Cyprus vs Turkey 1of17 ECHR Grand Chamber Nov 2009

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) hearing takes place before 19 judges sitting in 'Grand Chamber', and begins with an address by its President . The Grand Chamber consists of: Jean-Paul Costa (France), President, Christos Rozakis (Greece), Nicolas Bratza (United Kingdom), Peer Lorenzen (Denmark), Françoise Tulkens (Belgium), Josep Casadevall (Andorra), Giovanni Bonello (Malta), Vladimiro Zagrebelsky (Italy), Lech Garlicki (Poland), Khanlar Hajiyev (Azerbaijan), Ljiljana Mijović (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Egbert Myjer (Netherlands), David Thór Björgvinsson (Iceland), Ján Šikuta (Slovakia), Mark Villiger (Liechtenstein), Päivi Hirvelä (Finland), Işıl Karakaş (Turkey), judges, Ann Power (Ireland), Karel Jungwiert (Czech Republic), Alvina Gyulumyan (Armenia), substitute judges.

Grand Chamber hearing of the European Court of Human Rights of the Council of Europe 18th November 2009 - which awaits judgement - 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. The illegally declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, condemned by UN resolutions and recognised by no country other than Turkey, has set up an 'Immovable Property Commission' and this hearing involves whether this is to be recognised as adequate or not. Cypriot refugees 'allege' that the Turkish authorities are preventing them from having access to this property and disposing of it as they wish.

ECHR Video of full Nov 2009 hearing, DECISION on 5th March 2010 and TV News reports on reactions in Cyprus:
Full decision detailed at: http://bit.ly/aYd4ya

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