According to the Federal Constitutional Court, the complaint did not raise any issues of a general character affecting the observance of the Constitution.

Quoting Lord Hoffman in R(Wellington) , he observed that the requirement that the sentence be reducible could not mean that there had to be a real prospect of release for the prisoner in question.

Germany, The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:   Peer Lorenzen, President,   Karel Jungwiert,   Rait Maruste,   Mark Villiger,  

Accordingly, in view of the similarity between the applications in terms of the facts and the substantive issues they raise, it decides to join them and to examine them together in a single judgment in

She claimed this negatively affected their family life as she was practically deprived of the possibility to raise her child while the exercise of parental rights had been granted to her.

The application, as declared admissible, raises issues under Articles 8, 12, 13 and 14 of the Convention.   B.     The proceedings   5.

Application No. 12875/87                               Ingrid HOFFMANN

  Holger Hoffmann, a lawyer practising in Bremen (Federal Republic of Germany).   3.       The application is directed against Austria.

In these circumstances the court concluded that V.G. can ... raise the children and that living with their father would to a greater extent correspond to their best interests, as he is considered to be

The application, as declared admissible, raises issues under Articles 8, 12, 13 and 14 of the Convention.   B.     The proceedings   5.

Analysing her explanation as a whole, one has to establish that [the statements] were not consistent: when talking of wine she first indicated that she meant communion wine, but afterwards [she said] homemade

  The Experts met in March 1985 and published a Report of their proceedings which indicated that the Government's reply did indeed raise complex legal questions on which the International Court of

On 20 October 2001 M. had sent Arayik Avetisyan to visit his family with the condition that he should bring back 2 litres of homemade vodka and 100 US dollars.

  James Holman         Counsel         Mr.   R.

Holman , Barrister-at-Law,   Counsel,   Mr. R. Aitken , Department of Health and Social Security,   Mrs. A. Whittle , Department of Health and Social Security,   Mr. H.

Holman , Barrister-at-Law,   Counsel ,   Mr. R. Aitken , Department of Health and Social Security,   Mrs. A. Whittle , Department of Health and Social Security,   Mr. H.

Denmark, The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:   Renate Jaeger, President,   Peer Lorenzen,   Karel Jungwiert,   Rait Maruste,  

He is represented before the Court by Mr Gunnar Homann, a lawyer practising in Copenhagen. A.     The circumstances of the case 1.