Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11
ECHR Video of the full Nov 2009 hearing, the Judgement on 5th March 2010 and TV News reports on reactions in Cyprus detailed at: http://bit.ly/aYd4ya
------------------
18/11/2009
The Court held a Grand Chamber hearing in the case of Demopoulos v. Turkey
and 7 other cases. The applicants are all Cypriot nationals of Greek-Cypriot
origin. They claim to be the owners of movable and immovable property located
in the northern part of Cyprus, which has been occupied by the Turkish army
since 1974. They allege that the Turkish authorities are preventing them from
having access to this property and disposing of it as they wish.
--------------------
Following the Turkish invasion and military occupation of the northern part of Cyprus in 1974, Turkey forcibly expelled from their homes more than 162,000 Greek Cypriots. Greek Cypriot owners of property in the occupied areas are still being denied access, control, use and enjoyment of their properties as well as any compensation for interference with their property rights. A large proportion of the properties from which Greek Cypriot owners were expelled, was unlawfully distributed and is currently being used by tens of thousands of Turkish settlers illegally brought into the occupied area by Turkey to change the demographic structure of Cyprus. Moreover, unprecedented illegal construction is taking place on land which belongs to Greek Cypriots who were forced to abandon the occupied areas during the Turkish invasion. There has been a landmark ruling by the European Union's 'European Court of Justice' over implementation of a Nicosia court's verdict against a British couple who built a luxury home on land belonging to a displaced Greek Cypriot owner, which awaits confirmation by the British Court of Appeal on whether to implement the ECJ's ruling on the Apostolides vs. Orams case.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which is part of the Council of Europe, hearing involved the latest case of many by Greek Cypriots against Turkey which has many judgements against it already. This hearing about eight test cases including the case of Demopoulos v. Turkey, are considered pilot cases by the Court. The court has to decide whether a so-called Immovable Properties Commission in the Turkish occupied 'north' of Cyprus constitutes an effective domestic remedy for applications by Greek Cypriots against Turkey. If it decides in favour of the property commission as an effective domestic remedy, then Greek Cypriots will no longer have direct recourse to the ECHR for their property claims but must pass through the commission in the north first.
The Greek Cypriot applicants are arguing that the Turkish authorities are preventing them from peacefully enjoying their property, having access to it and disposing of it as they wish, and that the IPC which was set up by the unrecognised TRNC subservient state created in 'the north' of Cyprus, is neither legal nor adequate, despite its having been used by other Greek Cypriots who have reportedly been awarded compensation.
The webcast of this ECHR Grand Chamber hearing in its entirety has been made available here to ensure greater public accessibility in the name of a greater public good, and in particular to highlight the point made by Mr Anderson in his submission to the court, contained in his closing statements.
This video can also be seen at the ECHR website at: http://bit.ly/3Z8eGE
This video can also be seen in smaller clips as a YouTube Playlist at: http://bit.ly/7f4zKs
A record number of judgements were won by Cyprus against Turkey at the ECHR recently - detailed at: http://bit.ly/8LNeIX
===================
Other Cyprus-related videos from this source available online at archive dot org are detailed by links at:
http://www.archive.org/bookmarks/grokked
and at the YouTube profile:
http://www.youtube.com/grokked
------------------
18/11/2009
The Court held a Grand Chamber hearing in the case of Demopoulos v. Turkey
and 7 other cases. The applicants are all Cypriot nationals of Greek-Cypriot
origin. They claim to be the owners of movable and immovable property located
in the northern part of Cyprus, which has been occupied by the Turkish army
since 1974. They allege that the Turkish authorities are preventing them from
having access to this property and disposing of it as they wish.
--------------------
Following the Turkish invasion and military occupation of the northern part of Cyprus in 1974, Turkey forcibly expelled from their homes more than 162,000 Greek Cypriots. Greek Cypriot owners of property in the occupied areas are still being denied access, control, use and enjoyment of their properties as well as any compensation for interference with their property rights. A large proportion of the properties from which Greek Cypriot owners were expelled, was unlawfully distributed and is currently being used by tens of thousands of Turkish settlers illegally brought into the occupied area by Turkey to change the demographic structure of Cyprus. Moreover, unprecedented illegal construction is taking place on land which belongs to Greek Cypriots who were forced to abandon the occupied areas during the Turkish invasion. There has been a landmark ruling by the European Union's 'European Court of Justice' over implementation of a Nicosia court's verdict against a British couple who built a luxury home on land belonging to a displaced Greek Cypriot owner, which awaits confirmation by the British Court of Appeal on whether to implement the ECJ's ruling on the Apostolides vs. Orams case.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which is part of the Council of Europe, hearing involved the latest case of many by Greek Cypriots against Turkey which has many judgements against it already. This hearing about eight test cases including the case of Demopoulos v. Turkey, are considered pilot cases by the Court. The court has to decide whether a so-called Immovable Properties Commission in the Turkish occupied 'north' of Cyprus constitutes an effective domestic remedy for applications by Greek Cypriots against Turkey. If it decides in favour of the property commission as an effective domestic remedy, then Greek Cypriots will no longer have direct recourse to the ECHR for their property claims but must pass through the commission in the north first.
The Greek Cypriot applicants are arguing that the Turkish authorities are preventing them from peacefully enjoying their property, having access to it and disposing of it as they wish, and that the IPC which was set up by the unrecognised TRNC subservient state created in 'the north' of Cyprus, is neither legal nor adequate, despite its having been used by other Greek Cypriots who have reportedly been awarded compensation.
The webcast of this ECHR Grand Chamber hearing in its entirety has been made available here to ensure greater public accessibility in the name of a greater public good, and in particular to highlight the point made by Mr Anderson in his submission to the court, contained in his closing statements.
This video can also be seen at the ECHR website at: http://bit.ly/3Z8eGE
This video can also be seen in smaller clips as a YouTube Playlist at: http://bit.ly/7f4zKs
A record number of judgements were won by Cyprus against Turkey at the ECHR recently - detailed at: http://bit.ly/8LNeIX
===================
Other Cyprus-related videos from this source available online at archive dot org are detailed by links at:
http://www.archive.org/bookmarks/grokked
and at the YouTube profile:
http://www.youtube.com/grokked
Reviews
There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to
write a review.
