Positions taken by international organizations on the issue of the missing Greek-Cypriots.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
APPLICATIONS Nos. 6780/74 AND 6950/75

CYPRUS AGAINST TURKEY
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
(Adopted on 10 July 1976)

What follows is the conclusion of the European Commission on Human Rights, concerning the missing persons in Cyprus.

II. Missing persons

351. The Commission considers that there is a presumption of Turkish responsibility for the fate of persons shown to have been in Turkish custody. However, on the basis of the material before it, the Commission has been unable to ascertain whether, and under what circumstances, Greek Cypriot prisoners declared to be missing have been deprived of their life. (6).

90th plenary meeting 20th December 1978

Assistance and co-operation in accounting for persons who are missing or dead in armed conflicts

EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
APPLICATION No 8007/77

CYPRUS AGAINST TURKEY
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
(Adopted on 4 October 1983)

RESOLUTION DH (92) 12
(adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 2 April 1992 at the 473rd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

I. Missing persons (para 123 above)

The Commission, having found it established in three cases, and having found sufficient indications in an indefinite number of cases, that Greek Cypriots who are still missing were unlawfully deprived of their liberty, in Turkish custody in 1974, noting that Turkey has failed to account for the fate of these persons, concludes by 16 votes against 1 that Turkey has violated Art 5 of the Convention.