Item 5 - Report on the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Case of Mehmet Haran v. Turkey (No.25754/94), Judgment of March 26, 2002.

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Internal report authored by Françoise Hampson on the judgment issued earlier that day by the European Court of Human Rights to impose a friendly settlement in the Mehmet Haran case (A44/43/1/34) and strike the case from its list. Hampson notes that the applicant rejected a friendly settlement and asked the Court to reject the Government's initiative (the request to strike out the case on the basis of the Government's unilateral declaration and offer of £80,000 sterling to Haran). For a number of reasons, Hampson suggests 'we need to consider whether to seek leave to appeal.' Hampson's report, along with the subsequent striking out of two more Kurdish cases within the next two weeks, would lead to a substantial email correspondence chain within the Kurdish Litigation Project team (A44/43/3/2/9).

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