On January 11 and 12 of 2014, DPLF's Executive Director Katya Salazar participated in an international conference held in Diyarbakir, Turkey on “World experiences in effective legal methods, collection of evidence and assessing findings in investigation of grave human rights violations”. The event was organized by the Diyarbakir Bar Association and its target audience was individuals and groups from all over the country working on transitional justice issues related to the situation of the Kurdish people in Turkey. Salazar shared with the participants some lessons learned from the Latin American experience dealing with grave human rights violations committed during periods of military governments and civil war. A key topic that was of special interest to the audience was the role of the Inter-American System of Human Rights. The role of civil society was also another important issue that was of special interest to the audience and drew a lot of questions.
The event program is available here.
More pictures of the event are available here.
Katya Salazar's presentation is available here.
For more information about the current situation in Turkey related on transitional justice issues see:
