IMU Law Workshop Student Club organized a special event within the scope of International Day Against Racial Discrimination. The online event held on 20 April 2022 at 19.00 hosted Asst. Prof. Özlem YÜCEL, a member of Faculty of Political Sciences.
In his presentation, Mr. YÜCEL explained the concept and history of racial discrimination. Subsequently, he provided information about the international documents and mechanisms that have a role in the fight against racial discrimination in international law. In this context, he emphasized the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the functioning of the committee, which was established pursuant to the convention and which receives individual applications. Then, he discussed the Prohibition of Discrimination in the Context of the European Convention on Human Rights, which is a regional mechanism, and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights in this direction.
Following his presentation, in his response to the questions of the students, YÜCEL highlighted communities that are exposed to racial discriminatory policies around the world as exemplified in Palestine and East Turkestan. He emphasized the unlawfulness of arbitrary arrests and murders based on racial discrimination due to the weakness of human rights institutions in these areas and pointed out to the importance of a strong justice system for a peaceful society.
