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Human rights in Turkey are protected by a variety of international law treaties, which take precedence over domestic legislation, according to Article 90 of the 1982 Constitution. The International Covenant and on Civil and Political Rights was not signed by Turkey until 2000.〔("Human Rights in Turkey, page 253" )〕 The issue of human rights is of high importance for the negotiations with the European Union (EU). Acute human rights issues include in particular the status of Kurds in Turkey. The Kurdish–Turkish conflict has caused numerous human rights violations over the years. There is an ongoing debate in the country on the right to life, torture, freedom of expression as well as freedoms of religion, assembly and association. == Commitment to international human rights law == The Republic of Turkey has entered various human rights commitments, some of which are expressed in the 1982 Turkish Constitution, Part Two of which guarantees "fundamental rights and freedoms" such as the right to life, security of person, and right to property. In addition, Turkey has signed a number of treaties, shown in the tables below:〔The information was taken from a (page of the University of Minnesota ); accessed on 10 September 2009〕 : *The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1949.〔(Report of State Party - Turkey by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights, 2001 ) - See section 84〕 : *The European Convention on Human Rights (1954) places Turkey under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). In 1987, Turkey accepted the right to apply individually to the ECtHR (Article 25 of the European Convention on Human Rights = ECHR) and 1990 recognised the compulsory jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights under Article 46 of the ECHR.〔Mentioned in Resolution 985 (1992) reproduced as a word-file under http://insanhaklarimerkezi.bilgi.edu.tr/data/raporlar_avrupa/985.doc; accessed on 10 September 2009〕 In October 2009 the European Commission on Enlargement to the European Union attested regarding Turkey that 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Human rights in Turkey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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