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The Constitution sets the language of court proceedings by the parties' community (Article 3(4)). The ordinary courts law is silent on language. The sworn-translators register covers written documents, not court interpretation. No proceeding conducted in Turkish since 1964 has been located, and no interpreter register exists.12

Basis and sources

Legal anchor Article 3 of the 1960 Constitution; Articles 5 and 6 ECHR (language of charge and of proceedings)

Sources for this criterion

  1. 1. Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, Article 3, consolidated text (CyLII)A — primary / documentary · CyLII / Cyprus Bar Association · 2022-12-31
  2. 2. Turkish Cypriot Rights Issue Register and Legal Framework Register (Cyprus Rights reference corpus)D — open source · Cyprus Rights · 2026-08-24

Status stalledWeight 3/5Score 10

Sources

  1. Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, Article 3, consolidated text (CyLII)A — primary / documentaryCyLII / Cyprus Bar Association · 2022-12-31The consolidated text of Article 3 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, published by CyLII / the Cyprus Bar Association.Consolidated Article 3 (to Law 67(I)/2022): official languages (3(1)); bilingual Official Gazette publication (3(2), 3(5)); language of court proceedings (3(4)); the consolidated text also carries a subparagraph permitting English in the Commercial and Admiralty Courtshttps://www.cylaw.org/nomoi/enop/ind/syntagma/section-sc939e9174-42d9-9075-3b89-3b5042c139bb.html
  2. Turkish Cypriot Rights Issue Register and Legal Framework Register (Cyprus Rights reference corpus)D — open sourceCyprus Rights · 2026-08-24Cyprus Rights' own internal reference corpus of registers tracking Turkish Cypriot rights issues and the applicable legal framework.Cyprus Rights reference corpus, compiled 24 August 2026: internal/reference/rights-issue-register-turkish-cypriot.md and internal/reference/legal-framework-register.md. Cited for duty-bearer positions as the registers record them and for documentation-gap statements; each register entry carries its own underlying sources