TURKEY IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY CONDEMNED COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE ECHR

Agos Weekly
Feb 21 2010
Istanbul

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) declared that from its
foundation until the end of 2009, Turkey came first in violation
judgements. Accordingly, 20 percent of all violation judgments
were entered for Turkey among the 47 signatory states. Namely, 2,295
judgments were entered for Turkey. For the same period, 2,021 judgments
were entered for Italy and 862 judgments were entered for Russia.

In 2009, Turkey was again the worst human rights violator, with
356 cases out of a total of 1,625. Russia followed Turkey with 210
judgments against it and then came Romania and Ukraine, with 168 and
126 judgments respectively.

In terms of "right to life," 217 judgments were entered by the ECHR
since 1959, in which the states were directly or indirectly responsible
for a death. Russia led in this category with 115 judgments, while
Turkey came second with 76. Among the remaining 45 states, seven of
the state-related death cases concern Bulgaria and 19 cases concern
other countries.