After the decision released by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ on 3 September 2020, The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Human Rights Watch, and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project, demanded Turkish authorities immediately release human rights defender Osman Kavala, who has been detained and acquitted since March 2020.[37] In September 2021, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe gave Turkey until December 2021 to release Kavala before beginning infringement proceedings against Turkey.[38]