President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday unveiled Turkey’s long-awaited Human Rights Action Plan, saying that the plan is expected to be executed within the upcoming two years and that “broad-based consultations were a part of every activity in the plan prepared according to our nation’s expectations.”
“It has 11 principles, the first one of which is the fact that human rights are under the protection of the law,” he stated, speaking at the introductory meeting of the Human Rights Action Plan.
Around the 11 main principles that constitute the backbone of the plan, a total of nine aims, 50 goals and 393 activities are set herein. The activities envisioned within the framework of each goal under the relevant aims are organized as tangible “measurable and monitorable” actions.
“The ultimate aim of Turkey’s action plan is a new civilian constitution,” the president highlighted.
Initially mentioned during the announcement of the first Judicial Reform Package, the plan is based on the vision of “Free Individuals, Strong Society: More Democratic Turkey.” Its motto, however, is the following: “Let people live so the state will live!” The plan originates from the state’s “obligation to protect, in all of its affairs and acts and with all of the state institutions and organizations, the physical and moral integrity and the honor and dignity of individuals.”
On May 30, 2019, Erdoğan announced a new judicial reform to strengthen the independent, objective, accountable and transparent features of the judiciary. The judicial reform strategy consists of two basic perspectives, nine targets, 63 objectives and 256 activities.
