The Logics of Supranational Human Rights Litigation, Official Acknowledgment and Human Rights Reform: The Southeast Turkey Cases Before the European Court of Human Rights, 1996–2006

Law & Social Inquiry, Forthcoming

45 Pages Posted: 5 Jan 2010

Date Written: January 5, 2010

Abstract

This article examines the domestic impact of supranational human rights litigation on acknowledgment of state violence in the context of macroprocesses of global governance. The article’s argument is that the impact of supranational human rights litigation on the process of acknowledgment must be seen through counter-narratives on state violence. The article undertakes a detailed textual analysis of the truth claims and denial strategies that emerged from the European Court of Human Rights proceedings on state violence during Turkey’s struggle against the armed group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). It assesses these in the context of the human rights reforms that were created following pressure from European-level governance processes. The article argues that attention must be paid to agency in acknowledgment and truth-telling processes, and points to the limits of technical-bureaucratic forms of human rights reform interventions in the context of state violence.

Suggested Citation

Çalı, Başak, The Logics of Supranational Human Rights Litigation, Official Acknowledgment and Human Rights Reform: The Southeast Turkey Cases Before the European Court of Human Rights, 1996–2006 (January 5, 2010). Law & Social Inquiry, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1531691

Başak Çalı (Contact Author)

Hertie School of Governance ( email )

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