CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 20 novembre 2002

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s94935B0F { width:389.85pt; display:inline-block } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sADADF4A7 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .s3964C3A3 { width:1.36pt; display:inline-block } .s901C2590 { width:56.7pt; display:inline-block } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     582   20.11.2002   Press release issued by the Registrar   Witness Evidence Taken in the case of Abdürrezzak İpek v. Turkey       A delegation of three Judges of the European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), composed of Section President Jean-Paul Costa (French), Gaukur Jörundsson (Icelandic) and Volodymyr   Butkevych (Ukrainian), have been taking evidence from witnesses in Ankara (Turkey) in the case Abdürrezzak İpek v. Turkey (application no. 25760/94). Witnesses have been heard this week, from Monday 18 to Wednesday 20 November.   The applicant, Abdürrezzak İpek, complains about the disappearance of his two sons, İkram and Servet İpek, who were allegedly last seen by three people taken into detention with them. He also alleges that his family home and property were destroyed by security forces in the course of an operation conducted in his village of Turalı, near Lice, on 18 May 1994. He relies on Articles 2 (right to life), 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment), 5 (right to liberty and security), 13 (right to an effective remedy), 14 (prohibition of discrimination) and 18 (limitation on use of restrictions on rights) of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the Convention.   The Turkish Government submit that the investigation carried out by the authorities proved that no operation was conducted in the area by security forces on 18   May 1994. They further maintain that the applicant’s sons were never detained.   The case was declared admissible on 14 May 2002.   ***   Further information about the Court can be found on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contacts:   Roderick Liddell (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 24 92)   Emma Hellyer (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15)   Stéphanie Klein (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54) Fax: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. On 1 November 1998 a full-time Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Commission and Court.