File 1 - Correspondence

69 items

Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Zübeyde Dulaş case. The correspondence is with the European Commission of Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Kurdish Human Rights Project. Notable items within this correspondence accessible to the public include: the 23 June 1994 revelation of the applicant's name to the Commission after being informed that the Commission would not accept an anonymous application; letters which accompanied documents and observations submitted on behalf of the applicant; notes for the guidance of those taking part in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights; composition of the Chamber hearing the case; logistical details pertaining to the hearing in the case scheduled for 1-6 July 1996 in Ankara including lists of witnesses; correspondence regarding a dispute between the Essex legal team and the KHRP over representation at the hearing and an apparent effort of the KHRP's executive director to have Boyle and Hampson removed as representatives in favour of their own barristers; requests on behalf of the applicant for extensions of document submission deadlines; logistical details pertaining to the rescheduled hearing in the case held on 3-8 February 1997 in Ankara including lists of witnesses; Zübeyde Dulaş' declaration of means; letters from the Court requesting information from the applicant’s representatives; and the 30 January 2001 notice of the Court's judgment in the case alongside consent to publish Dulaş's name.

Correspondence and associated materials within the file that were created by either the European Commission of Human Rights or the Government of Turkey are not permitted to be accessed until 1 November 2073.

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