File 1 - Correspondence

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Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, Françoise Hampson, and Sheldon Leader pertaining to the Kurt 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: letters which accompanied documents and observations submitted on behalf of the applicants; requests on behalf of the applicant for extensions of document submission deadlines; correspondence from the Essex team regarding the 9 December 1994 statement made via the Bismil public prosecutor in which Koçeri Kurt was misled into retracting her application; Boyle and Hampson’s letter of 2 April 1995 informing the Commission of the difficulties they have had in contacting the applicant due to intimidation of her and her lawyers from Turkish authorities; Koçeri Kurt‘s statement of means submitted 10 May 1995; correspondence pertaining to the 5-9 February 1996 case hearing in Ankara including logistical details, offers of legal aid, and lists of potential witnesses; the Court’s letter of 23 January 1997 informing that the Commission has brought the case before the Court; statements of the applicant’s wish to partake in proceedings before the Court and letters of legal authorisation submitted on 19 February 1997; Amnesty International’s request of 29 August 1997 to submit comments on the case; correspondence pertaining to the 26 January 1998 case hearing in Strasbourg including logistical details, offers of legal aid, and lists of potential witnesses; the Court’s letters of 25 May 1998 forwarding copies of the case judgment; the legal representatives’ schedules of professional fees and costs; correspondence regarding shortfalls in payment from the Turkish Government; and Hampson and Boyle’s letter of 9 November 1998 to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe requesting enforcement of the substance of the judgment against the Government.

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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