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Violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families, and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence — yet the reality is that too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, 8 March 2007

Landmark Human Rights Case

12 Jun 2009

The European Court of Human Rights ruled against the city of Ankara for not protecting a woman against domestic violence. Turkey officially violated the convention on human rights by failing to prevent the murder of a woman, which will be a precedent for further cases on domestic abuse.

It is the first time that the European Court of Human rights has ruled over a state for failing to protect a woman from domestic violence. The case was brought to court by Nahide Opuz, the daughter of a murdered woman, who had told the police several times that her mother was in danger. Her mother was murdered by her son-in-law.

Turkey was sentenced to pay her more that 36,500 Euros in damages and legal costs, because Turkey denied the woman her "right to life". Altogether the judges ruled that Turkey violated three articles of the convention of human rights prohibiting torture and discrimination.

  • there had been a violation of Article 2 (right to life) ;
  • there had been a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and of inhuman and degrading treatment) ; and,
  • there had been a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) on account of the violence suffered by the applicant and her mother having been gender-based, which amounted to a form of discrimination against women.

Download Landmark Decision by European Court of Human Rights concerning Domestic Violence

Download the Judgement

The case can be found on the ECHR website