Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe(ABTTF), with the support of MEP François Alfonsi(Greens/EFA) have the pleasure to host an online panel discussion on “The Long-Standing Problem of Non-Execution of ECtHR’s Judgments by Greece: The Bekir Ousta and Others Group of Cases”
The discussion will focus on the problems in non-execution of judgments in the Bekir Ousta and others group of cases v. Greece (application No. 35151/05), which concern violations of the right to freedom of association (Article 11) in 2007 and 2008 due to the domestic courts’ rulings not to register associations (Bekir-Ousta and Others and Emin and Others) and a decision leading to the dissolution of an association (Tourkiki Enosi Xanthis and others) on the ground that their aim was to promote the idea that an ethnic Turkish minority existed in Greece.
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe closely examines the execution of these three judgments. After the examination in March 2021, the Committee decided to resume the examination at the next meeting on 7-9 June 2021; and, in the event that no tangible progress has been made by then to implement the individual measures, instructed the Secretariat to prepare a draft interim resolution for the Committee’s consideration.
To this day, applications of the three associations have still not been re-examined by domestic courts on their merits in the light of the Court’s case law thirteen years after the European Court’s judgments. Two of the present associations remain unregistered and one dissolved, without a Convention compliant examination of their cases by the domestic courts to date.
Programme:
Opening Remarks and Welcome Speech
Halit Habip Oglu
President of Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe(ABTTF)
Panellists:
MEP François Alfonsi (Greens/EFA)
Co-Chair of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, Communities and
Languages
İlker Çavuşoğlu
Legal Counsel of Bekir Ousta Group of Cases and Doctoral Researcher, Human Rights Centre, Ghent University
Panayote Dimitras
Spokesperson of Greek Helsinki Monitor and Board Member of European Implementation Network(EIN)
Maria Giannakaki
Human Rights Specialist, former MP and former Secretary General for Human Rights at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights
The discussion will be moderated by Melek Kırmacı Arık, ABTTF International Affairs Director.
Places on Zoom are limited and please register now to save your seat to take part in the panel from the link below:
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Registered participants will receive a link to the platform before the meeting. As a registered participant, you will be able to ask panellists questions.
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