YUMAK AND SADAK v. TURKEY / ECHR

Notes

Date	08/07/2008
AppNr	10226/03
Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Type	Judgment (Merits)
Articles	P1-3
Violated / NonViolated	P1-3
Citations	5-15-411P1-35-15-3

Conclusions:

No violation of P1-3

Keywords:

(p1-3) right to free elections
(p1-3) stand for election
margin of appreciation

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits)
Published in	Selected for publication in Reports of Judgments and Decisions
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH
Application Number	10226/03
Importance Level	1
Represented by	ELCI T.
Respondent State	Turkey
Date of Judgment	08/07/2008
Conclusion	No violation of P1-3
Articles	P1-3
Separate Opinions	Yes
Law at Issue	Articles 67, 80 and 95 of the Constitution ; Sections 16, 21, 30 and 41 of the Law no. 2839 on the election of members of the National Assembly ; Sections 36 and 81 of the Law no. 2820 on political parties
Strasbourg Case Law	Aziz v. Cyprus, no. 69949/01, § 28, ECHR 2004-V ; Bompard v. France (dec.), no. 44081/02, 4 April 2006 ; Brike v. Latvia (dec.), no. 47135/99, 29 June 2000 ; Castells v. Spain, judgment of 23 April 1992, Series A no. 236, p. 23, § 43 ; Cumpana and Mazare v. Romania [GC], no. 33348/96, § 66, ECHR 2004-XI ; Etienne Tête v. France, no. 11123/84, decision of the Commission du 9 December 1987, DR 54, p. 60 ; Federación Nacionalista Canaria v. Spain (dec.), no. 56618/00, ECHR 2001-VI ; Gitonas and Others v. Greece, judgment of 1er July 1997, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-IV, § 44 ; Hilbe v. Liechtenstein (dec.), no. 31981/96, ECHR 1999-VI ; Hirst v. the United Kingdom (no 2) [GC], no. 74025/01, § 61 and § 62, ECHR 2005-IX ; Informationsverein Lentia and Others v. Austria, judgment of 24 November 1993, Series A no. 276, § 38 ; K. and T. v. Finland [GC], no. 25702/94, §§ 140-141, ECHR 2001-VII ; Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 201, ECHR 2000-IV ; Lingens v. Austria, judgment of 8 July 1986, Series A no. 103, §§ 41-42 ; Lykourezos v. Greece, no. 33554/03, § 52, ECHR 2006-VIII ; Mathieu-Mohin and Clerfayt v. Belgium, judgment of 2 March 1987, Series A no. 113, §§ 46-51, 52 and 54 ; Matthews v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 24833/94, § 63, ECHR 1999-I ; Melnitchenko v. Ukraine, no. 17707/02, § 56 and § 57, ECHR 2004-X ; United Communist Party of Turkey and Others v. Turkey, judgment of 30 January 1998, Reports 1998-I, § 25 and § 44 ; Party Libéral, Ms R. and M. P. v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 8765/79, DR 21, p. 239 ; Partyja « Jaunie Demokrati » and Partyja « Musu Zeme » v. Latvia (dec.), nos 10547/07 and 34049/07, 29 November 2007 ; Podkolzina v. Latvia, no. 46726/99, § 33 and § 35, ECHR 2002-II ; Py v. France, no. 66289/01, § 46, ECHR 2005-I ; Serge Moureaux and Others v. Belgium, no. 9267/81, decision of the Commission du 12 July 1983, Decisions and Reports (DR) 33, p. 110 ; Silvius Magnago and Südtiroler Volkspartei v. Italy, no. 25035/94, decision of the Commission du 15 April 1996, DR 85-B, p. 116 ; X. v. Iceland (dec.), no. 8941/80, DR 27, p. 156 ; X. v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 7140/75, DR 7, p. 99 ; Ždanoka v. Latvia [GC], no. 58278/00, §§ 98, 103 and 115, ECHR 2006-IV
External Sources	Resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 1547 (2007) entitled "State of human rights and democracy in Europe" ; the Parliamentary Assembly’s Recommendation 1791 (2007) ; Venice Commission’s "Report on electoral law and electoral administration in Europe" and "Report on electoral rule and affirmative action for national minorities’ participation in decision-making process in European countries" ; the Parliamentary Assembly’s Resolution 1380 (2004) ; Report on “Observation of the Parliamentary elections in Turkey” of 22 July 2007”
Keywords	"(P1-3) RIGHT TO FREE ELECTIONS" "(P1-3) STAND FOR ELECTION" "MARGIN OF APPRECIATION" PROPORTIONALITY

Application Documents 3

	13 YUMAK AND SADAK v. TURKEY P1-3 Court (Second Section) Judgment (Merits)	30/01/2007
	YUMAK ET SADAK c. TURQUIE Court (Second Section) Decision (Final)	09/05/2006
	1 YUMAK ET SADAK c. TURQUIE Court (Second Section) Decision (Partial)	22/02/2005

References 30

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