The Third Training Seminar of the Project on Raising Awareness on the Procedures of the Individual Application in the Area of Human Rights was held in Eskişehir

The 3^rd Training Seminar of the Project on “Raising Awareness on the Procedures of the Individual Application in the Area of Human Rights” was held on 6 May 2014 in Eskişehir.

The Project which has been launched as of 1 October 2013 is supported by the British Embassy in the framework of Reuniting Europe Programme and implemented by the Ministry for EU Affairs jointly with the Constitutional Court, Ombudsman Institution, Human Rights Institution of Türkiye and Ministry of Justice.

Representatives from provincial and district human rights committees, bar associations, professional organisations, civil society organizations, and local media participated in the project seminar which aims to raise the awareness in the society about the newly introduced application procedures in the field of human rights.

During the seminar, Mr. Ege Erkoçak (Director of Political Affairs-Ministry for EU Affairs) provided information on EU-Türkiye relations and reforms in terms of political criteria and Chapter 23. Furthermore, representatives of the institutions (The Constitutional Court, Human Rights Institution and Ombudsman Institution) made presentations on daily functioning of the institutions; individual application procedure, complaint handling procedure, filing techniques, registering, investigating, decision making process.