Varosha: the legal aspect of the Turkish move
A lot has been said about its political implications and aims but little has been written on the legal aspect By Achilleas Demetriades The announcement...
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Prominent lawyer proposes bicommunal Covid hospital at old Nicosia airport
A hospital in the abandoned Nicosia airport in the buffer zone, providing health care to Covid-19 patients from both sides of the divide, built with...
UN should take over Varosha, Cypriot property applicants say in letter to CoE
Turkey’s plan to reopen Varosha is a further violation of their property rights, Greek Cypriot applicants say in a letter to the Council of Europe,...
Droit de suite: the artist’s resale right
By Achilleas Demetriades I INTRODUCTION THE Artist’s Resale Right (ARR), which is also referred to as the “Droit de suite”, originated in France and allows...
Varosha property owners told: stop Turkey, make immediate claims to property commission
The owners of around 420 properties along the coastal strip of fenced-off Varosha should file their claims immediately with the immovable properties commission (IPC) for...
‘Robust defence needed to block Turkey’s unilateral plans for Varosha’
The Greek Cypriot side needs to mount a robust legal defence to block unilateral Turkish plans to develop Varosha, and it needs to do it...
‘Ankara trying to buy time in property cases before ECHR’
By Antonios Gkildakis Turkey’s delays over two cases before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) are merely efforts to buy time, lawyer for the...
Varosha property owners need to ensure their title deeds, lawyer says
The first thing Greek Cypriot owners of Varosha property must do is ensure that they have title deeds in the name of a living person,...
Foreign ministry says it treats ECHR cases ‘with due seriousness’
The foreign ministry on Friday said it was in consultation with the state legal service to handle “with due seriousness” appeals by Greek Cypriots to...
Is the Varosha case like the halloumi case?, lawyer asks in ECHR property case
Lawyer Achilleas Demetriades on Thursday called on the government to duly inform Famagusta refugees if it was a new policy to abandon them and let...
Greek Cypriots report IPC ineffectiveness to Council of Europe
Greek Cypriot owners of land in Famagusta and Kyrenia have written to the Council of Europe to report the ineffectiveness of the immovable property commission...
European Court judgement on IPC ineffectiveness becomes final (updated)
A European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgment which describes the proceedings at the immovable property commission (IPC) in the north as “protracted and ineffective”...
Human rights lawyer rolls out proposal to solve the property issue
Human rights lawyer Achilleas Demetriades has a series of proposals to muster funds in the order of €20bn, in an effort to tackle the property...
Akel begins candidate search in earnest
Main opposition Akel’s political bureau began discussion with regard to the profile of its candidate for next year’s presidential elections on Friday, with names on...
Lawyer says it was state, not plaintiff who asked to take part in property case
It was the Republic that asked to take part in a property case against Turkey before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and not...
Turkey’s suspension of European Convention on Human Rights could impact north, legal experts say
Turkey’s decision to invoke article 15 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), temporarily suspending its implementation in a state of emergency, could extend...
Court ruling creates new ball game for IPC, leading lawyer says
By Angelos Anastasiou The significance of the recent ruling of a Turkish Cypriot court lies in the elevation of the matter from the level of...
ECHR ruling ‘unprecedented’
By Elias Hazou A JUDGMENT by Europe’s top human rights court on Monday ordering Turkey to pay €90m in compensation to the relatives of missing...
