A/HRC/25/21 to access to unfenced military areas in the north, by the end of 2012, a total of 22 access requests made by the Committee in the past seven years had been granted by the Turkish forces. In 2013, the Committee also requested, for the first time, access to a fenced military area in the north, and was granted permission.17 17. On 6 March 2013, the Committee of Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe recalled the need to adopt a proactive approach with regard to effective investigations into the fate of persons still missing, and called upon Turkey to continue to provide the Committee on Missing Persons with all relevant information and access to all relevant places. In this respect, it welcomed the permissions granted so far and the assurance of the Turkish authorities that they will continue granting the Committee on Missing Persons access to other relevant military zones. With regard to identified persons, while underlining once again the urgency to effectively investigate the deaths of these persons, the Committee of Ministers’ Deputies welcomed the additional concrete investigative steps taken by the Turkish authorities, and underlined the crucial importance of investigators having access to forensic data and evidence kept by the Committee on Missing Persons, calling upon the Turkish authorities to continue to grant them access to relevant Turkish archives and reports.18 18. In its list of issues prior to the submission of the fourth periodic report of Turkey, the Committee against Torture invited Turkey to describe measures taken to comply with outstanding judgements of the European Court of Human Rights concerning disappearances, including the judgements in Cyprus v. Turkey and Varnava and Others v. Turkey.19 With regard to the execution of the Varnava judgement, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in an interim resolution of 26 September 2013, exhorted Turkey to pay, without further delay, the sums awarded by the European Court of Human Rights (€12,000 per application in respect of non-pecuniary damage and €8,000 per application in respect of costs and expenses), as well as the default interest due.20 B. Non-discrimination 19. According to article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law.21 Furthermore, all are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of the Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. 20. By the end of 2012, there were up to 210,000 internally displaced persons in the area under the control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, , including around 90,000 children born in displacement.22 When compared with previous years, the number of internally displaced persons rose slightly, as displaced children were still eligible to register as such. 17 18 19 20 21 22 S/2013/392, para. 30. Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Deputies, decisions adopted at the 1164th meeting on 6 March 2013 (CM/Del/Dec(2013)1164) on the cases of Cyprus v. Turkey (application No. 25781/94), Grand Chamber judgment of 10 May 2001, and Varnava and Others v. Turkey (applications Nos. 16064/90, 16065/90, 16066/90, 16068/90, 16069/90, 16070/90, 16071/90, 16072/90 and 16073/90), Grand Chamber judgment of 18 September 2009. CAT/C/TUR/Q/4, para. 8. Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, interim resolution CM/ResDH(2013)201. See also International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, art. 26. Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Global Overview 2012 – People internally displaced by conflict and violence, Norwegian Refugee Council, Geneva, 2013 (available from www.internaldisplacement.org/publications/global-overview-2012), p. 44. 7