File 1 - Correspondence

86 items

Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Selçuk and Asker case. The correspondence is with the European Commission of Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, the Kurdish Human Rights Project, and the Diyarbakır-based legal team members. Notable items within this correspondence accessible to the public include: Hampson and Boyle’s letter of 23 June 1994 introducing the application; letters which accompanied documents and observations submitted on behalf of the applicants; requests on behalf of the applicant for extensions of document submission deadlines; Selçuk’ declarations of means submitted 7 July 1995; Asker’s declaration of means submitted 6 September 1995; the applicants’ statements submitted 12 September 1995; correspondence pertaining to the 5-10 February 1996 hearings in Ankara including lists of proposed witnesses; the 22 January 1997 reference of the combined case by the Commission to the Court; the applicants’ powers of attorney submitted 19 February 1997; correspondence pertaining to the 26 January 1998 case hearing in Strasbourg; the Court’s 19 January 1998 offer of legal aid; schedules of professional legal fees and costs incurred by the applicant’s representatives; the Court’s letter of 22 May 2001 forwarding the case judgment; the legal representatives’ schedule of legal fees and costs; correspondence regarding distribution of payment of the awarded judgment; and correspondence regarding delays and shortfalls in the payment and enforcement of the case judgment.

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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