Human Rights Law Journal

Issue: 20, 1-3

Documentation

• Council of Europe (CoE), Strasbourg - President of the EurCourtHR: "The volume of work is already daunting" / CoE budget / Georgia ratifies ECHR  114 - 115
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Decisions and Reports - Court of Justice of the European Communitites (CJEC), Luxembourg

• Excessive length of proceedings before the Court of First Instance (5 years, 6 months) leads to the reduction of a fine / Case of Baustahlgewebe  50 - 61
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Documentation

• United Nations Security Council, New York: Kosovo Resolution  109 - 112
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Decisions and Reports - European Commission of Human Rights (EurCommHR), Strasbourg

• Alleged actions of state security forces / Lack of adequate remedies under the state of emergency / Application admissible / Çetin v. Turkey  38 - 41
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Documentation

• Council of Euorpe, Strasbourg - Presence of the parliamentary Assembly at the trial of Abdullah Öcalan  154 - 156
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Decisions and Reports - Court of Justice of the European Communitites (CJEC), Luxembourg

• Application of language rules of the German-speaking community in the Trentino-Alto Adige Region to nationals of other Member States / Case of Bickel and Franz  43 - 50
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Decisions and Reports - European Court of Human Rights (EurCourtHR), Strasbourg

• Alleged actions of state security forces in the south-east part of the country / Lack of effective investigation violates right to life (Art. 2 ECHR) / Yasa v. Turkey  24 - 38
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• Seizure of leaflets violates Art. 10 ECHR / Presence of a military judge as member of National Security Court violates Art. 6 ECHR / Incal v. Turkey  12 - 23
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Decisions and Reports - European Commission of Human Rights (EurCommHR), Strasbourg

• Alleged actions of state security forces / Lack of adequate remedies under the state emergency / Application admissible / Yilmaz v. Turkey  41 - 43
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Decisions and Reports - European Court of Human Rights (EurCourtHR), Strasbourg

• Denial of the right to vote in the election of the European Parliament in Gibraltar in 1994 violates Art. 3 of Protocol No. 1/ Matthews v. UK  4 - 11
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Articles

• Speculating on the future of the reformed Euroepan Court of Human Rights  1 - 3
  Mahoney, Paul

Documentation

• Council of Europe (CoE), Strasbourg - Tabular overview: The 41 Member States  112 - 114
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• Council of Europe, Strasbourg - Turkey lifts confidentiality and allows publication of CPT report  153 - 154
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Pending Proceedings

• European Court of Human Rights (EurCommHR), Strasbourg - Chamber of seven Judges held in camera deliberations in the case of Öcalan v. Turkey  156 - 156
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Documentation

• Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly and Committee of Ministers - Recent activities to overcome unacceptable developments in a few member states, inter alia in France (Hakkar case), in Greece (Stran Greek Refinieries case), and in Turkey…  134 - 153
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• International instruments relating to human rights / classification and status of ratifications as of 1 January 1999  115 - 134
  Marie, Jean-Bernard

Decisions and Reports - House of Lords, London

• Extradition of Senator Pinochet, former Head of State of Chile, from the United Kingdom to stand trial in Spain  61 - 109
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Documentation

• Council of Europe, Strasbourg - Statemetn about the death penalty pronounced against Abdullah Öcalan  156 - 156
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