Resolution CM/ResDH(2021)315
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Three cases against Turkey
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10 November 2021
at the 1417th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
Application No.
Case
Judgment of
Final on
7971/07
LEVENTOĞLU ABDULKADİROĞLU
28/05/2013
28/08/2013
38249/09
TANBAY TÜTEN
10/12/2013
10/03/2014
26268/08
TUNCER GÜNEŞ
03/09/2013
03/12/2013
The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),
Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations of the right not to be discriminated against on gender grounds on account of the impossibility for married women to bear only their maiden name (violations of Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 8);
Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:
- of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and
- of general measures preventing similar violations;
Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;
Having examined the information provided by the government indicating the measures adopted to give effect to the judgments, including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see documents DH-DD(2016)452, DH-DD(2021)956);
Recalling that the question of general measures required in response to the shortcomings found by the Court in these judgments continues to be examined within the framework of the Unal Tekeli group of cases and that the closure of these cases therefore in no way prejudges the Committee’s evaluation of the general measures required;
DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases as regards the individual measures and
DECIDES to close the examination of these cases.