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CASE OF SELAHATTİN DEMİRTAŞ v. TURKEY (No. 2)

European Court of Human Rightsno violation2018-11-20
Respondent: Türkiye
Article 5 ECHR, Article 18 ECHR, Article 34 ECHR, Article 35 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR, Article 46 ECHR

Summary

Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-2-b) Matter already submitted to another international procedure;Preliminary objection allowed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-3-a) Ratione materiae;Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded;No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention;Article 5-1-c - Reasonable suspicion);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention;Reasonableness of pre-trial detention);No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Speediness of review);Violation of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Right to free elections-{general} (Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Free expression of the opinion of the people;Stand for election);Violation of Article 18+5-3 - Limitation on use of restrictions on rights (Article 18 - Restrictions for unauthorised purposes) (Article 5 - Right to liberty and security;Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention);No violation of Article 34 - Individual applications (Article 34 - Hinder the exercise of the right of application);Respondent State to take individual measures (Article 46-2 - Individual measures);Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)

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