The Gazette 1977

JULY

GAZETTE

INTERNATIONAL SECTION

Two applications (Nos. 6909/75 and 7508/76) against Italy concerning compensation claims for the loss of property situated in former Italian territories which were ceded to Yugoslavia after World War II; An application (No. 7628/76) against Belgium concerning the right of an accused person "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him"; 15 applications by foreign students who were refused permission to remain in the United Kingdom; Two applications (No. 7737/76 and 7754/77) concerning the interference by Swiss authorities with the correspondence between persons detained in the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland who are suspected of having contacts with groups of militant anarchists; An application (No 7754/77) concerning the execution of a disciplinary penalty (arrest) in a Swiss prison; An application (No 7774/77) concerning the detention of an alcoholic by an administrative authority in Switzerland and the absence of a remedy before a court of law; An application (No 7816/77) concerning the expulsion of an alien, married to a German national, from the Federal Republic of Germany following his conviction and sentence for a serious drug offence; Two applications (X v. Denmark and Hosenball v. the United Kingdom) concerning the alleged unfairness of deportation proceedings. (b) Among the cases struck off were 51 applications lodged against the United Kingdom by East African Asians (Group V) who, having been admitted to the United Kingdom, had failed to pursue their petitions. 2. Summary proceedings The Commission also declared 63 applications inadmissible and struck off its list of cases four applications in the summary procedure, which it uses in cases which do not raise any special problems. Governments The Commission decided to bring 12 applications to the notice of the respondent Governments inviting them to submit written observations on the admissibility of these applications. Among these were the following: An application (No. 6504/74) concerning the length of Labour Court proceedings in the Federal Republic of Germany; # Continued on page 119 I I I . A p p l i c a t i o ns c ommu n i c a t ed to

European Commission of Human Rights Rules on Applications The 127th Session of the European Commission of Human Rights was held in Strasbourg, May 9 to 19, 1977. At the close of the session the Secretary reported that the Commission considered some 200 individual applications (Art. 25 of the European Comvention on Human Rights). Six applications were declared admissible by the Commission and will now be examined on their merits: I. Salvatore Bocchieri against Italy The Commission admitted the applicant's remaining complaint under Art. 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights relating to the length of criminal proceedings against him. 2'. A, B and D against the United Kingdom (Applications Nos. 6840/74, 6870/75 and 6998/75). The applicants admitted complaints under Arts. 3 and 5 of the Convention which relate to their detention as mental patients. 3. Pat Arrowsmith against the United Kingdom The applicant, a dedicated pacifist, was convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the offence of trying to seduce soldiers from their duty or allegiance by distributing leaflets to them as part of a campaign against the United Kingdom military role in Northern Ireland. She invokes in particular Arts. 9 and 10 of the Convention. 4. Leo Zand against Austria The applicant complains that the Labour Court, which in a suit for damages gave judgment against him at first instance, was not an "independent tribunal established by law" as required by Art. 6 (1) of the Convention. II. Applications dec lared inadmissible or struck off the list 1. Ordinary proceedings After substantial deliberations the Commission declared 32 applications inadmissible and struck 52 applications off its list of cases. (a) The following were among the applications declared inadmissible: Two applications (Nos. 6555/74 and 6556/74) concerning events during a search in the Maze prison at Long Kesh in Northern Ireland and the alleged unfairness of subsequent civil proceedings before the Belfast courts; 114 A. Examination of admissibility I. Applications declared admissible