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In the case of Calogero Diana v. Italy (1),
The European Court of Human Rights, sitting, in accordance with
Article 43 (art. 43) of the Convention for the Protection of
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") and the
relevant provisions of Rules of Court B (2), as a Chamber composed of
the following judges:
Mr R. Ryssdal, President,
Mr Thór Vilhjálmsson,
Mr F. Gölcüklü,
Mr C. Russo,
Mr A.N. Loizou,
Mr A.B. Baka,
Mr B. Repik,
Mr P. Kuris,
Mr U. Lohmus,
and also of Mr H. Petzold, Registrar, and Mr P.J. Mahoney, Deputy
Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 24 May and 21 October 1996,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the
last-mentioned date:
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Notes by the Registrar
1. The case is numbered 56/1995/562/648. The first number is the
case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court in the
relevant year (second number). The last two numbers indicate the
case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court since its
creation and on the list of the corresponding originating applications
to the Commission.
2. Rules of Court B, which came into force on 2 October 1994, apply
to all cases concerning the States bound by Protocol No. 9 (P9).
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PROCEDURE
1. The case was referred to the Court by the Italian Government
("the Government") on 19 June 1995, within the three-month period laid
down by Article 32 para. 1 and Article 47 of the Convention (art. 32-1,
art. 47). It originated in an application (no. 15211/89) against the
Italian Republic lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights
("the Commission") under Article 25 (art. 25) by an Italian national,
Mr Calogero Diana, on 30 May 1989.
The Government's application referred to Articles 44 and 48
(art. 44, art. 48) and to the declaration whereby Italy recognised the
compulsory jurisdiction of the Court (Article 46) (art. 46). The
object of the application was to obtain a decision as to whether the
facts of the case disclosed a breach by the respondent State of its
obligations under Articles 8, 6 para. 3 (b) and 13 of the Convention
(art. 8, art. 6-3-b, art. 13).
2. In response to the enquiry made in accordance with
Rule 35 para. 3 (d) of Rules of Court B, the applicant stated that he
wished to take part in the proceedings and designated the lawyer who
would represent him (Rule 31). The lawyer was given leave by the
President to use the Italian language (Rule 28 para. 3).
3. The Chamber to be constituted included ex officio Mr C. Russo,
the elected judge of Italian nationality (Article 43 of the Convention)
(art. 43), and Mr R. Ryssdal, the President of the Court
(Rule 21 para. 4 (b)). On 13 July 1995, in the presence of the
Registrar, the President drew by lot the names of the other
seven members, namely Mr Thór Vilhjálmsson, Mr F. Gölcüklü,
Mr R. Pekkanen, Mr A.N. Loizou, Mr B. Repik, Mr P. Kuris and
Mr U. Lohmus (Article 43 in fine of the Convention and Rule 21 para. 5)
(art. 43). Subsequently Mr A.B. Baka, substitute judge, replaced
Mr Pekkanen, who was unable to take part in the further consideration
of the case (Rules 22 para. 1 and 24 para. 1).
4. As President of the Chamber (Rule 21 para. 6), Mr Ryssdal,
acting through the Registrar, consulted the Agent of the Government,
the applicant's lawyer and the Delegate of the Commission on the
organisation of the proceedings (Rules 39 para. 1 and 40). Pursuant
to the order made in consequence, the Registrar received the
applicant's memorial on 11 January 1996 and the Government's memorial
on 16 January.
5. On 11 January 1996 the Commission had produced the file on the
proceedings before it, as requested by the Registrar on the President's
instructions.
6. In accordance with the President's decision, the hearing took
place in public in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on
23 May 1996. The Court had held a preparatory meeting beforehand.
There appeared before the Court:
(a) for the Government
Mr G. Raimondi, magistrato,
on secondment to the Diplomatic Legal Service,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, co-Agent,
Mr G. Fidelbo, magistrato,
on secondment to the Criminal Affairs
Department, Ministry of Justice, Counsel,
Mrs M.A. Saragnano, magistrato,
on secondment to the Criminal Affairs
Department, Ministry of Justice, Adviser;
(b) for the Commission
Mr J.-C. Geus, Delegate;
(c) for the applicant
Mr G. Pelazza, avvocato, Counsel.
The Court heard addresses by Mr Geus, Mr Pelazza and
Mr Raimondi.
AS TO THE FACTS
I. Circumstances of the case
7. On 11 September 1970 Mr Diana was arrested on suspicion of
having taken part in the activities of the terrorist organisation known
as the "Red Brigades" and immediately taken into custody. He was
convicted on eleven occasions between February 1971 and January 1987,
the heaviest sentences he received being those imposed in the
Novara Assize Court on 5 February 1981 (twenty-seven years'
imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 Italian lire) and by the
Milan Assize Court of Appeal on 28 November 1985 (life imprisonment).
Since 11 September 1970 the applicant, pursuant to an
aggregation of sentences ordered on 17 June 1992 by the
Principal Public Prosecutor of Cagliari, has been serving the sentence
of life imprisonment and has at the same time been, among other things,
permanently disqualified from holding public office, stripped of his
civic rights for the duration of his prison sentence and removed from
parental control.
A. Monitoring of the applicant's correspondence
1. During detention in Palmi Prison
8. On 28 March 1987 the judge responsible for the execution of
sentences (magistrato di sorveglianza) in Reggio di Calabria decided
that Mr Diana's correspondence - the applicant then being in custody
in Palmi Prison - should be subject to censorship under section 18 of
Law no. 354 of 26 July 1975 (see paragraph 18 below). The grounds
given for the decision were: the nature of the applicant's offences;
the fact that he belonged to a special category of prisoner whose
attitude was one of total opposition to the institutions of the State;
his conduct; and his rejection of prison and refusal of any cooperation
with prison staff.
2. During detention in Ascoli Piceno Prison
9. On an unspecified date the applicant was transferred to
Ascoli Piceno Prison.
10. On 17 December 1988 the judge responsible for the execution of
sentences at Macerata ordered that all the applicant's correspondence,
both incoming and outgoing, should be subject to censorship for
six months from 22 December 1988, the date on which the prisoner was
notified of the decision. He considered that the reasons which had
prompted his counterpart in Reggio di Calabria to take such a measure
(see paragraph 8 above) remained valid and that there was a
continuing danger that the applicant would use his correspondence to
commit offences or to prejudice public order or safety.
At that time Mr Diana already had two convictions, and
two other sets of criminal proceedings were pending against him.
The first of these, in the Cagliari Assize Court of Appeal,
related to charges of kidnapping, manufacture, possessing and carrying
explosives, aggravated destruction of property and resisting arrest;
they ended in a judgment of 17 March 1989, which became final on
5 March 1990 and in which the applicant was convicted and sentenced to
eight years and six months' imprisonment and permanently disqualified
from holding public office.
The second set of proceedings, which were pending before the
Novara Magistrate's Court (pretore), originated in a prosecution
brought following an escape by the applicant on 23 September 1986;
Mr Diana had been recaptured on 5 December 1986.
11. It is not contested that the following letters were inspected:
(a) a letter of 22 January 1989 from the applicant to his
lawyer;
(b) a registered letter of 27 January 1989 to the applicant
from his lawyer;
(c) a letter of 16 February 1989 from the applicant to his
lawyer;
(d) a letter of 18 April 1989 from the applicant to his
lawyer;
(e) a registered letter of 24 May 1989 to the applicant from
his lawyer, enclosing a form for lodging an application with
the Commission; and
(f) a letter of 30 May 1989 from the applicant to his lawyer,
enclosing the Commission application form signed by the
applicant on the same date, each page bearing the censor's
stamp.
B. Applications challenging censorship during detention in
Ascoli Piceno
12. Mr Diana made several applications challenging the monitoring
of his correspondence. In particular, he lodged an application
(richiesta di riesame) with the Macerata judge responsible for the
execution of sentences to reconsider his decision of 17 December 1988
(see paragraph 10 above). The judge refused the application on
13 January 1989.
On 22 January 1989 the applicant sent a copy of the judge's
decisions to his lawyer. On 27 January 1989 the lawyer sought to have
the censorship of his correspondence with the applicant ended and the
order of 17 December 1988 (see paragraph 10 above) rescinded. Relying
on Articles 6 para. 3 (b) and 8 of the Convention (art. 6-3-b, art. 8),
he argued, among other things, that the censorship was a manifest
violation of the rights of the defence and could not be ordered on the
basis of a similar decision taken by another judge nearly two years
earlier or on the basis of considerations relating to the applicant's
conduct in another prison, especially as the applicant was receiving
more lenient treatment in Ascoli Piceno Prison.
13. On 17 March 1989 the judge responsible for the execution of
sentences held that the measure in issue was wholly justified, having
regard to the arguments already set out in his decision of
17 December 1988, to disciplinary reports on Mr Diana and to the fact
that while in custody in Palmi Prison the applicant had been a member
of a group of prisoners all of whom belonged to extreme-left-wing
subversive movements. He nevertheless decided to adjourn the lawyer's
application and submit a question concerning the interpretation of the
relevant law to the Prison Service (Direzione generale degli
Istituti di prevenzione e pena), relating to whether the monitoring of
the applicant's correspondence with his lawyer was lawful, given that
two sets of criminal proceedings against the applicant were still
pending at the time. The applicant's correspondence nevertheless
continued to be monitored while a reply from the relevant authority was
awaited.
14. On 26 May 1989 the judge, in reply to a letter sent him by the
defence lawyer on 18 May, again confirmed his decision of
17 December 1988.
15. The Prison Service replied on 1 June 1989. In its opinion,
censorship of a prisoner's correspondence, provided that all the
legal requirements were satisfied, covered all his correspondence,
including that with his lawyer, and could not be regarded as infringing
the rights of the defence, which were guaranteed by Article 24 of the
Constitution. The confidentiality of communications between a prisoner
charged with a criminal offence and his lawyer was preserved through
the possibility of communication during private conversations inside
the prison. On 10 June 1989 the judge responsible for the execution
of sentences refused the lawyer's application of 27 January 1989.
16. The measure in issue ended automatically on 22 June 1989, on
the expiry of the period specified in the decision (see paragraph 10
above).
17. On 26 June 1992 the applicant was transferred to the
special prison at Trani (Bari). Since February 1994 he has enjoyed a
semi-custodial regime.
II. Relevant domestic law
A. Legislation
18. Section 18 of Law no. 354 of 26 July 1975 ("Law no. 354"), as
amended by section 2 of Law no. 1 of 12 January 1977, provides that
power in the matter of censorship of prisoners' correspondence vests
in the judge dealing with the case - whether an investigating judge or
a trial judge - up to the decision at first instance and in the judge
responsible for the execution of sentences thereafter. The judge may
order censorship of a prisoner's correspondence in a reasoned decision;
this provision, however, does not specify the cases in which such a
decision may be taken.
19. The censorship of which the applicant complains consists, in
particular, in all mail being intercepted and read by either the
judicial authority that has ordered the censorship or the prison
governor or prison staff designated by him, and in the stamping of
letters for the purpose of showing that they have been inspected.
Censorship cannot extend to deleting words or sentences, but the
judicial authority can order that one or more letters shall not be
handed over; in that case, the prisoner must immediately be informed
of the fact. This latter measure can also be ordered temporarily by
the prison governor, who must, however, notify the judicial authority
of his action.
20. Article 103 of the New Code of Criminal Procedure forbids the
seizure or any form of control of the correspondence between a prisoner
and his lawyer, provided that the correspondence is recognisable as
such and unless the judicial authority has well-founded reasons to
believe that the correspondence constitutes the substance of the
offence. Similarly, by Article 35 of the transitional provisions of
the same Code, the rules on the censorship of a prisoner's
correspondence that are laid down in Law no. 354 and
Presidential Decree no. 431 of 29 April 1976 do not apply to
correspondence between the prisoner and his lawyer. It follows, among
other things, that the only authority that may order censorship of that
correspondence, and then solely in the case mentioned above, is the
judge or court dealing with the case.
B. Case-law on whether domestic remedies exist for challenging
monitoring of correspondence
21. The Court of Cassation has held on several occasions that the
monitoring of a prisoner's correspondence is an administrative act and
has also stated that Italian law does not provide any remedies in
respect of it; in particular, censorship cannot be the subject of an
appeal on points of law, since it does not affect the prisoner's
personal freedom (Court of Cassation, judgments nos. 3141 and 4687 of
14 February 1990 and 4 February 1992 respectively).
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION
22. Mr Diana applied to the Commission on 30 May 1989
(application no. 15211/89). He complained that (1) there had been
infringements of his right to respect for his correspondence
(Article 8 of the Convention) (art. 8); (2) there had been a breach of
his right to defend himself and to have all necessary facilities for
the preparation of his defence (Article 6 para. 3 (b)) (art. 6-3-b);
(3) he had not obtained a decision by an impartial tribunal on his
application to have the censorship of his correspondence ended
(Article 6 para. 1) (art. 6-1); and (4) there were no
effective remedies in respect of the alleged breaches of the Convention
(Article 13) (art. 13).
23. On 5 July 1994 the Commission declared the second and
fourth complaints admissible and also the first one in so far as it
concerned the monitoring of the applicant's correspondence with his
lawyer pursuant to the decisions taken by the Macerata judge
responsible for the execution of sentences (see paragraph 10 above);
on the other hand, it declared the third complaint and the remainder
of the first one inadmissible. In its report of 28 February 1995
(Article 31) (art. 31), it expressed the unanimous opinion that there
had been a breach of Article 8 (art. 8), that the complaint relating
to the rights of the defence raised no separate issue under Article 6
para. 3 (art. 6-3) and that there had been a breach of Article 13
(art. 13). The full text of the Commission's opinion is reproduced as
an annex to this judgment (1).
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Note by the Registrar
1. For practical reasons this annex will appear only with the printed
version of the judgment (in Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-V),
but a copy of the Commission's report is obtainable from the registry.
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FINAL SUBMISSIONS TO THE COURT BY THE GOVERNMENT
24. In their memorial and subsequently at the hearing the
Government asked the Court, as their primary submission, to declare the
application inadmissible for failure to exhaust domestic remedies and,
in the alternative, to hold that there had been no breach of
Articles 6, 8 and 13 of the Convention (art. 6, art. 8, art. 13).
AS TO THE LAW
I. THE GOVERNMENT'S PRELIMINARY OBJECTION
25. As before the Commission, the Government pleaded non-exhaustion
of domestic remedies, arguing that the applicant had not challenged the
disputed measures either before the judge responsible for the execution
of sentences or in the regional administrative courts. As this plea
also goes to the merits of the complaint based on Article 13 (art. 13),
the Court joins it to the merits (see paragraph 41 below).
II. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE CONVENTION (art. 8)
26. The applicant submitted that the inspection of the letters in
question had infringed Article 8 of the Convention (art. 8), which
provides:
"1. Everyone has the right to respect for ... his
correspondence.
2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with
the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance
with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the
interests of national security, public safety or the
economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of
disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or
for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others."
27. The Government disputed that contention, whereas the Commission
accepted it.
28. There was, quite obviously, "interference by a public
authority" with the exercise of the applicant's right, guaranteed in
paragraph 1 of Article 8 (art. 8-1), to respect for his correspondence
- in this instance, with his lawyer; and that was not contested. Such
an interference will contravene Article 8 (art. 8) unless it is "in
accordance with the law", pursues one or more of the legitimate aims
referred to in paragraph 2 (art. 8-2) and, furthermore, is
"necessary in a democratic society" in order to achieve them (see the
following judgments: Silver and Others v. the United Kingdom,
25 March 1983, Series A no. 61, p. 32, para. 84; Kruslin v. France,
24 April 1990, Series A no. 176-A, p. 20, para. 26; Huvig v. France,
24 April 1990, Series A no. 176-B, p. 52, para. 25; and Campbell
v. the United Kingdom, 25 March 1992, Series A no. 233, p. 16,
para. 34).
A. "In accordance with the law"
29. The Government submitted that section 18 of Law no. 354 of
26 July 1975 ("Law no. 354"), which provides for the possibility of
monitoring prisoners' correspondence, was in conformity with the
Court's case-law; the power to order such a measure was vested in the
judiciary - which was independent and impartial - and there was a
specific obligation to give reasons for the decision, so that
arbitrariness was excluded.
30. The applicant rejected that argument, maintaining that while
it was true that the censorship of correspondence was in accordance
with domestic law, the provision in question did not specify the
circumstances in which it could be ordered or within what limits.
31. The Commission, even though it doubted that the wording of
Law no. 354 satisfied the requirements of paragraph 2 of Article 8 of
the Convention (art. 8-2), did not consider it necessary to determine
the issue in its report as at all events the disputed measures were,
in its opinion, contrary to Article 8 (art. 8) in other respects.
32. The Court reiterates that while a law which confers a
discretion must indicate the scope of that discretion, it is impossible
to attain absolute certainty in the framing of the law, and the likely
outcome of any search for certainty would be excessive rigidity
(see, among many other authorities, the Silver and Others judgment
previously cited, p. 33, para. 88). In this instance, however,
Law no. 354 leaves the authorities too much latitude. In particular,
it goes no further than identifying the category of persons whose
correspondence may be censored and the competent court, without saying
anything about the length of the measure or the reasons that may
warrant it. The gaps in section 18 of the Law weigh in favour of
rejecting the Government's argument.
33. In sum, the Italian Law does not indicate with reasonable
clarity the scope and manner of exercise of the relevant discretion
conferred on the public authorities, so that Mr Diana did not enjoy the
minimum degree of protection to which citizens are entitled under the
rule of law in a democratic society (see the Kruslin judgment
previously cited, pp. 24 and 25, para. 36). There has therefore been
a breach of Article 8 (art. 8).
B. Purpose and necessity of the interference
34. Having regard to the foregoing conclusion, the Court does not
consider it necessary in the instant case to ascertain whether the
other requirements of paragraph 2 of Article 8 (art. 8-2) were complied
with.
III. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 6 PARA. 3 (b) OF THE CONVENTION
(art. 6-3-b)
35. The applicant also complained of a breach of his right to
defend himself and to have adequate facilities for the preparation of
his defence. He relied on Article 6 para. 3 (b) of the Convention
(art. 6-3-b), whereby
"3. Everyone charged with a criminal offence has the following
minimum rights:
...
(b) to have adequate time and facilities for the preparation
of his defence;
..."
36. In the Government's submission, opening and reading the letters
in question had not jeopardised the applicant's defence, Mr Diana
having always retained the possibility of speaking to his lawyer in the
visiting room, subject only to visual surveillance by a warder.
37. Mr Diana objected that the conversations were confidential only
in theory, since the warder was often able to overhear them.
Furthermore, his transfer from Milan Prison to Palmi Prison and then
to Ascoli Piceno Prison, the latter two being 1,000 and 600 kilometres
respectively from Milan, where his lawyer had his office, had further
impeded the exercise of the right guaranteed in Article 6 para. 3
(art. 6-3).
38. Like the Delegate of the Commission, the Court considers that
the observations filed at the registry by counsel for the applicant are
not such as to call in question the conclusion in paragraph 40 of the
Commission's report that it is not necessary to examine this complaint
separately and that it should rather be regarded as being covered by
the one relating to Article 8 (art. 8).
IV. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 13 OF THE CONVENTION (art. 13)
39. The applicant complained that in Italian law there was no
effective remedy in respect of the decisions whereby the judge
responsible for the execution of sentences ordered that his
correspondence should be censored. He alleged a breach of Article 13
of the Convention (art. 13), which provides:
"Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in [the]
Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before
a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has
been committed by persons acting in an official capacity."
40. The Government considered that this complaint was unfounded.
They relied, in the first instance, on the fact that it was possible
to apply to the judge responsible for the execution of sentences to
reconsider his decision and they drew attention to the judicial nature
of the censorship measure provided for in section 18 of Law no. 354,
under which the power to order censorship of a prisoner's
correspondence was reserved to the judiciary. In removing such a
sensitive area from the competence of the administrative authorities,
the Italian legislature's purpose had been to provide the safeguards
of independence and impartiality. The Commission's unduly formal
approach to the subject of the effectiveness of the right guaranteed
by Article 13 (art. 13), which did not require the "national authority"
to belong to the judiciary, misunderstood the import of the Law in
question.
If that argument was not accepted, the censorship measure had
to be classified as an "administrative decision taken by" the judge
responsible for the execution of sentences "in performance of duties
inherent in the supervision of prisons". By interpreting the case-law
of the Court of Cassation, which ruled out any appeal on points of law
or to a criminal judicial authority other than the judge responsible
for the execution of sentences, the Government maintained that it was
possible to have recourse to the regional administrative courts to
challenge the measures in question.
41. In the Court's estimation, the possibility of applying to the
judge responsible for the execution of sentences cannot be regarded as
an effective remedy for the purposes of Article 13 (art. 13), as he is
required to reconsider the merits of his own decision, taken moreover
without any adversarial proceedings.
The allegedly judicial nature of the disputed decisions,
stemming from the nature of the authority empowered to take them, does
not stand up to scrutiny either. The judge responsible for the
execution of sentences at Macerata, in reply to an application from
Mr Diana's lawyer for the censorship order to be rescinded, considered
it necessary to submit a question concerning the interpretation of
Law no. 354 to the Prison Service - an administrative authority,
therefore - relating to whether the monitoring of correspondence
between a prisoner and his lawyer was lawful (see paragraph 13 above).
As to the third submission, two points must be noted. Firstly,
the Court of Cassation has held that Italian law does not provide any
remedies in respect of decisions whereby prisoners' correspondence is
ordered to be monitored (see paragraph 21 above). Secondly, no
regional administrative court would appear hitherto to have delivered
a judgment on the subject.
The Court accordingly dismisses the Government's preliminary
objection and holds that there has been a breach of Article 13
(art. 13).
V. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 50 OF THE CONVENTION (art. 50)
42. By Article 50 of the Convention (art. 50),
"If the Court finds that a decision or a measure taken by a
legal authority or any other authority of a High Contracting
Party is completely or partially in conflict with the
obligations arising from the ... Convention, and if the
internal law of the said Party allows only partial reparation
to be made for the consequences of this decision or measure,
the decision of the Court shall, if necessary, afford just
satisfaction to the injured party."
A. Damage
43. Mr Diana sought just satisfaction for the damage he had
allegedly sustained, without quantifying it or giving further
particulars.
44. The Court considers that the applicant has not proved that he
sustained any pecuniary damage. As to non-pecuniary damage, it takes
the view, like the Government and the Delegate of the Commission, that
in the circumstances of the case a mere finding of violations of the
Convention constitutes in itself sufficient just satisfaction under
this head.
B. Costs and expenses
45. The applicant sought reimbursement of the costs and expenses
incurred before the Convention institutions but left it to the Court's
discretion to assess the amount.
46. The Government likewise wished to leave the matter to the
Court's discretion. The Delegate of the Commission confined himself
to pointing out that the applicant had not made any precise claim
supported by vouchers.
47. The Court notes that Mr Diana did not submit any bill of costs
or fee note, either before or during the hearing on 23 May 1996. That
being so, it dismisses the claim.
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY
1. Joins the Government's preliminary objection to the merits and
dismisses it after examining the merits;
2. Holds that there has been a breach of Article 8 of the
Convention (art. 8);
3. Holds that the complaint relating to the rights of the defence
raises no separate issue under Article 6 para. 3 (b) of the
Convention (art. 6-3-b);
4. Holds that there has been a breach of Article 13 of the
Convention (art. 13);
5. Holds that this judgment constitutes in itself sufficient just
satisfaction for non-pecuniary damage;
6. Dismisses the remainder of the claim for just satisfaction.
Done in English and in French, and delivered at a public
hearing in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 15 November 1996.
Signed: Rolv RYSSDAL
President
Signed: Herbert PETZOLD
Registrar