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Human Rights in relation to the Property Issue in Cyprus Latest Developments The Hellenic Centre, 5 November 2019 Achilleas Demetriades Advocate 1/9 INTRODUCTION Only legal analysis 2/9 Loizidou v. Turkey Effective control by Turkey


  1. Human Rights in relation to the Property Issue in Cyprus Latest Developments The Hellenic Centre, 5 November 2019 Achilleas Demetriades Advocate 1/9

  2. INTRODUCTION ▪ Only legal analysis 2/9

  3. Loizidou v. Turkey ▪ Effective control by Turkey ▪ Subordinate local administration ▪ Recognition of title deeds of Republic of Cyprus (RoC) 3/9

  4. ECtHR ▪ Right of Individual Petition: Art. 35 ECHR ▪ Exhaustion of domestic remedies ▪ Demopoulos v. Turkey, 2010 Judgment on admissibility ▪ Immovable Property Commission (IPC) not incompatible with ECHR ▪ Effectiveness issue, still open ▪ Xenides – Aresti Group. Judgments about € 50 mil. 4/9

  5. IPC ▪ Accepts certificates of RoC ▪ Remedies: Restitution, Exchange, Compensation ▪ Joannou v. Turkey: 2 Properties Restitution, 3 Properties Compensation £215.000 (Pending) ▪ Skourides, Larnacas tis Lapithou: Restitution ▪ Awards: £300 mil. Compensation paid, only £200 mil. ▪ Procedure still ineffective 5/9

  6. ECtHR Cases ▪ Fenced up area of Famagusta (16/12/19 Turkish Deadline) (a) EVKAF (b) (i) Restitution (ii) Compensation for loss of use ▪ Occupied Nicosia (17/12/19 Turkish Deadline) ▪ Why is RoC participating only in one? 6/9

  7. Dr. Ramon ▪ ECtHR Judgment 2010 www.drramon.eu ▪ Execution – Assets of the EU Commission 7/9

  8. CJEU ▪ Garnishee proceedings in Cyprus (26/6/19) ▪ Pre-accession assistance to Turkey ▪ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ▪ Set aside immunity of EU Commission ▪ Any future in this? 8/9

  9. Thank you! Achilleas Demetriades 9/9

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