UN Committee Concerned over Kurdish and Syrian Communities Discrimination in Turkey

• 01.19.2016, 14:27
•  Region,  World

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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a body of independent experts working under the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and monitoring states’ implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,  has voiced its concern over human rights’ violations in Turkey.

The Committee said it is "concerned about reports that members belonging to the Kurdish community are discriminated against in the labor market and the unemployment rate of Kurdish women in particular remains high’’, Hurriyet reports.

"In the context of the fight against terrorism, the enforcement of anti-terrorism legislation and security-oriented policies have reportedly resulted in racial profiling of members of the Kurdish community," it stated.

According to the report made by the Committee, Syrian and Iraqi refugees are also facing challenges such as discrimination, inadequate living conditions, lack of work permits, trafficking in Syrian refugee women in camps and insufficient access to education for some Syrian refugee children, including in their mother tongue."