ECHR rules detention of UN judge breached human rights
JURIST
APRIL 24, 2024
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that a UN judge was unlawfully detained in Türkiye in 2016. The Turkish court failed to recognise Aydin Sefa Akay’s diplomatic immunity when they arrested and detained him on terrorism charges following a failed coup d’ É tat in 2016. Akay made his application to the ECHR in December 2016, arguing that his pre trial detention, searches of his home and person breached his human rights and “blatantly disregard[ed]” his diplo
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