Zacharias HATZIGEORGIOU and Others v Turkey - 56446/00 [2010] ECHR 1003 (1 June 2010)

The application was inadmissible because the Court lacked temporal jurisdiction over the 1974 events, the complaints regarding investigation into disappearances were introduced out of time, and the applicants failed to exhaust domestic remedies regarding property and home access.

Citation: [2010] ECHR 1003
Parties: Applicants: Zacharias Hatzigeorgiou and Others; Respondent: Turkey
Jurisdiction: European Union
Judgment Date: 01 June 2010
Procedural Posture: Application to the European Court of Human Rights / Decision on Admissibility
Outcome: Application declared inadmissible
Legal Topics: Right to Life, Prohibition of Torture, Prohibition of Forced Labour, Right to Liberty and Security, Right to Respect for Private and Family Life, Prohibition of Discrimination, Right to Property, Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies, Temporal Jurisdiction, Missing Persons

Human Rights Law International Law Right to Life Prohibition of Torture Prohibition of Forced Labour Right to Liberty and Security Right to Respect for Private and Family Life Prohibition of Discrimination +4 more

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Parties

Zacharias Hatzigeorgiou and Others

Applicants

Turkey

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Application to the European Court of Human Rights / Decision on Admissibility

Legal Issues

1 Whether the Court has temporal jurisdiction over complaints relating to events in 1974
2 Whether the applicants complied with the six-month rule for complaints about lack of effective investigation into disappearances
3 Whether the applicants exhausted domestic remedies regarding property and home access

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

Application declared inadmissible