nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/416fd0981ee294e2 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240705s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/416fd0981ee294e2 doi eng 342 23 Demir-Gürsel, Esra Author aut A Legal Trap for Freedom of Expression Demir-Gürsel, Esra Verfassungsblog 2024-07-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier More than seven years ago, 406 academics and researchers have been permanently dismissed from their positions at Turkish universities for signing a peace petition condemning the military operations by Turkish security forces in areas heavily populated by the Kurdish minority. The case raises critical questions about the limitations of international human rights bodies in safeguarding freedom of expression. In this blog, I demonstrate how the pragmatic considerations of the Council of Europe (CoE) contributed to the creation of a judicial trap disguised as a legal remedy. CC BY-SA 4.0 Academics for Peace Akın v Turkey and 42 others Council of Europe Freedom of Speech Turkey Türkei (DE-588)4061163-2 gnd Türkei Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-legal-trap-for-freedom-of-expression/ raw object