Item 3 - Case of Akdivar and others v. Turkey (Article 50) (99/1995/605/693), Judgment

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3 copies of the judgment in the Akdivar and others case (A44/43/1/2) with regards to Article 50 of the European Convention on Human Rights, including dissenting opinions. The Court ruled by seventeen votes to one that the Protocol did not constitute a legally applicable settlement and thus the Court must consider the applicants’ claims for just satisfaction. The Court also ruled by seventeen votes to one that the respondent State is to pay to the applicants, within three months, the following sums to be converted into Turkish liras at the rate applicable on the date of settlement:
(a) in respect of pecuniary damage:
(i) 6,057 (six thousand and fifty-seven) pounds sterling and 85 (eighty-five) pence to Ahmet Akdivar,
(ii) 7,205 (seven thousand two hundred and five) pounds sterling and 99 (ninety-nine) pence to Ali Akdivar,
(iii) 32,578 (thirty-two thousand five hundred and seventy-eight) pounds sterling and 79 (seventy-nine) pence to Zülfükar Çiçek,
(iv) 16,173 (sixteen thousand one hundred and seventy-three) pounds sterling and 44 (forty-four) pence to Abdurrahman Akdivar,
(v) 14,533 (fourteen thousand five hundred and thirty-three) pounds sterling and 23 (twenty-three) pence to Abdurrahman Aktaş,
(vi) 12,539 (twelve thousand five hundred and thirty-nine) pounds sterling and 36 (thirty-six) pence to Mehmet Karabulut,
(vii) 25,974 (twenty-five thousand nine hundred and seventy-four) pounds sterling and 10 (ten) pence to Ahmet Çiçek;
(b) in respect of non-pecuniary damage the sum of 8,000 (eight thousand) pounds sterling each;
Turkey was to pay to the applicants, within three months, 8,140 (eight thousand one hundred and forty) pounds sterling in respect of costs and expenses together with any value-added tax that may be chargeable.
Full text of the judgment is available to view at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-58152

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