Contents
Editorial / 9
Abbreviations / 10
Section 1: Legal Developments in the Kurdish Regions
Compatibility of Armenian Legislation with ECHR Requirements / 11
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Reports on Armenia / 22
Committee for Prevention of Torture (CPT) visit to Georgia / 23
UN Human Rights Committee Considers Georgia / 25
Bill on Torture Rejected by Iranian Council of Guardians / 25
Iran Moves Towards Inviting the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) / 26
UN Delegation to Iraqi Kurdistan / 26
Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) Visits to Turkey and F-type prisons / 27
Reforms to Death Penalty and Minorities Cultural Rights in Turkey / 29
State of Emergency Lifted in the Kurdish provinces, Turkey / 30
Recommendations for Reform of the European Court of Human Rights / 31
Striking Out - Dissent Revealed Amongst European Court Judges / 32
The Necessity of Fact-Finding Hearings in Cases of Gross Human Rights Violations / 33
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) endorses
Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (CAT) / 35
What Can We Expect from the International Criminal Court? / 36
By G. Bindman
The Principles of the European Convention on
Human Rights and the Response of States to Terrorism / 40
By C. Warbrick
Turkey’s August 2002 Reform Package and the Kurdish Language:
A Glimmer of Light / 67
By R. Dunbar
Section 2: Case Summaries and Commentaries
Category / Name of the Parties / Decision-Judgment Page
A. Case News
Extra-Judicial Killing / Andreou v Turkey (45653/99) / Communicated / 75
Disappearance / Ipek v Turkey (25760/94) / Admissibility / 75
Torture and Inhuman / Tepe (Talat) v Turkey (31247/96) / Admissibility / 77
or Degrading Treatment / Şen (Nuray) v Turkey (41478/98) / Admissibility / 78
/ Karagöz v Turkey (78027/01) / Communicated / 81
/ Duşun and Yasar v Turkey (4080/02) / Communicated / 81
Freedom of Expression / Karakoc and Demokrasi Baris
/ Partisi v Turkey (43609/98) / Communicated / 81
Destruction of Homes - Property / Eski v Turkey (44291/98) / Communicated / 82
Freedom of Assembly / Vatan (People’s Democratic Party)
and Association / v Russia (47978/99) / Communicated / 82
Freedom of Thought, / Helmi Baspinar v Turkey (45631/99) / Admissibility / 83
Conscience and Religion / Ozcan v Turkey (44199/98) / Admissibility / 86
B. Substantive
Extra-Judicial Killing / Haran v Turkey (25754/94) / Judgment / 88
/ Onen v Turkey (22876/93) / Judgment / 89
Unknown Perpetrator / Sabuktekin v Turkey (27243/95) / Judgment / 91
Killings / Ekinci v Turkey (27602/95) / Judgment / 95
Death in Custody / Orak v Turkey (31889/96) / Judgment / 98
Disappearance / T.A. v Turkey (26307/95) / Judgment / 101
/ Togcu v Turkey (27601/95) Judgment / 103
/ Orhan v Turkey (25760/94) / Judgment / 106
Access to Court / Kutit v Croatia (48778/99) / Judgment / 110
Destruction of Homes – Property / Matyar v Turkey (23423/94) / Judgment / 112
Freedom of Expression / Dichand and Others
/ v Austria (29271/95) / Judgment / 115
/ Unabhdngige Initiative
/ Informationsvielfalt v Austria
/ (28525/95) / Judgment / 116
Krone Verlag v Austria (34315/96) Judgment / 117
Gaweda v Poland (26229/95) Judgment / 118
E.K. v Turkey (28496/95) Judgment / 120
Freedom of Assembly Yasar, Karatas, Aksoy and HEP v Turkey
and Association (22723/93, 22724/93 and 22725/93) / Judgment / 123
Right to Free Elections Sadak and Others v Turkey
/ (DEP MPs) (25144/94, 2614954/95,
/ 27100-1/95) / Judgment / 127
C. Procedure
Non-Exhaustion of / Epözdemir v Turkey (57039/00) Admissibility / 132
Domestic Remedies
Six-month Limitation / Bayram and Yildrim (38587/97) Admissibility / 135
Period / Jovanovic v Croatia (59109/00) / Admissibility / 136
/ Hazar and Others v Turkey
/ (62566/00-62577/00 and
62579-62581/00) Admissibility / 134
Compensation / McCann v United Kingdom (18984/91) / Judgment / 138
Section 3: Appendices
1. Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty in all Circumstances / 140
2. Withdrawal of Turkey’s derogation to Article 5 of the ECHR / 142
3. Council of Europe - Committee of Ministers’ Interim Resolution Res DH (2002) 98: Action of the Security Forces in Turkey, Progress Achieved and Outstanding Problems / 143
4. Harmonization Law (no. 4771) Adopted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly, 3rd August 2002 / 148
5. NGOs’ Response to the Report of the Evaluation Group on the European Court of Human Rights / 151
KHRP Publications 2001 & 2002 - Order Form / 158
Footnotes / 161
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