KURT v. TurkeyDISSENTING OPINION OF MM. S. TRECHSEL, C.A. NØRGAARD,
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DISSENTING OPINION OF MM. S. TRECHSEL, C.A. NØRGAARD,
F. MARTINEZ, G. RESS AND K. HERNDL
We regret that we are unable to share the view of the majority of
the Commission that there has been a violation of Article 3 of the
Convention in respect of the applicant. The majority's view is based on
the assumption that the disappearance of her son could constitute inhuman
and degrading treatment in respect of herself. Certainly, the applicant
has had no news of her son for almost three years. She fears that he is
dead and has made appeals that she should at least be given his body.
While the uncertainty, doubt and apprehension suffered by the applicant
must undoubtedly have caused her considerable mental distress, this must
be regarded as an indirect consequence of the fate of her son which the
Commission considers to constitute a violation of Article 5 (see para.
215 of the Report). In addition the applicant's own sufferings are taken
into account in connection with the allegations of a lack of an effective
redress for the disappearance examined in the context of Article 13 of
the Convention (see paras. 220-230 of the report). We therefore believe
that no separate issue arises in the circumstances of this case.
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