Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, Françoise Hampson, and Bill Bowring pertaining to the Nesime Haran 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: the letter of 22 June 1995 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; the Court’s letter of 2 July 1999 informing that it has now taken over examination of the application and has declared it admissible; Boyle’s letter to the Court of 18 August 1999 designating Bowring as legal representative; and Hampson’s letter to the Court of 11 March 2000 informing that she and Boyle are withdrawing as legal representatives in the case.
NOTE: 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.
Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Ertak 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 regarding the necessity of the Government to release various documents in order for the applicant to be able to submit his observations and the related charges against domestic lawyer Tahir Elçi (himself an applicant, see A44/43/1/28); correspondence pertaining to the 3-8 February 1997 case hearing in Ankara including lists of proposed witnesses; the applicant’s declaration of means submitted on 2 February 1997; correspondence regarding the applicants’ claims for just satisfaction; and correspondence pertaining to the 9 May 2000 case judgment.
Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Gül 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: the letter of 26 August 1993 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; correspondence pertaining to the 15-20 February 1999 case hearing in Ankara including lists of proposed witnesses; questions posed by Boyle for Gül; and correspondence pertaining to the 21 November 2000 case judgment.
Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, Bill Bowring, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Ersöz and others (Özgür Gündem) 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 pertaining to the 10 November 1999 case hearing in Strasbourg; letters of legal authorisation from applicants to be submitted to the Court; correspondence regarding the applicants’ claims for just satisfaction; and correspondence pertaining to the 16 March 2000 case judgment.
Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Muharrem Ergi 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: the letter of 24 March 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; logistical correspondence pertaining to the 5-10 February 1996 case hearing in Ankara; the 10 July 1997 letter from the Court announcing that the Commission has transferred the case to the Court; letters from the Court requesting information from the applicant’s representatives and acknowledging receipt of correspondence; and the 9 October 1997 statement of Muharrem Ergi authorising Hampson and Ozman Baydemir as his legal representatives before the Court.
Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, Françoise Hampson, and Timothy Otty pertaining to the Elçi and others 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; the 3 December 1993 notice of the Elçi and others application; the 28 April 1994 and 3 September 1994 notices of the Şahin & Şahin application; requests from the applicants' representatives requesting extensions for document submissions; the 2 June 1994 request of the KHRP to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture to investigate the torture of Tahir Elçi; letters from the Court requesting information from the applicants' representatives and accordant letters of acknowledgment of receipt; correspondence from the legal team regarding the 2 December 1996 case hearing, including procedural correspondence and lists of proposed witnesses; statements of means from many of the applicants submitted with regards to obtaining legal aid from the Commission; and the 23 June 2000 notice from Boyle and Hampson that they were withdrawing as legal representatives in the cases.
Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Gündem 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: the letter of 26 August 1993 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; correspondence pertaining to the 7-8 March 1996 case hearing in Strasbourg including lists of proposed witnesses; all correspondence from the European Court of Human Rights including the 28 October 1996 letter informing that the case has been referred to the Court; and correspondence pertaining to the applicant’s claims for just satisfaction under Article 50 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Correspondence between the legal representatives and the European Court of Human Rights specifically pertaining to claims for legal costs and fees and to the 22 September 1997 hearing before the Court. The main subfile of case correspondence is located at A44/43/1/33/1/1.
Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Takin 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; requests on behalf of the applicant for extensions of document submission deadlines; Salih Tekin’s 27 July 1995 declaration of means; correspondence pertaining to the errant report that the applicant had been taken into custody on 6 October 1995 (it was revealed that it was an unrelated person with the same name); correspondence pertaining to the 6-10 November 1995 and 7 March 1996 case hearings including lists of proposed witnesses; the case summary prepared by the Essex team in advance of the November hearings including a chronology of the case; the Commission’s 28 May 1997 referral of the case to the Court; Reidy’s letter of 10 June 1997 informing the Commission that the Diyarbakır Branch of the Human Rights Association was raided by security forces on 23 May 1997 and that materials relating to individual applications before the Commission and Court was removed by the forces; correspondence pertaining to the 25 March 1998 case hearing in Strasbourg including the offer of legal aid; the Court’s letter of 9 June 1998 informing that a judgment has been adopted; and correspondence pertaining to the payment of the judgment.
Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Bill Bowring, Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Toğcu 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 25 May 1995 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; Hüseyin Toğcu’s 24 December 1999 declaration of means, and Ali Toğcu’s responses to questions submitted by the Court received 25 January 2000.