The
Government of the Republic of
Cyprus welcomes the judgment by the European Court of Human Rights
with regard to the claim by the Republic of Cyprus against Turkey for
just satisfaction on the basis of article 41 of the European
Convention on Human Rights.
It
notes, in particular,
the reference of the Court that Turkey has not fully complied with
the decision of 2001 at the Fourth Intestate Appeal of the Republic
of Cyprus against Turkey, and that this compliance is not consistent
with any permit, participation or complicity in any illegal sale or
exploitation of Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied areas.
The
Government of the Republic of Cyprus also notes with particular
satisfaction, the reference that the decision of the European Court
of Human Rights in the case Demopoulos and Others Vs Turkey does not
release
Turkey
of its obligations for compliance with the decision of the Court on
the Fourth Intestate.
It
welcomes the adjudication
of
compensation for the non-pecuniary damage suffered by the relatives
of the missing persons in the amount of 30 million euro. It stresses
that the efforts will continue until the effective investigation for
the ascertainment of the fate of all the missing persons is completed
and their identified
remains
are handed over so that they are buried according to the wishes of
their loved ones.
As
far as the adjudication of compensation for the non-pecuniary damage
suffered by the enclaved persons (in the Turkish occupied areas) in
the amount of 60 million euro, and in spite of the fact that the
persecution and the suffering they have endured cannot be assessed in
monetary terms, the Government of Cyprus welcomes the fact that the
Court condemns, in this way, one more time, the Turkish policy of the
violations of the human rights of the enclaved persons as well as the
effort to change the demographic character of the occupied areas.
The
Government expects the immediate compliance by Turkey through the
adoption of the necessary measures to stop the illegal exploitation
and sale of Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied areas and to pay
the damages that have been adjudicated
by
the Court.
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