Özel and Others v. Turkey (applications nos. 14350/05, 15245/05 and 16051/05) (AİHS md. 2)

Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi’ne göre, “yargılama, deprem mağdurlarının vefatına ilişkin sorumluluğu tesis edememiştir.” 

17.11.2015 tarihli Özel and Others v. Turkey kararı, 17 Ağustos 1999 depreminde başvurucuların aile üyelerinin vefatı ile ilgilidir. Mahkemeye göre, ulusal otoriteler, sorumlulukları belirlemekte hızlı şekilde hareket etmemiştir. Sonuç olarak, AİHS md. 2, usuli yönüyle ihlal edilmiştir.

Özel and Others v. Turkey kararı, “http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/” adresinden erişilebilirdir.

Özel and Others v. Turkey kararının basın duyurusu,
“http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf?library=ECHR&id=003-5224921-6478918&filename=Judgment%20%D6zel%20and%20Others%20v.%20Turkey%20-%20inadequacy%20of%20investigation%20following%20earthquake%20of%2017%20August%201999.pdf” adresinden erişilebilirdir.

Bu basın duyurusunun özeti, İngilizce haliyle, aşağıdaki gibidir:

Özel and Others v. Turkey (applications nos. 14350/05, 15245/05 and 16051/05)
 
Proceedings failed to establish responsibilities for death of earthquake victims
 
In today’s Chamber judgment1 in the case of Özel and Others v. Turkey (applications nos. 14350/05, 15245/05 and 16051/05) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:
a violation of Article 2 (right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights under its procedural head.
The case concerned the deaths of the applicants’ family members, who were buried alive under buildings that collapsed in the town of Çınarcık in an earthquake on 17 August 1999, one of the deadliest earthquakes ever recorded in Turkey.
The Court found in particular that the national authorities had not acted promptly in determining the responsibilities and circumstances of the collapse of the buildings which had caused the deaths.