CEDH · CASELAW;RESOLUTIONS;EXECUTION;ENG — 24 juin 2002

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vertical-align:top } .s4F2EDFF { border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:0.75pt; border-left-style:solid; border-left-width:0.75pt; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top } Resolution ResDH(2002)73 concerning the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights on 18 September 2001 (final on 18 December 2001) in Yusuf Çelebi (No. 2) case and 33 other cases against Turkey (see Appendix) relating to the administration’s delay in payment of additional compensation for expropriation and the applicable rate of default interest   (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 June 2002 at the 798th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)   The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as amended by Protocol No. 11 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”),   Having regard to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the 34 cases details of which appear in the Appendix to this resolution, which were delivered on 18 September 2001 and transmitted to the Committee of Ministers once they had become final under Articles 44 and 46 of the Convention;   Recalling that these cases originated in applications against Turkey, lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on 15 August 1991 or 4 May 1992 under former Article 25 of the Convention by 34 Turkish nationals, and that the Court, seized of the cases under Article 5, paragraph 2, of Protocol No. 11, declared admissible the complaints that there had been a breach of the applicants’ right to the peaceful enjoyment of their possessions due to the administration’s delay in paying additional compensation awarded by the domestic courts for the expropriation of the applicants’ properties and due to the substantial difference between the default interest rate applicable at the time and the average rate of inflation in Turkey;   Whereas in its judgments of 18 September 2001 concerning these cases the Court, unanimously:   - held that there had been a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No.1 to the Convention;   - held that it was not necessary to examine the applicants’ complaints under Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Convention;   - held that the government of the respondent state was to pay the applicants, within three months from the date at which the judgment became final, the amounts of just satisfaction awarded in American dollars to be converted into Turkish liras at the rate applicable at the date of settlement (see for details the table appended to the present resolution), and that simple interest at an annual rate of 6 % would be payable on these sums from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement;   Having regard to the Rules adopted by the Committee of Ministers for the application of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention;   Having invited the government of the respondent state to inform it of the measures which had been taken in consequence of the judgments of 18 September 2001, having regard to Turkey’s obligation under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention to abide by them;   Whereas during the examination of the cases by the Committee of Ministers, the government of the respondent state recalled that measures had already been taken to avoid new, similar violations (see Resolutions ResDH(2001)70 and ResDH(2001)71 in the cases Aka and Akkuş against Turkey respectively), notably through the entry into force on 1 January 2000 of Law No. 4489, which brought the statutory rate of default interest into line with the annual rediscount rate applied by the Turkish Central Bank to short-term debts (the latter rate is fixed and permanently reviewed, taking into account particularly the country’s inflation rate), and indicated that the Court’s judgments had been sent out to the authorities directly concerned;   Having satisfied itself that on 27 March 2002, after expiry of the time-limit set, the government of the respondent state had paid the applicants the sums provided for in the judgments of 18 September 2001 and the default interest due,   Declares, after having taken note of the information supplied by the Government of Turkey, that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases.   Appendix to Resolution ResDH(2002)73   Details of the 34 cases and the just satisfaction awarded to the applicants     Case Application No. Pecuniary Damage Non-pecuniary Damage Costs and Expenses Yusuf Çelebi (No. 2) 19667/92 USD 7.645 - USD 300 Osmen Özen (No. 2) 19677/92 USD 2.148 - USD 300 Hasan Öztürk (No. 2) 19680/92 USD 9.895 - USD 300 Ömer Öztürk 19684/92 USD 5.963 USD 1.000 USD 300 Yunus Öztürk (No. 2) 19685/92 USD 10.990 - USD 300 Burhan Sülün (No. 2) 19686/92 USD 11.533 - USD 300 Hüseyin Şahin 19687/92 USD 4.264 - USD 300 Mehmet Şahin 19688/92 USD 4.264 - USD 300 Mustafa Şahin 19689/92 USD 4.264 - USD 300 Celal Şen 19690/92 USD 23.979 - USD 300 Keziban Şen 19691/92 USD 8.038 - USD 300 İbrahim Taşdemir (No. 2) 19692/92 USD 16.949 - USD 300 Mevlüt Taşdemir 19693/92 USD 20.000 USD 1.000 USD 300 Zekeriya Taşdemir (No. 2) 19694/92 USD 13.583 - USD 300 Necati Tosun 19695/92 USD 13.003 USD 1.000 USD 300 Fatma Yavuz 19696/92 USD 1.326 USD 1.000 USD 300 Hüseyin Yavuz 19697/92 USD 6.851 USD 1.000 USD 300 Şakir Yılmaz 19698/92 USD 12.652 USD 1.000 USD 300 Asim Öztekin (No. 2) 20129/92 USD 17.389 - USD 300 Baltekinoğlu 20130/92 USD 24.900 USD 1.000 USD 300 Başar 20131/92 USD 10.107 USD 1.000 USD 300 Satu Bozkurt 20135/92 USD 7.320 USD 1.000 USD 300 İsmihan Çelebi 20137/92 USD 12.964 USD 1.000 USD 300 Mehmet Çelebi 20138/92 USD 9.133 USD 1.000 USD 300 Hüseyin Daniş (No. 2) 20141/92 USD 15.054 - USD 300 Küçükdemirkan 20145/92 USD 14.421 USD 1.000 USD 300 Minikli 20146/92 USD 6.654 USD 1.000 USD 300 Adil Öztekin 20147/92 USD 10.107 USD 1.000 USD 300 Ekrem Öztekin 20148/92 USD 10.107 USD 1.000 USD 300 Havva Öztekin 20149/92 USD 15.986 USD 1.000 USD 300 Hicap Öztekin 20150/92 USD 10.107 USD 1.000 USD 300 Mahir Taşdemir 20157/92 USD 2.734 - USD 300 Mustafa Tosun 20159/92 USD 44.370 USD 1.000 USD 300 Şevket Yılmaz 20160/92 USD 7.475 USD 1.000 USD 300