File 2 - File 2: Correspondence

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Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Behiye Salman 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: letters which accompanied documents and observations submitted on behalf of the applicants; the 23 March 1994 response of the applicant to the Government’s observations on the application; requests on behalf of the applicant for extensions of document submission deadlines; correspondence regarding the intimidation and abuse of Behiye Salman on 24 January 1996 at the anti-terrorism branch of the Adana Security Directorate; Behiye Salman’s 12 February 1996 declaration of means; correspondence pertaining to the 1-5 July 1996 case hearing in Ankara, most notably with regard to the attempt made by the Kurdish Human Rights Project to authorise Tim Otty, Mark Muller, and other KHRP-affiliated lawyers as the applicant’s legal representatives rather than Boyle and Hampson (done without the knowledge of Boyle, Reidy, or Hampson until notified by the Commission; this resulted in a formal complaint to the Ethics Committee of the Bar Council); correspondence pertaining to the 4 December 1996 case hearing in Strasbourg including lists of proposed witnesses; correspondence pertaining to the 4 July 1997 case hearing; correspondence regarding attempts to obtain a power of attorney from Behiye Salman; the 22 June 1999 reference of the case by the Commission to the Court; the Court’s 15 January 2000 offer of legal aid; the Court’s letter of 27 June 2000 forwarding the case judgment; schedules of professional legal fees and costs incurred by the applicant’s representatives; and correspondence between the Essex team and the Diyarbakır team regarding distribution and payment of the awarded 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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