CYPRUS DOCUMENT: European Court of Human Rights, 185, 6.4.2005

Abstract

The European Court ofHuman Rights [sitting in Chamber] unanimously dedared admissible the application lodged against Turkey by Cypriot national Ms. Myra Xenides-Arestis, who was displaced from her home and property during Turkey's military invasion of Cyprus in 1974.
The application was lodged with the European Court of Human Rights on 4 November 1998. The Government of the Republic of Cyprus as of right intervened in the proceedings. The Court held a public hearing on 2 September 2004 and published its decision on 6 April 2005.
ln essence, the Court concluded that:
Turkey's Government continues to exercise overall military control over the northern part of Cyprus and have not been able to show that there has been any change in this respect and it is therefore responsible for violations of human rights occurring in that area.