Council of Europe declaration on the Case of Varnava and others v/Turkey | Turkey - Turquía |
23 January 2008
Case of Varnava and others v/Turkey (ECHR)
Written Declaration No 406
This written declaration commits only the members who have signed it
On 10 January 2007, the European Court of Human Rights, in its judgment in the above-mentioned case, found Turkey guilty of violating the rights of nine Greek-Cypriot missing persons and their relatives and held Turkey responsible for violation of Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights:
- Article 2: failing to investigate effectively the whereabouts and fate of the nine applicants;
- Article 3: subjecting relatives of the missing persons to inhuman and degrading treatment by not informing them about the fate of their loved ones;
- Article 5: depriving the missing persons of their liberty and security at the time of disappearance.
The Council of Europe once again firmly calls upon Turkey to:
- fulfill its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and implement this recent judgment;
- carry out an effective investigation into the fate of all the missing persons;
- provide concrete information on all cases of Greek-Cypriot prisoners of war;
- allow access to Turkish army and prison records.
Signed (see overleaf)
Signed: 1
PAPADOPOULOS Antigoni, Cyprus, ALDE
ADONTS Avet, Armenia, EPP/CD
ARNAUT José Luís, Portugal, EPP/CD
BANIAS Ioanni, Greece, UEL
BATET LAMAÑA Meritxell, Spain, SOC
BEMELMANS-VIDEC Marie-Louise, Netherlands, EPP/CD
BENAKI Anna, Greece, EPP/CD
BERÉNYI József, Slovakia, EPP/CD
CILEVIČS Boriss, Latvia, SOC
CIRCENE Ingrida, Latvia, EPP/CD
ČURDOVÁ Anna, Czech Republic, SOC
CURTIS-THOMAS Claire, United Kingdom, SOC
DE VRIES Klaas, Netherlands, SOC
DENDIAS Nikolaos, Greece, EPP/CD
ELZINGA Tuur, Netherlands, UEL
ERR Lydie, Luxembourg, SOC
GARDETTO Jean-Charles, Monaco, EPP/CD
HANCOCK Michael, United Kingdom, ALDE
HARUTIUNYAN Davit, Armenia, NR
HERKEL Andres, Estonia, EPP/CD
HOVANNISIAN Raffi, Armenia, EPP/CD
HOVHANNISYAN Vahe, Armenia, NR
KALLIO Reijo, Finland, SOC
KONEČNÁ Kateřina, Czech Republic, UEL
KOSACHEV Konstantin, Russian Federation, EDG
KOX Tiny, Netherlands, UEL
LAAKSO Jaakko, Finland, UEL
LEUTHEUSSER-SCHNARRENBERGER Sabine, Germany, ALDE
LEYDEN Terry, Ireland, ALDE,
MALINS Humfrey, United Kingdom, EDG
MARTY Dick, Switzerland, ALDE
MEALE Alan, United Kingdom, SOC
MELČÁK Miloš, Czech Republic, SOC
MOTA AMARAL João Bosco, Portugal, EPP/CD
O'HARA Edward, United Kingdom, SOC
OMELCHENKO Hryhoriy, Ukraine, ALDE
PAPALIGOURAS Anastassio, Greece, EPP/CD
PAVLIDIS Aristoteli, Greece, EPP/CD
de POURBAIX-LUNDIN Marietta, Sweden, EPP/CD
POURGOURIDES Christos, Cyprus, EPP/CD
PRESCOTT John, United Kingdom, SOC
RUSSELL-JOHNSTON, United Kingdom, ALDE
SASI Kimmo, Finland, EPP/CD
SIGFÚSSON Steingrímur J., Iceland, UEL
VAREIKIS Egidijus, Lithuania, EPP/CD
VIS Rudi, United Kingdom, SOC
VRETTOS Konstantinos, Greece, SOC
WILLE Paul, Belgium, ALDE
WOLDSETH Karin S., Norway, EDG
ZISSI Roudoula, Greece, SOC
_________________________
Total = 50
1 SOC: Socialist Group
EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party
ALDE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
EDG: European Democratic Group
UEL: Group of the Unified European Left
NR: not registered in a group
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