VARNAVA AND OTHERS v. TURKEY View

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Date	18/09/2009
AppNr	16064/90; 16065/90; 16066/90; 16068/90; 16069/90; 16070/90; 16071/90; 16072/90; 16073/90
Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	2; 2-1; 3; 35; 35-1; 35-2; 35-2-b; 35-3; 37; 37-1; 37-1-c; 41; 5; 5-1
Violated / NonViolated	2355
Citations	2355-15-46-113334

Conclusions:

No violation of Art. 5
Non-pecuniary damage - award
Preliminary objections dismissed (substantially the same, disappearance of object of proceedings, ratione temporis, six month period)
Violation of Art. 2
Violation of Art. 3
Violation of Art. 5

Keywords:

(art. 2-1) effective investigation
(art. 2-1) life
(art. 3) degrading treatment
(art. 3) inhuman treatment
(art. 35-1) continuing situation
(art. 35-1) six month period
(art. 35-2) same as matter already examined
(art. 35-3) ratione temporis
(art. 37-1-c) continued examination not justified
(art. 5-1) deprivation of liberty
positive obligations

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Selected for publication in Reports of Judgments and Decisions
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH
Application Number	16064/90 ; 16065/90 ; 16066/90 ; 16068/90 ; 16069/90 ; 16070/90 ; 16071/90 ; 16072/90 ; 16073/90
Importance Level	1
Represented by	DEMETRIADES A. ; CHRYSOSTOMIDES K.
Respondent State	Turkey
Date of Judgment	18/09/2009
Conclusion	Preliminary objections dismissed (substantially the same, disappearance of object of proceedings, ratione temporis, six month period) ; Violation of Art. 2 ; Violation of Art. 3 ; Violation of Art. 5 ; No violation of Art. 5 ; Non-pecuniary damage - award
Articles	2 ; 2-1 ; 3 ; 5 ; 5-1 ; 35 ; 35-1 ; 35-2 ; 35-2-b ; 35-3 ; 37 ; 37-1 ; 37-1-c ; 41
Separate Opinions	Yes
Strasbourg Case Law	Agrotexim Hellos S.A. and Others v. Greece, no. 14807/89, Commission decision of 12 February 1991, DR 71, p. 148 ; Akdeniz and Others v. Turkey, no. 23954/94, §§ 85-89, 31 May 2000 ; Akdivar and Others v. Turkey (Article 50), 1 April 1998, pp. 723-24, § 47, Reports 1998-II ; Akkum v. Turkey, no. 21894/93, § 211, ECHR 2005-II (extracts) ; Andrejeva v. Latvia [GC], no. 55707/00, § 110, ECHR 2009 ; Bayram and Yildirim v. Turkey (dec.), no. 38587/97, ECHR 2002-III ; Beyeler v. Italy (just satisfaction) [GC], no. 33202/96, § 27, 28 May 2002 ; Blecic v. Croatia ([GC] no. 59532/00, § 70, ECHR 2006-III ; Brecknell v. the United Kingdom, no. 32457/04, § 65, 27 November 2007 ; Bulut and Yavuz v. Turkey (dec.), no. 73065/01, 28 May 2002 ; Cankoçak v. Turkey, nos. 25182/94 and 26956/95, § 26, 20 February 2001 ; Christine Goodwin v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 28957/95, § 120, ECHR 2002-VI ; Cone v. Romania, no. 35935/02, § 22, 24 June 2008 ; Demades v. Turkey (just satisfaction), no. 16219/90, § 21, 22 April 2008 ; Dennis and Others v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 76573/01, 2 July 2002 ; Donnelly and Others v. the United Kingdom, decision of 14 April 1998, nos. 5577/72-5583/72, Decisions and Reports (DR) 73, p. 5 ; Douglas-Williams v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 56413/00, 8 January 2002 ; Elsholz v. Germany [GC], no. 25735/94, § 70, ECHR 2000-VIII ; Eren and Others v. Turkey (dec.), no. 42428/98, 4 July 2002 ; Fairfield v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 24790/04, ECHR 2005-VI ; Finucane v. the United Kingdom, no. 29178/95, ECHR 2003-VIII ; Goygova v. Russia, no. 74240/01, §§ 88-96, 4 October 2007 ; Hugh Jordan v. the United Kingdom, no. 24746/94, §§ 105-109, 4 May 2001 ; Imakayeva v. Russia, no. 7615/02, ECHR 2006-XIII (extracts) ; Ingebjørg Folgerø and Others v. Norway (dec.), no. 15472/02, 14 February 2006 ; Ireland v. the United Kingdom, 18 January 1978, pp. 64-65, § 161, Series A no. 25 ; Kapan v. Turkey, no. 22057/93, Commission decision of 13 January 1997, DR 88-B, p. 17 ; Kurt v. Turkey, 25 May 1998, Reports 1998-III ; Lyanova and Aliyeva v. Russia, nos. 12713/02 and 28440/03, §§ 94-95, 2 October 2008 ; Magomed Musayev and Others v. Russia, no. 8979/02, §§ 85-86, 23 October 2008 ; Malsagova and Others v. Russia (dec.), no. 27244/03, 6 March 2008 ; McKerr v. the United Kingdom, no. 28883/95, §§ 111 and 114, ECHR 2001-III ; Ogur v. Turkey [GC], no. 21594/93, § 88, ECHR 1999-III ; Orhan v. Turkey, no. 25656/94, § 358, 18 June 2002 ; Osmanoglu v. Turkey, no. 48804/99, § 87, 24 January 2008 ; Paul and Aubrey Edwards v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 46477/99, 4 June 2001 ; S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 30562/04 and 30566/04, § 134, 4 December 2008 ; Saadi v. Italy [GC], no. 37201/06, § 188, ECHR 2008 ; Sahin v. Germany [GC], no. 30943/96, § 105, ECHR 2003-VIII ; Salman v. Turkey [GC], no. 21896/93, § 100, ECHR 2000-VII ; Scozzari and Giunta v. Italy [GC], nos. 39221/98 and 41963/98, § 249, ECHR 2000-VIII ; Selmouni v. France [GC], no. 25803/94, § 123, ECHR 1999-V ; Šilih v. Slovenia, [GC] no. 71463/01, § 140, ECHR 2009 ; Smith and Grady v. the United Kingdom (just satisfaction), nos. 33985/96 and 33986/96, § 12, ECHR 2000-IX ; Tanis and Others v. Turkey, no. 65899/01, § 160, ECHR 2005-VIII ; Timurtas v. Turkey, no. 23531/94, § 83, ECHR 2000-VI ; Üçak and Kargili and Others v. Turkey (dec.), nos. 75527/01 and 11837/02, 28 March 2006 ; Vagapova and Zubirayev v. Russia, no. 21080/05, §§ 85-86, 26 February 2009 ; Walker v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 34979/97, ECHR 2000-I ; Yusupova and Zaurbekov v. Russia, no. 22057/02, §§ 50-55, 9 October 2008
Keywords	"(Art. 2-1) EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION" "(Art. 2-1) LIFE" "(Art. 3) DEGRADING TREATMENT" "(Art. 3) INHUMAN TREATMENT" "(Art. 35-1) CONTINUING SITUATION" "(Art. 35-1) SIX MONTH PERIOD" "(Art. 35-2) SAME AS MATTER ALREADY EXAMINED" "(Art. 35-3) RATIONE TEMPORIS" "(Art. 37-1-c) CONTINUED EXAMINATION NOT JUSTIFIED" "(Art. 5-1) DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY" "POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS"

Application Documents 2

	36 VARNAVA AND OTHERS v. TURKEY 2, 3, 5 Court (Third Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	10/01/2008
	8 VARNAVA, LOIZIDES, CONSTANTINOU AND PEYIOTIS, THEOCHARDIES AND THEOCHARIDOU, CHARALAMBOUS, THOMA, HADJIPANTELI, APOSTOLIDES AND DEMETRIOU SARMA AND LEONTI SARMA v. TURKEY Commission (Plenary) Decision	14/04/1998

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