Hearing: Güzelyurtlu and Others v. Cyprus and Turkey (no. 36925/07) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2018-03-28 00:00:00)
Case: CASE OF GÜZELYURTLU AND OTHERS v. CYPRUS AND TURKEY
Document type: CHAMBER
Document date: 2017-04-04 00:00:00
Articles of the Convention concerned: 2, 2-1, 35, 41
Conclusion: Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations;Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect) (Cyprus);Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations;Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect) (Turkey);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Strasbourg case-law cited: Adalı v. Turkey, no. 38187/97, § 186, 31 March 2005;Agache and Others v. Romania, no. 2712/02, § 83, 20 October 2009;Aliyeva v. Azerbaijan, no. 35587/08, 31 July 2014;Al-Skeini and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 55721/07, § 130, ECHR 2011;Andreou v. Turkey (dec.), no. 45653/99, 3 June 2008;Armani Da Silva v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 5878/08, § 233, ECHR 2016;Blečić v. Croatia [GC], no. 59532/00, §§ 67-69, ECHR 2006 III;Catan and Others v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia [GC], nos. 43370/04, 8252/05 and 18454/06, § 103, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Charalambous and Others v. Turkey (dec.), nos. 46744/07 et al., § 64;Cummins and Others v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 27306/05, 13 December 2005;Cyprus v. Turkey [GC], no. 25781/94, § 77, ECHR 2001 IV;Demir and Baykara v. Turkey [GC], no. 34503/97, §§ 65-68, 12 November 2008;Demopoulos and Others v. Turkey (dec.) [GC], nos. 46113/99, 3843/02, 13751/02, 13466/03, 10200/04, 14163/04, 19993/04 and 21819/04, ECHR 2010;Emin and Others v. Cyprus (dec.), nos. 59623/08, 3706/09, 16206/09, 25180/09, 32744/09, 36499/09 and 57250/09, 3 June 2010;Foka v. Turkey, no. 28940/95, §§ 83-84, 24 June 2008;Giuliani and Gaggio v. Italy [GC], no. 23458/02, § 311, ECHR 2011 (extracts);Gray v. Germany, no. 49278/09, 22 May 2014;Gürtekin and Others v. Cyprus, (dec.) nos. 60441/13 et al., § 29, 11 March 2014;Haász and Szabó v. Hungary, nos. 11327/14 and 11613/14, §§ 30-34, 13 October 2015;Hassan v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 29750/09, §§ 74-80, ECHR 2014;Ilaşcu and Others v. Moldova and Russia [GC], no. 48787/99, §§ 331-335, ECHR 2004 VII;J.-P.P v. France, no. 22123/93, Commission decision of 31 August 1994, Decisions and Reports (DR). 79-B, p. 72;Jelić v. Croatia, no. 57856/11, § 64, 12 June 2014;Kallis and Androulla Panayi v. Turkey, no. 45388/99, § 32, 27 October 2009;Kemevuako v. the Netherlands (dec.), no.65938/09, §§ 19-20, 1 June 2010;Khashiyev and Akayeva v. Russia, nos. 57942/00 and 57945/00, §§ 119-121, 24 February 2005;Kyriacou Tsiakkourmas and Others v. Turkey, no. 13320/02, §§ 157-158, 2 June 2015;M.B. v. Romania, no. 43982/06, § 64, 3 November 2011;McKerr v. the United Kingdom, no. 28883/95, §§ 121 and 156, ECHR 2001 III;Mihailov v. Bulgaria, no. 52367/99, § 33, 21 July 2005;Mocanu and Others v. Romania [GC], nos. 10865/09, 45886/07 and 32431/08, § 259, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Mustafa Tunç and Fecire Tunç v. Turkey [GC], no. 24014/05, 14 April 2015;Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], nos. 43577/98 and 43579/98, ECHR 2005 VII;Nasr and Ghali v. Italy, no. 44883/09, §§ 270-272, 23 February 2016;Nee v. Gary (dec.), no. 52787/99, 30 January 2003;Nježić and Štimac v. Croatia, no. 29823/13, 9 April 2015;O’Loughlin and Others v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 23274/04, 25 August 2005;Oliari and Others v. Italy, nos. 18766/11 and 36030/11, § 89, 21 July 2015;Palić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. 4704/04, § 68, 15 February 2011;Paul and Audrey Edwards v. the United Kingdom, no. 46477/99, § 86, ECHR 2002 II;Ramsahai and Others v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 52391/99, § 347-8, ECHR 2007 II;Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia, no. 25965/04, ECHR 2010 (extracts);Trubnikov v. Russia, no. 49790/99, § 92, 5 July 2005;Varnava and Others v. Turkey [GC], nos. 16064/90, 16065/90, 16066/90, 16068/90, 16069/90, 16070/90, 16071/90, 16072/90 and 16073/90, § 158, ECHR 2009;Velcea and Mazăre v. Romania, no. 64301/01, § 113, 1 December 2009
External sources: European Convention on Extradition of 13 December 1957, ratified by Turkey on 7 January 1960, entered into force in respect of Turkey on 18 April 1960;European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 20 April 1959, ratified by Cyprus on 24 February 2000, entered into force on 24 May 2000;2005 UN Secretary-General’s report on the UN operation in Cyprus