File 10 - Front-of-file documents

10 items

Materials placed in sleeves at the front of the Muharrem Elgi casefile binder. These include:
1) Working case notes written by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson on A4 foolscap and scrap paper between 1993 and 1997 (c. 60pp)
2) Kevin Boyle’s draft of the applicant’s reply to the Turkish Government’s observation on the Ergi application (15 April 1995, 7pp)
3) Expert report from forensic pathologist Dr Christopher Milroy on the ballistics which resulted in Havva Ergi’s death (1 September 1995, 2pp)
4) Report of the European Commission of Human Rights on the Ergi case adopted 20 May 1997. The full report is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-45906 (41pp)
5) Statement (18 December 1997) of Muharrem Ergi answering questions from his Turkish lawyers, plus copies of his 1995 statements to the Aydın Security Directorate regarding his application and Kevin Boyle’s typed notes on the case (c. 15pp)
6) Case judgment of 28 July 1998 published in French by the European Court of Human Rights (37pp). The full judgment is available for viewing in English at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-58200
7) Schedule of professional legal fees and costs incurred by Ergi’s representatives (4pp);
8) Press releases in English and French made by the Court regarding the Ergi case hearing (21 April 1998, 13pp)
9) Text of the speech made on behalf of the applicant in front od the European Court of Human Rights, 22 April 1998 (13pp)
10) Correspondence between 1998 and 2003 regarding the payment of Ergi’s awarded judgment (8pp)

• English

• French

• Turkish