Curriculum Vitae of Mr Serkan Cengiz

Date of Birth: 4 June 1974

Place of Birth :Aydın, Turkey

Sex: Male

Nationality : Turkish

Profession : Attorney at Law

Address : Kültür Mahallesi Plevne Bulvarı Ferhan Apt. No: 6/1 D:6 Alsancak Konak İzmir Turkey

Office Phone : +90 232 464 66 90

Office Fax: +90 232 465 24 40

Mobile: +90 532 502 98 98

E-mail :

Website:

Brief Information About Professional Background

  • Private practise, member of the İzmir Bar Association (since 2002)
  • Legal Director of TOHAV (01.11.1998 –01.01.2000)

(Foundation for Social Jurisprudence Research, an Istanbul based charity which at the material time focused on the ECHR applications and treatment of torture victims)

  • Admission to the İstanbul Bar Association (January 1998)

Brief Information About Education

  • PhD (Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, 2016- )
  • LL.M (Marmara University, İstanbul, 2009-2016)
  • Law school graduation (Selçuk University, Konya, 1992-1996)

Professional Activities

*In private practise since 2002 and, among other professional activities, he represents applicants before the European Court of Human Rights and the Turkish Constitutional Court.

*Part-time independent expert for several projects carried out/sponsored by the Council of Europe since 2007.

*Member of the Expert Council on NGO law as of December 2012, Council of Europe initiative.

*Former member of the Steering Committee of the Human Rights Centre of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (since 2009).

*Member of the working group on admissibility (March – December 2012), within the framework of a project of Council of Europe titled “Enhancing the capacity of lawyers to comply with the admissibility criteria in applications submitted to the European Court of Human Rights”.

*Lecturer on media law at the Law School of İzmir University of Economics (since 2010).

*Lecturer at the Trainee Education Centre of the İzmir Bar Association (since 2011).

*Member of the Human Rights Centre of the İzmir Bar Association (since 2011).

*Tutor at the “Professional Legal English Course(for advance level)” organised by the İzmir Bar Association for its members (2009 - 2010 - 2011).

*Member of the draft committee of the report concerning the individual application avenue to the Turkish Constitutional Court. The report was prepared within the Framework of the Project on “Supporting Individual Application to the Constitutional Court of Turkey”, financed by the Human Rights Trust Fund of the Council of Europe (2014).

*Expert trainer in the project titled “Training Programme on the Istanbul Protocol: Enhancing the knowledge level of non-forensic expert physicians, judges and prosecutors” (TR 0501.03) sponsored and supported by a number of institutions and NGOs such as European Union, TTB (the Union of Turkish Doctors), IRCT (International Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims), Turkish Ministry of Justice and Turkish Ministry of Health (2009).

*Member and expert of the delegation of Union of Turkish Bar Associations for the project namely “Promoting Civil Society Dialogue between Bars through Legal Education”. An EU sponsored project which was carried out jointly by national bodies of lawyers including Union of Turkish Bar Associations, the Law Society of England and Wales, National Bar Council of France, National Bar Council of Austria etc. with the support of Council of Europe (2009).

*Member and expert of the draft committee of a book titled “the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) with references to the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights” (ECrtHR), written within the framework of the “the Project on Cascaded Training of Turkish Lawyers on the European Convention on Human Rights carried out by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations”with the support of the Council of Europe (2008).

*Former co-director of the documentation bulletin published by the Human Rights Centre of the İzmir Bar Association as part of the project titled “the role of jurists in prevention of torture” which was funded by the European Union (2003 - 2004).

*Since 2002, attended to numerous workshops, seminars, conferences as speaker and trainer on the following matters: The European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, its case-law, individual application avenue, implementation of the Court’s judgments at national level.

Books

  • Content and Components of the Rulings of the European Court of Human Rights Under Article 41of the Convention (Just Satısfaction)" was published in July 2016 by Adalet Publishing House.
  • Turkish translation of the handbook titled"Protecting the right to a fair trial under the European Convention on Human Rights"(2012, Council of Europe Publishing) waspublishedin February 2013 by the Ankara Office of Council of Europe.
  • Turkish translation of the handbook titled"Protecting the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion under the European Convention on Human Rights"(2012, Council of Europe Publishing) waspublishedin February 2013 by the Ankara Office of Council of Europe.
  • Co-writer of the book titled “50 Years of the European Court of Human Rights , Failure or Success?” published due to the international conference held on 8-9 March 2008 in Ankara organised jointly by the Ankara Bar Association, the Human Rights Centre of Political Science Faculty of Ankara University and the Contemporary Jurists Association. The book was published in 2009 by the Ankara Bar Association.
  • Co-writer of the book titled “Final Report on the Legal Education and Training System in Turkey” published within an EU sponsored project titled “Promoting Civil Society Dialogue between Bars through Legal Education”. The book was published in October 2009 by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations.
  • Turkish Translation of “Manual on Human Rights and the Environment”, the Council of Europe Publishing, was published by İzmir Branch of the Contemporary Jurists Association in March 2009.
  • “Institutions and Terms of Turkish Criminal Proceedings in Light of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights” written jointly by Serkan Cengiz (Attorney at Law), Honorary President of Military Cassation Court, Brigadier General (Retired) Fahrettin Demirağ, Teoman Ergül (Attorney at Law, Advisor to the Presidency of Union of Turkish Bar Associations), Prof Jeremy McBride (Barrister, Monckton Chambers, London) and Prof.Durmuş Tezcan(Attorney at Law)within the framework of the project titled “the Cascaded Training of Turkish Lawyers on the European Convention on Human Rights Project”, published in November 2008.
  • Turkish Translation of “Short Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights”, written by Donna Gomien, the Council of Europe Publishing, was published by the İzmir Bar Association in September 2008.
  • Turkish translation of “Advocacy Law for a Universal Approach” published by Izmir Bar Association in October 2004. The study consists of German, France, Hungary, Norway and the United Kingdom’s various main regulations concerning advocacy law.

Articles

*“With regard to the right to conscientious objection, the light which appears at the edge of the tunnel: judgment of Bayatyan v. Armenia”published by the İzmir Bar Association through its legal review in July 2011.

*“Right to life in the light of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights”published by the Union of Turkish Bars through its legal review March – April 2011.

*“Public servants’ right to collective agreement under the newly amended Article 53 of the Turkish Constitution” published by the Izmir Bar Association through its legal review in January 2011.

*“Right to education in the light of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights”published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review September-October 2010.

*“Responsibilities of physicians in light of the paradox between hunger strike of prisoners and forced feeing”published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review May-June 2010

*“Effects of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights to Turkish domestic law”published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review November-December 2008

*“Is it possible to lodge an application with a freedom court (the ECrtHR)[1] in order to restrict a freedom?” published by Güncel Hukuk (a legal review) in March 2008.

* “LEGAL AID in TURKEY” submitted to the“Conference on Protection and Promotion of Human Rights through Provision of Legal Services”held in Kyiv on 27th-30th March, 2007; Organized jointly byDanish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) and Kherson Regional Charity and Health Foundation (KHRCHF) in cooperation with the Ministry of the Justice of Ukraine, ABA CEELI (Ukraine), International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine) and Redress (UK).

*“The changes which will be brought into the European Convention on Human Rights by the Protocol no.14” published by the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey in January 2005 through its legal review.

*“Bergama Case, In the Light of the ECrtHR’s Judgement” published by the Diyarbakır Bar Association through its bulletin in November 2004

*“Implementation of the ECrtHR Judgements and Inspection of the Process”, published by “Society & Law” (a legal review) in spring 2003 volume.

*“Akman v. Turkey Case, is it a turning point with regard to the ECrtHR Case-law in respect of friendly settlement process ?” published by the İzmir Bar Association through its monthly bulletin in October 2002.

*“International Criminal Court” published by the İzmir Bar Association through its monthly bulletin in June 2002.

*“Right to Just Satisfaction, In light of Article 41 of the Convention” published by the İzmir Bar Association through its legal review in April 2002.

Translations

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Reznik v. Russia” published by the İzmir Bar Association through its legal review May 2014.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Şerife Yiğit v. Turkey” published by the İzmir Bar Association through its legal review May 2013.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Schalk and Kopf v. Turkey” published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review November-December 2010.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Saya and Others v. Turkey” published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review July – August 2009.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Wieser and Bicos Beteiligungen GmbH v. Austria” published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review May- June 2009.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Terzioğlu and Others v. Turkey” published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review March – April 2009.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Nart v. Turkey” published by the Union of Turkish Bars through its legal review March – April 2009.

*Turkish translation of the Directive of the European Court of Human Rights with regard to just satisfaction claims under Article 41 of the Convention published by the Union of Turkish Bars through its legal review November – December 2008.

*Turkish translations of the two judgments of the ECrtHR titled “Ponomarenka v. Russia and Gavrikova v. Russia” published by Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review May-June 2007.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Yumak and Sadak v. Turkey” published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review March-April 2007.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Agga v. Greece” published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review March-April 2007.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Von Hannover v.Germany” published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal reviewNovember- December 2006.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Leyla Şahin v. Turkey” published by the Union of Turkish BarAssociations through its September-October 2004 legal review.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Vasileva v. Denmark” published by “Society & Law” (a legal review) in its winter 2004 volume.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Kalashnikov v. Russia published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its January-February 2004 legal review.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “M.M v.The Netherlands” (application no.39339/98) published by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its November-December 2003 legal review.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR (Grand Chamber) in the case of “Tahsin ACAR v. Turkey“(Application no.26307/95) published by Society & Law (a legal review) in its winter volume 2003 and by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations through its legal review.

*Turkish translation of the Interim Resolution R(2002) of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe published by Society & Law (a legal review) in its Spring 2003 volume.

*Turkish translation of theInterim Resolution DH(99)464 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in respect of Turkey titled “Action of the Security Forces in Turkey: Measures of General Character”, dated 9 June 1999 published by “Society & Law” (a legal review) in its Spring 2003 volume.

*Turkish translation of the Interim Resolution Res DH(2002)98 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in respect of Turkey titled “Action of the Security Forces in Turkey: Progress Achieved and Outstanding Problems”, dated 10 July 2002 published by Society & Law (a legal review) in its Spring 2003 volume.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Thlimmennos v. Greece” published by Society & Law (a legal review) in its winter volume 2003.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Akman v. Turkey“published by Society & Law (a legal review) in its winter volume 2003.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “Willis v. United Kingdom” published by the İzmir Bar Association through its legal review in October 2002.

*Turkish translation of the admissibility decision of the ECrtHR in the case of “Buldan v. Turkey” published by the İzmir Bar Association through its legal review in October 2002.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “T.A v. Turkey” published by the İzmir Bar Association through its legal review in July 2002.

*Turkish translation of the inadmissibility decision of the ECrtHR in the case of “Milosevic v. the Netherlandspublished by the İzmir Bar Association through its legal review in April 2002.

*Turkish translation of the judgment of the ECrtHR in the case of “The Bankovic and Others v. Belgium and 16 Other Contracting States (application no.52207/99)” published by the İzmir Bar Association through its legal review in April 2002.

Prizes

*Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression Award (2016), due to judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Cengiz and others v. Turkey

[1]The European Court of Human Rights;