Professor Kadriye Bakirci

Head of Labour and Social Security Law Division, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Email: kadriy_e@yahoo.co.uk
Profile
I am an Academic Visitor at Oxford University Law Faculty and a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College. I am a Member of the Advisory Board, the Committee on Violence in the World of Work, and the Human Rights Consultants Pool of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey; Member of the Women’s Committee of the Research Council of Turkey; Representative of Turkey for the European Labour Law Network and the European Network of Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination; Member of the Istanbul Bar Association and the Ankara Bar Association’s Committee for Legal Aid for the Victims of Violence; Founding member and an Advisory Board member of the Women’s Studies Centre in Science, Engineering, and Technology of Istanbul Technical University; Member of the Executive Board of the Health and Safety Centre and the Executive and Advisory Boards of the Disability Centre of Hacettepe University. I am a holder of a plaque of honour from the Ankara Bar Association for my dedication to women's human rights.
Research
Publications
My publications concerning children are:
- Bakirci, K/G.Ritchie, International and European Documents on Child and Young Workers and Modern Forms of Child Slavery, Unibook, USA, 2010.
- Bakirci, K. “Violence Against Children in the Workplace”, Guncel Hukuk Dergisi, Nisan 2008/ 4-52.
- Bakirci, K. “Violence and Violence Against Working Children”, Ankara Barosu Hukuk Kurultayi 7-11 Ocak 2008, Ankara.
- Bakirci, K. The Protection of the Rights of the Child and Young Employees in International, Regional and Turkish Law, Beta Yayini, Istanbul 2004.
- Bakirci, K. “Discrimination Against Child and Young Employees in Turkish Law”, in Cahit Talas Anisina Guncel Sosyal Politika Tartismalari (Yay.Haz.Berrin Ceylan Ataman), Ankara Universitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakultesi Yayin No.595, Ankara 2007.
- Bakirci, K. “Child Pornography and Prostitution- Is This Crime or Work That Should Be Regulated”, Journal of Financial Crime, Vol.14, Number 1, 2007.
- Bakirci, K. “Child Sexual Exploitation: Child Prostitution and Pornography”, Guncel Hukuk Dergisi, Ocak 2007/1.
- Bakirci, K. “Health and Safety of Child and Young Employees in International, European and Turkish Law”, TMMOB Makina Muhendisleri Odasi IV. Is Sagligi ve Guvenligi Kongresi 20-21 Nisan 2007 Adana, TMMOB Makina Muhendisleri Odasi Yayini, Adana 2007.
- Bakirci, K. “The Protection of Young Employees in Construction”, TMMOB Insaat Muhendisleri Odasi Ankara Subesi Is Sagligi ve Guvenligi Sempozyumu 5-6 Ekim 2007, Bildiriler Kitabi, TMMOB Insaat Muhendisleri Odasi Ankara Subesi Yayini, Ankara 2007.
- Bakirci, K. “Child and Young Workers in International, European and Turkish Law”, Istanbul Barosu Cocuk Iscilerin Dunu Bugunu Yarini Sempozyumu, Istanbul, 21-22 Nisan 2006, İstanbul Barosu Yayini, Istanbul 2006.
- Bakirci, K. “Final Declaration of the Symposium on Past, Present and Future of Child Employees”, Istanbul Barosu Cocuk Iscilerin Dunu Bugunu Yarini Sempozyumu, Istanbul, 21-22 Nisan 2006, İstanbul Barosu Yayini, Istanbul 2006.
- The Protection of the Rights of the Child and Young Employees (2000-2004) (A Research Project funded by the Istanbul Technical University).
- Bakirci, K. “Child Labour and Legislation in Turkey”, The International Journal of Children’s Rights, Volume 10, No.1, 2002.