URU, Alm.del - 2022-23 (2. samling) - Bilag 74: Slutresolution fra konference om EU, Tyrkiet og kurderne den 8.

Udenrigsudvalget 2022-23 (2. samling)
URU Alm.del Bilag 74
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Final resolution

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EUTCC Conference

The Annual International Conference on the EU, Turkey, the Middle East and

the Kurds was hosted by the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) in

cooperation with the The Left Group, the Greens-European Free Alliance

(GREENS/EFA), the Groups of the Free Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

(S&D) and the Kurdish Institute Brussels. The conference was successfully

held on 8th and 9th of March 2023 in the European Parliament in Brussels.

At the beginning of February, a devastating earthquake shook Turkey,

Kurdistan and Syria. Entire cities lay in ruins, tens of thousands of people

lost their lives. The violent extent is not only the result of plate tectonics,

but the result of greed for profit paired with the monistic state policy.

The EUTCC conference commemorates the victims of the earthquake.

Turkey is called upon to immediately stop its attacks on northern Syria and

to lift blockade on humanitarian aid by volunteers. The military inaction

called by the PKK due to the earthquake must become bilateral.

The military inaction, but also the rubble of the earthquake, are not only the

result, but also an opportunity for 100 years of the Republic of Turkey to

overcome the monist state mindset and become a democratic republic. In

this context, the upcoming elections are a historic option that should be

used by the opposition.

The EUTCC conference calls on the opposition to unite for democracy and

peace and to act together against the attempt to ban of the Peoples`

Democratic Party (HDP). The international community, and in particular the

European Union and the Council of Europe, must send clear signals that they

will not accept a ban on the second largest opposition party under any

circumstances.

A historical and long overdue necessity is the opening of the gates of Imrali

prison, which as a lawless space is the starting point for the most massive

human rights violations in Turkey's prisons. The European Union, the

Council of Europe and in particular the CPT are called upon to exhaust all

mechanisms to end the lawlessness on Imrali and to allow lawyers

unrestricted access to the island. The EUTCC Conference calls for a return to

dialogue between the Turkish state and the PKK and the release of Abdullah

Öcalan as a precondition for a sustainable solution.

This dialogue is also crucial for the future of Syria and the Middle East. The

Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria, whose social

contract is based on the concept of democratic autonomy, is a possibility for

a pluralistic democratic Middle East. In this way, the ethically and

confessionally connoted lines of conflict, together with the war crimes -

ecocide, genocide, feminicide, violation of international law - can be

stopped and overcome. An important step will be the recognition of the

Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria by the

EU Turkey

Civic Commission

CONTACT:

Prof. Kariane Westrheim

Mobil: 004797642088

[email protected]

CHAIR

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KARIANE WESTRHEIM, Professor at

University of Bergen, Norway

SECRETARY GENERAL

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MICHAEL GUNTER, Professor at

Tennessee Technological University,

BOARD MEMBERS

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DERSIM DAGDEVIREN, KURD-AKAD,

Germany

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DR. JOOST JONGERDEN, Wageningen

University, Netherlands

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DR. THOMAS JEFFREY MILEY,

Department of Sociology, Cambridge

University, UK

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ESTELLA SCHMID, Peace in Kurdistan

Campaign, UK

PATRONS

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ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND

TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,

South Africa

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SHIRIN EBADI, Human Rights Lawyer

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran

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BIANCA JAGGER, Council of Europe

Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of the

Bianca Jagger Human Rights

Foundation, UK

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NOAM CHOMSKY, Laureate Professor

of Linguistics, University of Arizona

Departement of Linguistic, US

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LEYLA ZANA, European Parliament's

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of

Thought, Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey

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BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY QC,

House of Lords, UK

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CHRISTINE BLOWER, National

Education Union (NEU), International

Secretary, UK

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MARY DAVIS, Visiting Professor of

Labour History, Royal Holloway,

University of London, UK

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SIMON DUBBINS, UNITE International

Director, UK

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JAMES KELMAN, Writer, UK

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JONATHAN STEELE, Veteran foreign

correspondent and author, UK

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DOUG NICHOLLS, General Secretary,

General Federation of Trade Unions,

URU, Alm.del - 2022-23 (2. samling) - Bilag 74: Slutresolution fra konference om EU, Tyrkiet og kurderne den 8. - 9. marts 2023 i Bruxelles

international community. In this context, the EUTCC conference refers to the obligation of states to

repatriate their imprisoned ISIS fighters and putting them on trial. A tribunal is also needed on the

ground.

The destabilising foreign policy effect of the current Turkish government policy also prevents the

development of stability and security in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The assassination of Kurdish

politicians, especially women, by Turkish drones in both Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Autonomous

Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria must be brought to justice.

Since many states have politically recognised the attacks against Yezidis in Sinjar as genocide, all

diplomatic and political mechanisms of the EU must be set in motion to prevent further attacks by

Turkish drones against Yezidis. In any case, the Yezidis are suffering from the consequences of the 2014

genocide.

The EUTCC Conference calls on the United Nations, the OPCW and the International Criminal Court to

address Turkey's war crimes and to launch independent investigations. The member states of the

OPCW must use the options set out in its regulations to investigate the alleged use of chemical

weapons by its member state Turkey. The international community, in particular the European Union,

is called upon to fully defend international law in the context of Turkey and to impose sanctions for

violations.

The European Union and Europe are responsible in the context of the Treaty of Lausanne, which was

signed 100 years ago. The EUTCC conference calls on the European Union and the institutions and

states of Europe to take all measures to prevent anti-Kurdish warfare on European soil. The Paris

assassinations of 23 December 2022 must be solved. An important contribution of the European Union

with regard to Kurdish society in Europe, but above all for a political solution of the Kurdish question,

is the removal of the PKK from the terror list.

All these demands are also in the context of Jin Jiyan Azadi, the slogan that is going around the world

with the Iran protests.

The EUTCC conference stands in solidarity with the people of Iran who have revolt against the

murderous regime. There can only be an alternative if the diversity of the country can fully participate

in political restructuring processes.

The EUTCC calls on the international community to make the slogan the maxim of its policy in its

origin.

9 March 2023