INFORMATION NOTE No. 30 on the case-law of the Court May 2001

determine the ownership of the house in question. As regards the initial proceedings, she
lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court requesting that they be suspended until the
outcome of the proceedings dealing with the division of the estate or those regarding the
establishment of the ownership of the house. In March 1996, the Supreme Court rejected
her request and refused her leave to appeal. The Enforcement Office fixed a deadline for
the applicant to remove the house. The office agreed to postpone the deadline once but
rejected the applicant’s following request. In May 1996, the District Court also refused to
postpone the fixed deadline. The office finally ordered that the house be pulled down.
The applicant lodged an appeal asking for an immediate stay of the demolition order. The
Court of Appeal turned down her request and refused to grant her leave to appeal against
the District Court’s decision of May 1996. The applicant was refused leave to appeal by
the Supreme Court. The house was finally pulled down and she was asked by the
Enforcement Office to bear the costs of the enforcement. She unsuccessfully appealed
against the office’s decision and was refused legal aid. In <strong>No</strong>vember 1996, the Real
Estate Court issued a decision by which the applicant was awarded a plot where the
house had been. As regards the proceedings concerning the ownership of the house, the
District Court found, in July 1997, that the house was part of the estate of the applicant’s
mother. Accordingly, at the time of the District Court’s judgment of May 1990, the house
did not belong to the applicant. In February 1997 and 2000, the competent authority
granted the applicant building permits for the plot of land.
Admissible under Articles 8 and 1 of Protocol N° 1.
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
ARTICLE 9
Restrictions on religious activities of Greek Cypriots and Maronites in northern Cyprus:
violation/no violation.
CYPRUS - Turkey (Nº 25781/94)
Judgment 10.5.2001 [Grand Chamber]
(See Appendix I).
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
Conviction of Jehovah's Witness for refusing to do military service: friendly settlement.
STEFANOV - Bulgaria (Nº 32438/96)