TAHSIN ACAR v. TURKEY / ECHR

Notes

Date	08/04/2004
AppNr	26307/95
Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	18; 2; 3; 34; 38-1-a; 41; 43; 5; 6; 8
Violated / NonViolated	22356818
Citations	231323

Conclusions:

Costs and expenses partial award - Convention proceedings
Failure to comply with obligations under Art. 38
No violation of Art. 18
No violation of Art. 2
No violation of Art. 2 with regard to disappearance
No violation of Art. 3
No violation of Art. 5
No violation of Art. 6
No violation of Art. 8
Non-pecuniary damage - financial award
Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed
Violation of Art. 2
Violation of Art. 2 with regard to lack of effective investigation

Keywords:

(art. 2-1) life
(art. 3) inhuman treatment
(art. 34) hinder the exercise of the right of petition
positive obligations

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2004-III
Language	ENGLISH ; FRENCH
Application Number	26307/95
Importance Level	1
Represented by	N/A
Respondent State	Turkey
Date of Judgment	08/04/2004
Conclusion	No violation of Art. 2 with regard to disappearance ; Violation of Art. 2 with regard to lack of effective investigation ; No violation of Art. 3 ; No violation of Art. 5, 6 and 8 ; No violation of Art. 18 ; Failure to comply with obligations under Art. 38 ; Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed ; Non-pecuniary damage - financial award ; Costs and expenses partial award - Convention proceedings
Articles	2 ; 3 ; 5 ; 6 ; 8 ; 18 ; 34 ; 38-1-a ; 41 ; 43
Separate Opinions	Yes
Strasbourg Case Law	Aktas v. Turkey, no. 24351/94, § 300, ECHR 2003-V ; Avsar v. Turkey, no. 25657/94, § 390, ECHR 2001-VII ; Çakici c. Turquie [GC], no. 23657/94, §§ 98-99, ECHR 1999-IV ; Ergi v. Turkey, judgment of 28 July 1998, Reports 1998-IV, pp. 1778-79, §§ 83-84 and pp. 1783-84, §§ 104-105 ; Finucane v. the United Kingdom, no. 29178/95, § 67, ECHR 2003-VIII ; Güleç v. Turkey, judgment of 27 July 1998, Reports 1998-IV, p. 1733, §§ 81-82 ; H.L.R. v. France, judgment of 29 April 1997, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-III, p. 758, § 37 ; Ireland v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 18 January 1978, Series A no. 25, p. 65, § 161 ; Kaya v. Turkey, judgment of 19 February 1998, Reports 1998-I, p. 329, § 105 ; Kurt v. Turkey, judgment of 25 May 1998, Reports 1998-III, pp. 1187-88, §§ 130-134 ; lhan v. Turkey [GC], no. 22277/93, § 63, ECHR 2000-VII ; Mastromatteo v. Italy [GC], no. 37703/97, § 89, ECHR 2002-VIII ; McCann and Others v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 27 September 1995, Series A no. 324, p. 49 § 161 ; McKerr v. the United Kingdom, no. 28883/95, § 114 and § 148, ECHR 2001-III ; Ogur v. Turkey [GC], no. 21594/93, §§ 88 and 91-92, ECHR 1999-III ; Okçuoglu v. Turkey [GC], no. 24246/94, § 31, 8 July 1999 ; Orhan v. Turkey, no. 25656/94, §§ 266 and 357-360, 18 June 2002 ; Paul and Audrey Edwards v. the United Kingdom, no. 46477/99, § 70, ECHR 2002 II ; Salman v. Turkey [GC], no. 21986/93, § 106, ECHR 2000-VII ; Tanrikulu v. Turkey [GC], no. 23763/94, § 70 and § 109, ECHR 1999-IV ; Tepe v. Turkey, no. 27244/95, § 128, 9 May 2003 ; Timurtas v. Turkey, no. 23531/94, §§ 66 and 70, ECHR 2000-VI
Keywords	"(Art. 2-1) LIFE" "(Art. 3) INHUMAN TREATMENT" "(Art. 34) HINDER THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF PETITION" "POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS"

Application Documents 3

	548 TAHSIN ACAR v. TURKEY Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Preliminary Objections)	06/05/2003
	9 T.A. v. TURKEY Court (Second Section) Judgment (Struck out of the List)	09/04/2002
	2 T.A. ET M.A. contre la TURQUIE Commission (Plenary) Decision	30/06/1997

References 27

	65 NACHOVA AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA 2, 14 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	26/02/2004
	23 TEKDAG v. TURKEY 2, 13, 2, 3, 5, 14, 18, 34 Court (Second Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	15/01/2004
	48 FINUCANE v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 2 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	01/07/2003
	31 TEPE v. TURKEY 2, 13, 2, 3, 5, 14, 18 Court (Second Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	09/05/2003
	31 AKTAS v. TURKEY 2, 3, 13, 14 Court (Third Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	24/04/2003
	53 MASTROMATTEO v. ITALY 2 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	24/10/2002
	227 ORHAN v. TURKEY 2, 3, 5, 8, P1-1, 13 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	18/06/2002
	219 PAUL AND AUDREY EDWARDS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 2, 13 Court (Third Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	14/03/2002
	85 NACHOVA AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA Court (First Section) Decision	28/02/2002
	116 CONKA v. BELGIUM 5-1, 5-4, P4-4, 13, 5-2, 3, 13 Court (Third Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	05/02/2002
	191 AVSAR v. TURKEY 2, 13, 3, 14 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	10/07/2001
	343 ILHAN v. TURKEY 3, 13, 2 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	27/06/2000
	519 SALMAN v. TURKEY 2, 3, 13 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	27/06/2000
	117 TIMURTAS v. TURKEY 2, 3, 5, 13 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	13/06/2000
	237 McKERR v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Court (Third Section) Decision	04/04/2000
	17 OKÇUOGLU v. TURKEY 10, 6-1 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	08/07/1999
	275 ÇAKICI v. TURKEY 2, 3, 5, 13, 3, 14, 18 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	08/07/1999
	283 TANRIKULU v. TURKEY 2, 13, 2, 14 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	08/07/1999
	188 OGUR v. TURKEY 2 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	20/05/1999
	663 ASSENOV AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA 3, 13, 5-3, 5-4, 25-1, 3, 6-1, 5-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	28/10/1998
	135 ERGI v. TURKEY 2, 13, 25-1, 2, 14, 18 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	28/07/1998
	123 GÜLEÇ v. TURKEY 2 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	27/07/1998
	166 KURT v. TURKEY 5, 3, 13, 25-1, 14, 2, 3, 5, 18 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	25/05/1998
	375 KAYA v. TURKEY 2, 13, 2, 14, 6, 13 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	19/02/1998
	90 H.L.R. v. FRANCE 3 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	29/04/1997
	5 KURTYILMAZ contre la TURQUIE Commission (First Chambe… Decision	01/12/1993
	924 IRELAND v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 3, 5, 14 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	18/01/1978

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