Human Dignity-Oriented Security Approach: Standardization and Rights-Based Practices in Prisons

ICPA 2025 Presentation by Mehmet Yılmaz (PID153)

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Mehmet Yılmaz

Judge, Deputy Director General, General Directorate of Prison and Detention Houses, MoJ, Türkiye

Mehmet Yılmaz was born in 1970 in Ankara. After completing his education at the Faculty of Law, he served respectively as a public prosecutor, a prosecutor at the Ankara Regional Court of Justice, and Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor responsible for the Bureau for the Investigation of Crimes Against the Constitutional Order and Terrorism. Since 2017, he has been serving as the Deputy Director General responsible for Security and Execution at the Directorate General of Prisons and Detention Houses under the Ministry of Justice. Between 2014 and 2018, he also worked as an instructor at the Turkish Justice Academy, delivering lectures and presentations on in-service and pre-service training for judges, prosecutors, and candidates.

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