OPUZ v. TURKEY / ECHR

Notes

Date	09/06/2009
AppNr	33401/02
Body	Court (Third Section)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	14; 14+2; 14+3; 2; 2-1; 3; 35; 35-1; 41
Violated / NonViolated	2314
Citations	23455-16-17-18101314P1-1248131438

Conclusions:

Non-pecuniary damage - award
Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed
Preliminary objection dismissed (six month period)
Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (non-exhaustion of domestic remedies)
Violation of Art. 14+2
Violation of Art. 14+3
Violation of Art. 2
Violation of Art. 3

Keywords:

(art. 14) discrimination
(art. 2-1) effective investigation
(art. 2-1) life
(art. 3) degrading treatment
(art. 3) inhuman treatment
(art. 35-1) exhaustion of domestic remedies
(art. 35-1) six month period
positive obligations

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Third Section)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Selected for publication in Reports of Judgments and Decisions
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH
Application Number	33401/02
Importance Level	1
Represented by	BESTAS M.
Respondent State	Turkey
Date of Judgment	09/06/2009
Conclusion	Preliminary objection dismissed (six month period) ; Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (non-exhaustion of domestic remedies) ; Violation of Art. 2 ; Violation of Art. 3 ; Violation of Art. 14+2 ; Violation of Art. 14+3 ; Non-pecuniary damage - award ; Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed
Articles	2 ; 2-1 ; 3 ; 14 ; 14+2 ; 14+3 ; 35 ; 35-1 ; 41
Separate Opinions	No
Law at Issue	Articles 456-4, 457 and 460 of the Criminal Code ; Sections 1 and 2 of the Family Protection Act (Law no. 4320, 14 January 1998)
Strasbourg Case Law	A. v. the United Kingdom, 23 September 1998, § 22, Reports 1998-VI ; A.T. v. Hungary, decision of 26 January 2005 ; Ahmet Sadik v. Greece, 15 November 1996, § 34, Reports 1996-V ; Ali and Ayse Duran v. Turkey, no. 42942/02, § 54, 8 April 2008 ; Avsar v. Turkey, no. 25657/94, § 395, ECHR 2001-VII (extracts) ; Aytekin v. Turkey, 23 September 1998, Reports 1998-VII ; Bevacqua and S. v. Bulgaria, no. 71127/01, 12 June 2008 ; Çakici v. Turkey [GC], no. 23657/94, §§ 80-87 and 106, ECHR 1999-IV ; Calvelli and Ciglio v. Italy, [GC], no. 32967/96, ECHR 2002, § 51 ; Cardot v. France, 19 March 1991, § 30, Series A no. 200 ; Costello-Roberts v. the United Kingdom, 25 March 1993, § 30, Series A no. 247-C ; D.H. and Others v. Czech Republic [GC], no. 57325/00, 13 November 2007, §§ 175-180 ; Demir and Baykara v. Turkey [GC], no. 34503/97, 12 November 2008 ; E. and Others v. the United Kingdom, no. 33218/96, § 99 ; Fatma Yildirim v. Austria, decision of 1 October 2007 ; H.L.R. v. France, 29 April 1997, § 40, Reports 1997-III ; Hoogendijk v. the Netherlands (dec.), no. 58461/00, 6 January 2005 ; K.A. and A.D. v. Belgium, no. 42758/98 and 45558/99, § 81, 17 February 2005 ; Kenar v. Turkey, no. 67215/01 (dec.), 1 December 2005 ; Kontrová v. Slovakia, no. 7510/04, §49, ECHR 2007-... (extracts) ; L.C.B. v. the United Kingdom, 9 June 1998, § 36, Reports 1998-III ; Nikolova and Velichkova v. Bulgaria, no. 7888/03, § 61, 20 December 2007 ; Osman v. the United Kingdom, 28 October 1998, § 115, Reports 1998-VIII ; Paul and Audrey Edwards, cited above, §§ 69 and 71 ; Saadi v. Italy [GC], no. 37201/06, § 63, ECHR 2008-... ; Semsi Önen v. Turkey, no. 22876/93, § 77, 14 May 2002 ; Yasa v. Turkey, 2 September 1998, §§ 102-104, Reports 1998-VI ; Zarb Adami v. Malta, no. 17209/02, ECHR 2006-...
External Sources	Recommendation Rec(2002)5 of 30 April 2002 on the protection of women against violence of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ; The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) <http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw.htm> adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly ; The CEDAW Committee's Concluding Comments on the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Turkey (CEDAW/C/TUR/4-5 and Corr.1, 15 February 2005, § 28) ; The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women 1994 (Belém do Pará Convention)
Keywords	"(Art. 14) DISCRIMINATION" "(Art. 2-1) EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION" "(Art. 2-1) LIFE" "(Art. 3) DEGRADING TREATMENT" "(Art. 3) INHUMAN TREATMENT" "(Art. 35-1) EXHAUSTION OF DOMESTIC REMEDIES" "(Art. 35-1) SIX MONTH PERIOD" "POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS"

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