LOIZIDOU v. TURKEYPARTIALLY DISSENTING OPINION OF MR. M.P. PELLONPÄÄ
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PARTIALLY DISSENTING OPINION OF MR. M.P. PELLONPÄÄ
While I share the opinion of the majority of the Commission in
other respects, I disagree in so far as concerns the complaints based
on Article 5 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No.1.
The majority seem to consider that the applicant's right
protected by Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 has been interfered with only
"indirectly", and that therefore the case discloses no issue under
Article 1 of Protocol 1 (paras. 98, 100). This finding appears to be
based on the view that the applicant in reality complains only about
the lack of free access to her property, i.e., denial of freedom of
movement.
In agreement with what is said by Mr. Rozakis in his Dissenting
Opinion I consider this to be an unduly narrow construction of the
applicant's complaint made under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1. In her
application form the applicant submitted that:
"Turkey through the use of the T.M.F. and by the continued
occupation and or control of the said part of Cyprus and by
prohibiting the Applicant access to the said part of Cyprus
and consequently to her property in question, has gradually
and with the passing of time over the last 15 years,
affected the rights of the Applicant as property owner and
in particular her right to peaceful enjoyment of her
possessions contrary to Article 1 of protocol 1 of the
Convention (see SPORRONG ...) thus constituting a
continuing violation of the said Article."
In her observations on the merits submitted in December 1992 the
applicant specified that:
"In the particular case of violations of Article 1 of
Protocol 1 of the Convention, the object of the Application
is for the Applicant to be restored to the peaceful
enjoyment of her possessions in the area occupied by Turkey
and, in particular, her immovable property situated in
Kyrenia. In addition the Applicant seeks compensation for
the deprivation of the use and enjoyment of her property
for the period between July 20, 1974 up to this day."
To me it is clear that the applicant's complaint is not limited
to the access aspect but concerns an alleged denial of various aspects
of the right guaranteed by Article 1 of Protocol No. 1.
Since 1974 all the essential elements of the applicant's rights
as the owner of the property, including access to the property, have
been interfered with. This interference was not for the purpose of
controlling the use of the property within the meaning of the second
paragraph of Article 1 of Protocol No.1. Nor was the applicant's
property formally expropriated before the acceptance by Turkey of the
right of individual petition in such a way as to remove the
interference from the Commission's competence ratione temporis.
According to the respondent Government, "the question of Greek
properties in the north and Turkish Cypriot properties in the south is
a matter of discussion within the framework of the intercommunal talks"
(para. 30 of the Commission's report). Thus the unsettled nature of the
property issue - and the continuing nature of the interference - is
conceded by the Government.
Under these circumstances the denial of access to the property
and denial of its enjoyment amount to a continuing violation of
Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (see, mutatis mutandis, Case of
Papamichalopoulos and Others v. Greece, Eur. Court H.R., judgment of
24 June 1993). This violation is attributable to Turkey, as there are
no circumstances which would break the chain of causation between the
original interference by Turkey and the present situation. I refer to
the considerations put forward in my Partially Concurring, Partially
Dissenting Opinion in Chrysostomos and Papachrysostomou v. Turkey
(Nos. 15299/89 and 15300/89).
I also consider that Article 5 of the Convention has been
violated. I doubt whether the arrest and detention on the basis of the
rules relied on in the main opinion of the Commission fulfilled the
requirement of foreseeability and therefore took place "in accordance
with a procedure prescribed by law". In all the circumstances of the
case, including the length of the deprivation of liberty, I conclude
that the applicant's "right to liberty and security of person",
guaranteed by para. 1 of Article 5, was violated.
APPENDIX I
HISTORY OF PROCEEDINGS
Date Item
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2 July 1989 Introduction of the application
31 July 1989 Registration of the application
Examination of Admissibility
7 September 1989 Commission considers state of
proceedings
7 October 1989 Commission considers state of
proceedings
9 November 1989 Commission's decisions:
- to join the present application and
Applications No. 15299/89
(Metropolitan Chrysostomos v. Turkey),
and No. 15300/89 (Archimandrite
Papachrysostomou v. Turkey);
- to invite the Government to submit
observations on the admissibility and
merits of the applications
28 February 1990 Government's observations
11 May 1990 Applicants' observations in reply
5 October 1990 Commission's decision to hold an oral
hearing
18 December 1990 Further written submissions by the
applicant
11 January 1991 Oral hearing on admissibility and
merits
11 and 12 January 1991 Commission's deliberations
4 March 1991 Commission's further deliberations and
decision to declare the application
partly admissible and partly
inadmissible
7 March 1991 Commission approves text of decision
on admissibility
7 March 1991 Decision on admissibility communicated
to the parties
Examination of the merits
7 March 1991 Commission invites Government to
submit observations on the merits
7 May 1991 Government's requests to re-open
proceedings on admissibility and to
declare the applications inadmissible
24 May 1991 Applicant's comments on the
Government's requests
30 May 1991 Commission finds no legal basis for
the requests, invites Government
again to submit observations on
merits
6 July 1991 Commission grants Government's request
for extension of time-limit
25 September 1991 Government refuse to participate in
further proceedings
8 October 1991 Commission's deliberations
16 October 1991 Commission's further deliberations and
adoption of Interim Report to the
Committee of Ministers
17 October 1991 Commission's deliberations
19 December 1991 Committee of Ministers adopts
Resolution DH (91) 41
14 January 1992 Commission's decisions:
- to take oral evidence;
- to invite parties to file
observations
28 February 1992 Government's observations
24 March 1992 Submissions by applicant
9 April 1992 Commission's decisions:
- appointment of Delegation for
hearing of witnesses;
- list of witnesses to be examined
29 April 1992 Government propose further witness
19 May 1992 Commission's deliberations
20 May 1992 Further submissions by Government
5 June 1992 Further submissions by applicant
9 and 10 June 1992 Hearing of witnesses by Delegation
7 July 1992 Commission's decision to hold oral
hearing on the merits of the
applications
28 September 1992 Further written submissions by the
applicant
1 October 1992 Further written submissions by the
Government
20 November 1992 Government submit documentary material
2 December 1992 Communication from Government
3 December 1992 Commission's deliberations
4 December 1992 Oral hearing on the merits.
Commission's deliberations
7 December 1992 Commission decides to disjoin the
present application from Applications
No. 15299/89 (Metropolitan
Chrysostomos v. Turkey), and
No. 15300/89 (Archimandrite
Papachrysostomou v. Turkey);
28 January 1993 Final submissions by applicant
29 January 1993 Government's final submissions
3 April 1993 Commission's consideration of the
state of proceedings
29 June 1993 Commission's deliberations on the
merits and final vote
8 July 1993 Adoption of the Report