Turkey (2009), European Court of Human Rights

Turkey (2009), European Court of Human Rights

Opuz v. Turkey
Application no. 33401/02

The applicant argued that Turkish authorities failed to protect her and her mother from domestic violence, which ultimately resulted in the death of the latter. The ECHR held that Turkey violated Articles 2, 3, 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and ordered the state to pay the victim non-pecuniary damages and costs.

“The applicant has been able to show… that the domestic violence affected mainly women and that the general and discriminatory judicial passivity in Turkey created a climate that was conducive to domestic violence…the State's failure to protect women against domestic violence breaches their right to equal protection of the law.” (Quoted form Original Judgment)

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