Doc. 9777

10 April 2003

Property rights of displaced persons in Turkey

Written question No 427 to the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers

presented by Mr Jurgens

      Having regard to Turkey’s continued failure to comply with the Loizidou judgment, which is unprecedented in the history of the Council of Europe,

      Recalling the grave concerns expressed in this respect and the Assembly’s decision to consider at its April session the consequences of a continuing refusal on the part of Turkey to abide by the judgment,

      Noting however with interest that during the recent Committee of Ministers’ meetings the Turkish authorities expressed their determination to comply with the judgment of 28 July 1998 concerning the just satisfaction and that the Committee expects to receive shortly information on concrete steps to this effect,

      Mr Jurgens

      To ask the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers,

      If he could provide the Assembly with more details concerning the progress expected on the payment issue and if further measures are now taken to respect the property rights of displaced persons as required by the European Court of Human Rights and the Court’s judgments;

      How much more time the Committee will now give Turkey to settle these overdue issues?

Signed ¹:

Jurgens, Netherlands, SOC

¹        SOC: Socialist Group

      EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party

      EDG: European Democratic Group

      LDR : Liberal, Democratic and Reformers’ Group

      UEL: Group of the Unified European Left

      NR: not registered in a group