Ms. Duygu Köksal is a lawyer based in Istanbul.
She obtained her law degree from the Galatasaray University and her LLM in human rights from University of Strasbourg. She wrote her thesis on “Right to medical care in detention in the light of the ECHR’s caselaw”. She is a PhD student in Human Rights at the University of Montpellier in France.
After her studies, she interned at the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) and worked mainly on the independence and impartiality of judges.
Between the years of 2012 and 2016, she worked at the Registry of European Court of Human Rights as processing lawyer. She has wide experience as a lecturer and trainer on legal issues related to freedom of expression. She is acting also as an expert and a trainer to Council of Europe in its projects related to promotion of freedom of expression in Turkey.
In 2018, she has been included on the List of Counsel before the International Criminal Court.
She is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2009.
Memberships:
International Association of Penal Law [AIDP]
Turkish Association of Penal Law [TCHD]
Human Rights Center of Istanbul Bar Association
Certificates:
- Certificate Programs on Children's and Women's Rights, Istanbul Bar Association
- Digital Forensics Law Certificate Program, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Digital Forensics Law Certificate Program, Özyeğin University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Summer Law School on Human Rights Protection, organised by University of Bologne and London School of Economics, Italy
- Summer Institut of American Law at William Mitchell College of Law on Criminal Law and Alternative Dispute Resolutions, Minnesota/USA
- Seminar on “Global Security Threat” Boğaziçi University, Istanbul/Turkey
- Mootcourt on Crimianl Law organized by Istanbul Bar Association (2007)
- Ord.Prof. Hıfzı Veldet Velidedeoğlu Mootcourt Competition on Corporate Law organized by ELSA (2007)