File 1 - Correspondence

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Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Nasır İlhan 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: Hampson’s letter of 21 December 1993 forwarding Abdüllatif İlhan’s authorisation of his brother’s application on his behalf; letters which accompanied documents and observations submitted on behalf of the applicants; requests on behalf of the applicant for extensions of document submission deadlines; Boyle and Hampson’s letter of 7 March 1995 clarifying that Nasır İlhan is the applicant rather than Abdüllatif İlhan due to the continuing impact of Abdüllatif’s injuries; correspondence pertaining to the 4-9 May 1998 case hearing in Ankara including lists of proposed witnesses; the final pleadings of the applicant on the merits of the application (submitted on 20 November 1998); the 13 September 1999 referral of the case to the Court; the Court’s 5 January 2000 offer of legal aid; power of attorney forms signed by Nasır İlhan; and notice of the Court’s judgment adopted on 27 June 2000.

Correspondence and associated materials within the file that were created by either the European Commission of Human Rights or the Government of Turkey, as well as all correspondence pertaining to friendly settlement negotiations, are not permitted to be accessed until 1 November 2073.

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