Countries
Türkiye
Status
Ongoing
Duty Stations
Ankara, Türkiye
Duration
April 2022
to
May 2023
Donors
The UK Embassy
Partners
Turkish Coast Guard Command
Implementing Agency
ICMPD
Funding
300.000 GBP
Summary
Compliance with human rights and gender mainstreaming play a key role in the functioning of government institutions, specifically the law enforcement agencies both with respect to the legality and proportionality as well as effectiveness of their operations. The importance of human rights and gender mainstreaming is even more substantial specifically in relation to mixed migration movements frequently faced by the TCG as the individuals in these mixed groups have a higher likelihood of being vulnerable. The human rights of women, men, girls and boys need to be respected at all stages of migration, their specific needs should be properly understood and addressed.
The aforementioned principles and needs are also identified by the Government of Turkey in general, and by the Ministry of Interior and the TCG in particular. Eleventh Development Plan of Turkey, 2019-2023 Strategic Plan of Ministry of Interior and the 2019-2023 Strategic Plan of the TCG highlight the importance of human rights compliance in migration management and the National Human Rights Action Plan dated 2021 also designates regular human rights training and awareness-raising activities for law enforcement agencies among its goals under the main aims.
With this background, this project aims to support the institutional and organisational capacity of the Turkish Coast Guard Command (TCG) by reinforcing human rights compliance with their efforts in responding to irregular migration. In this context, The project provides support to TCG to strengthen its capacity in mainstreaming human-rights compliance and gender equality through developing training materials and delivery of trainings focusing on international migration law, human rights and gender mainstreaming
The aforementioned principles and needs are also identified by the Government of Turkey in general, and by the Ministry of Interior and the TCG in particular. Eleventh Development Plan of Turkey, 2019-2023 Strategic Plan of Ministry of Interior and the 2019-2023 Strategic Plan of the TCG highlight the importance of human rights compliance in migration management and the National Human Rights Action Plan dated 2021 also designates regular human rights training and awareness-raising activities for law enforcement agencies among its goals under the main aims.
With this background, this project aims to support the institutional and organisational capacity of the Turkish Coast Guard Command (TCG) by reinforcing human rights compliance with their efforts in responding to irregular migration. In this context, The project provides support to TCG to strengthen its capacity in mainstreaming human-rights compliance and gender equality through developing training materials and delivery of trainings focusing on international migration law, human rights and gender mainstreaming