Item 30 - Case of Kaya v. Turkey (158/1996/777/978), Judgment

41pp

Published judgment in the Mehmet Kaya case (A44/43/1/41). On 19 February 1998, the European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that it has not been established that the applicant’s brother was unlawfully killed in breach of Article 2 of the Convention; held by 8 votes to 1 that there had been a violation of Article 2 of the Convention on account of the failure of the authorities of the respondent State to conduct an effective investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the applicant’s brother; held by 8 votes to 1 that there had been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention; and held unanimously that there has been no violation of Articles 2, 6 and 13 of the Convention in conjunction with Article 14 of the Convention. The Turkish Government were ordered to pay the widow and children of Abdülmenaf Kaya £17,000 sterling. The full judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-58138. (2 copies)

• Béarla