CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 5 septembre 2006

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s40F41F73 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s7ED160F0 { text-decoration:none } .s653E6C45 { font-family:Arial; font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:super; color:#0069d6 } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .sC7EAD8B { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .sF6A12959 { width:33%; height:1px; text-align:left } .s2EB42ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS   482 5.9.2006   Press release issued by the Registrar   Chamber judgments concerning the United Kingdom   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing the following two friendly-settlement Chamber judgments, both of which are final. [1]   Repetitive cases [2] Friendly settlement Greenhalgh v. the United Kingdom (application no 61956/00) Hyde v. the United Kingdom (no. 63287/00) The applicants, David Greenhalgh and Lee Hyde, are British nationals who were born in 1954 and 1962, respectively. Mr Greenhalgh lives in Manchester and Mr Hyde lives in Upminster (United Kingdom).   Both applicants were refused widow’s benefits on the ground that they were not women. They appealed unsuccessfully.   They complained that they were denied social security benefits equivalent to those received by female widows. They relied on Articles 8 (right to respect for family life) and 14 (prohibition on discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights.   Both cases were struck out following friendly settlements according to which Mr Greenhalgh received 3,888.59 pounds sterling (GBP) (approximately 5,758 euros (EUR)), and Mr Hyde received GBP   8,703.53 (approximately EUR 12,887). (The judgments are available only in English.)   *** Press contacts Emma Hellyer (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15) Stéphanie Klein (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54) Beverley Jacobs (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 54 21)   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. [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. [2] In which the Court has reached the same findings as in similar cases raising the same issues under the European Convention on Human Rights.