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- 2001/03/01
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51pp
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Published judgment in the Hüseyin and Devrim Berktay case (A44/43/1/16). On 1 March 2001, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights with regards to Devrim Berktay but not to Hüseyin Berktay (unanimous), and that there had been violations of Article 5 with regards to Devrim Berktay (6 votes to 1) and Article 13 (unanimous). Devrim Berktay was awarded £55,000 sterling in bodily and non-pecuniary damages, while Hüseyin Berktay was awarded £2,500 sterling in non-pecuniary damages. The applicants were also awarded £12,000 in costs and expenses (less 26,636 French francs received in legal aid). The full judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-63825
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French