The Portuguese Parliament has passed a labour legislation that subjects employers who contact their employees outside of working hours to fines. The concerned legislation which entered into force on 6 November 2021 affirms that employees' right to disconnect is now recognized by Portuguese law.
The "Regulation on Amendments to the Associations Regulation" was published in the official newspaper No: 31635 of 21.10.2021. The most important amendment introduced by the concerned instrument is that associations will be allowed to perform "electronic" General Assembly and Board of Directors meetings, provided that the conditions sought by Art....
Main framework regulating the activities of associations in Turkey are the Code No: 5253 on Associations and the Regulation on Associations. According to the latter, the regular general assembly (GA) meetings should be convened at least once in three years, and the extraordinary ones within 30 days beginning from the written demand of the...
According to the 2019 statistics of the European Court of Human Rights, out of the 113 judgments concerning Turkey, 96 assessed at least one violation of the rights enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights whereas the number of non-violation judgments stood at six.
Turkish law has been going through a series of amendments aimed at diminishing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as of March 22nd, 2020.
The Turkish legal system has been going through hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic, just as that of any other land. The system is affected on all fronts: People are unable to claim their rights, and the judiciary is unable to perform judicial services. Several precautions have been introduced by the authorities to this end.
