CEDH · CASELAW;RESOLUTIONS;EXECUTION;ENG — 3 octobre 1972

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }  On 23 July 1968, the President of the European Court of Human Rights transmitted to the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers the judgment of the Court in the case "relating to certain aspects of the laws on the use of language in education in Belgium" (the "Belgian linguistic case").   In its judgment, the Court decided, by eight votes to seven, on one of the six questions of which the Court was seized, that the legislation concerned was not in conformity with the requirements of the Convention.   It decided that Section 7 (3) of the Act of 2 August 1963 does not comply with the requirement of Article 14 of the Convention read in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 2 of the First Protocol (art. 14+P1-2), insofar as it prevents certain children, solely on the basis of the residence of their parents, from having access to the French language schools existing in the six communes on the periphery of Brussels invested with a special status, of which Kraainem is one.   The judgment of the Court reserved for the applicants concerned the right, should the occasion arise, to apply for just satisfaction in regard to this particular point.   In fact, no such application has been made.   Article 54 (art. 54) of the European Convention on Human Rights provides that:   "The judgment of the Court shall be transmitted to the Committee of Ministers which shall supervise its execution."   This article (art. 54) comes immediately after Article 53 (art. 53) which reads as follows:   "The High Contracting Parties undertake to abide by the decision of the Court in any case to which they are parties."   In a memorandum of 12 April 1972, the Belgian Government informed the Committee of Ministers that legislative measures have been introduced in Belgium to remedy the violation of the European Convention on Human Rights mentioned in the judgment delivered by the Court on 23 July 1968.   The memorandum of the Belgian Government contains a summary of the provisions relating to the revision of the Constitution and the reform of national institutions.   The Committee of Ministers, in virtue of its obligations under Article 54 (art. 54) of the European Convention on Human Rights, took note of the measures taken by Belgium in accordance with Article 53 (art. 53), in the context of this constitutional reform which were described in the memorandum submitted by the Belgian Government and carried into effect in the new legislation introduced in Belgium.