Dilan Gümüştaş

Dilan Gümüştaş is a lawyer at an international law firm in Istanbul. Alongside her arbitration practice, she has a strong interest in human rights law and worked as an intern at the Constitutional Court of Turkey.

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Protocol No. 15 to the ECHR: a new era of subsidiarity or a symbolic change?

Protocol No. 15 to the ECHR: a new era of subsidiarity or a symbolic change?

Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights came into force in August 2021. It introduced several amendments, including the controversial addition of a recital to the Preamble, which invokes the principle of ...
Turkey’s Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention: A Worrisome Picture for Women’s Rights and the Constitutional System

Turkey’s Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention: A Worrisome Picture for Women’s Rights and the Constitutional System

The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, mostly referred to as the Istanbul Convention, is the first legally binding instrument in Europe to prevent violence against ...