 7 governing the “implicit withdrawal of asylum applications”.
Stakeholder Workshop on “Legal Expertise Development” in Ankara
17 December 2018
On 17 December 2018, RRT in partnership with ICJ, ECRE and Mülteci-Der, organized a stakeholder workshop on legal expertise development needs in Turkey in the field of asylum and immigration law and recent and current efforts to help address those needs.
Nation-wide Workshop in Ankara on “Strategic Litigation”
16 December 2018
On 16 December 2018, RRT in partnership with ICJ, ECRE and Mülteci-Der, organized a nation-wide workshop on the use and potentials of the “strategic litigation” approach to strengthen the legal protection of refugees and migrants. In addition to participants representing bar associations and NGOs from around Turkey, contributions were made by experienced European legal experts and litigators.