Human rights situation in the Middle East (ME) is a central concern in contemporary political as well as academic discourses. There is a considerable amount of literature on the subject, both academic and journalistic, in the Western world. A large part of that literature blames the ME in different ways for its ‘terrible’ conception and treatment of human rights norms. They typically, do not he...

nuremberg and tokyo courts as first international criminal courts were established by allies when there were not international regulations regarding the accused rights. but post war, effective steps were taken in this regard. at global and regional levels, a variety of documents have noted this matter detailed and also measures have been considered such as human rights committee of united natio...

public diplomacy as a means for describing new aspects of international diplomacy which has become an issue for debate since 1960 has been assumed as a part of diplomacy evolution chain in different time periods. on the other hand, america should be considered as among numerable great power which has benefited from diplomacy since the beginning and it has always committed to modern and innovati...

Abstract Human rights education (HRE) is at once a tool, the means, and method to empower individuals in human rights. The 2011 United Nations (UN) Declaration on Rights Education Training (HRET) encourages stakeholders learners disseminate information about norms equip people with knowledge understanding, instruments, mechanisms—and ultimately skills. According HRET Declaration, educators trai...

Freedom of religion and conscience is regarded among one of the human rights in international documents signed or declared after the World War II. In this paper I investigate from a legal perspective whether the freedom of religion and conscience and religious minority rights that Alevis enjoy in Turkey are in line with the standards in relevant international documents. Therefore I firstly exam...