CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 2 décembre 2004

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(It is available only in French.)       Violation of Article 6 § 1 Karellis v. Greece (application no. 6706/02)   Violation of Article 13 The applicant, Emmanouil Karellis, is a Greek national who was born in 1932 and lives in Heraklion (Greece).   He was the owner, publisher and director of a daily newspaper which ceased publication when he was imprisoned in 1967 following the military coup d’état in Greece. On 27 March 1992 he brought an action in damages against the State in the administrative courts. The case is currently pending in the Supreme Administrative Court.   Relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time) and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the applicant complained, inter alia , of the excessive length of the proceedings (more than twelve and a half years) and of the lack of a remedy under domestic law for the delay. He also alleged violations of Article 17 (prohibition of abuse of rights) and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property).   The Court declared the application admissible solely as regards the length-of-proceedings complaint. Having regard to the circumstances of the case, it found that the length of the proceedings was unreasonable, contrary to Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. Consequently, it held unanimously that there had been a violation of the Convention on that account.   The Court further noted that it had held in previous decisions that the Greek legal system did not afford litigants with an effective remedy within the meaning of Article 13 of the Convention for length-of-proceedings complaints. Consequently, the Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention.   Although Mr Karellis had made a request for just satisfaction in his application form, he had not provided any supporting evidence or replied to the Court’s letters requesting such information within the time allowed. Consequently, the Court decided to make no award under Article 41 (just satisfaction).   ***   The Court’s judgments are accessible on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Press contacts:   Roderick Liddell (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 24 92)   Emma Hellyer (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15)   Stéphanie Klein (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54) Fax: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1 November 1998 it has sat as a full-time Court composed of an equal number of judges to that of the States party to the Convention. The Court examines the admissibility and merits of applications submitted to it. It sits in Chambers of 7 judges or, in exceptional cases, as a Grand Chamber of 17 judges. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe supervises the execution of the Court’s judgments. More detailed information about the Court and its activities can be found on its Internet site. [1] Under Article 43 of the European Convention on Human Rights, within three months from the date of a Chamber judgment, any party to the case may, in exceptional cases, request that the case be referred to the 17 ‑ member Grand Chamber of the Court. In that event, a panel of five judges considers whether the case raises a serious question affecting the interpretation or application of the Convention or its protocols, or a serious issue of general importance, in which case the Grand Chamber will deliver a final judgment. If no such question or issue arises, the panel will reject the request, at which point the judgment becomes final. Otherwise Chamber judgments become final on the expiry of the three-month period or earlier if the parties declare that they do not intend to make a request to refer.