Such a conclusion was made by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of "Dimopulos v. Turkey" (No. 37766/05), informs the ECHR: Ukrainian Aspect.

Under the circumstances of the case, Turkish citizen Agatha Theodor Dimopulos inherited property on the Turkish island, classified as "land for construction" and "natural object".

After reviewing the land use plan, the property was registered in the land cadastre for the name of the Treasury. Dimopulos opened proceedings to cancel the certificate of title to the Treasury and the assignment of land. But during the conduct of the Law on the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage, changes were made. According to the new provisions, the land plot classified as a "natural object" could not be awarded to the plaintiff.

As a general rule, an amendment to the law was applied to pending cases that were not resolved by final judgment, the national court dismissed Demopoulos.

Referring, in particular, to Part 1 of Art. 6 (right to a fair trial) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Demopoulos appealed to Strasbourg. She argued that the application of the amendment to the law to her case with retroactive effect constituted a violation of her right to a fair trial.

The ECtHR found violations of Article 6 of the Convention and awarded 6,000 euros of just satisfaction of non-pecuniary damage.

The text of the press release, the judgment of the ECHR in the case of "Dimopulos v. Turkey" (No. 37766/05) can be found at the link.