Judgment concerning Cyprus

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16/01/25

In the case Ioannides v. Cyprus the Court held that there had been no violation of the right to protection of property as concerned the restriction on public access to the sector of the buffer zone where the applicant’s house was located. However, it held that there had been a violation of the right to protection of property because of Cyprus’s refusal to pay the applicant rent for the use of her house by peacekeeping forces.

The case concerned the applicant’s complaint that a house she owned in Nicosia was used by peacekeeping forces without payment of rent. The house had ended up being situated in the buffer zone after Türkiye invaded Cyprus in 1974.

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