CEDH · PRESS;HEARINGS;ENG — 6 février 2008

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AUSTRIA   The European Court of Human Rights is holding a Grand Chamber hearing today Wednesday 6 February 2008 at 9 a.m. , in the case of Maslov v. Austria (application   no.   1638/03).   The hearing will be broadcast from 2.30 p.m. on the Court’s Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).     The applicant   Juri Maslov is a Bulgarian national, who was born in 1984 and who, at the age of six, lawfully entered Austria with his parents and two siblings. He went to school in Austria and speaks German. He currently lives in Bulgaria.   Summary of the facts   The application concerns the 10-year residence prohibition against Mr Maslov, issued by the Vienna Federal Police Authority, relying on Section 36 §   1 of the 1997 Aliens Act.   The prohibition was made following Mr Maslov’s convictions by the Vienna Juvenile Court in September 1999 and then again in May 2000. The first conviction was, in particular, for burglary, extortion and assault which resulted in an 18-month prison sentence, 13 months of which were suspended on probation. Mr Maslov was also instructed to start drug therapy. The second conviction was for a series of burglaries resulting in 15   months’ imprisonment. The Juvenile Court considered Mr Maslov’s rapid relapse into crime after his first conviction and his failure to undergo drug withdrawal treatment as aggravating circumstances. That court also noted that, though still living with his parents, he had completely eluded their educational influence, had repeatedly been absent from home and had dropped out of school. Mr Maslov was released from prison in May 2002 and, ultimately, deported to Bulgaria on 22   December 2003.   Complaint   The applicant complains about the residence prohibition against him, relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.   Procedure   The application was lodged on 20 December 2002 and declared partly admissible on 2 June 2005.   In a judgment of 22 March 2007, the Court held, by four votes to three, that there had been a violation of Article 8 of the Convention.   On 20 June 2007, the Government requested that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber under Article 43 [1] (referral to the Grand Chamber) and on 24 September 2007 the panel of the Grand Chamber accepted that request.   Composition of the Court   The case will be heard by the Grand Chamber composed as follows:   Jean-Paul Costa (French), President , Nicolas Bratza (British), Peer Lorenzen (Danish), Françoise Tulkens (Belgian), Josep Casadevall (Andorran), Ireneu Cabral Barreto (Portuguese), Rıza Türmen (Turkish) Karel Jungwiert (Czech), Elisabeth Steiner (Austrian), Alvina Gyulumyan (Armenian), Ineta Ziemele (Latvian), Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre (Monegasque), Päivi Hirvelä (Finnish), Giorgio Malinverni (Swiss), Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska (citizen of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”), Ledi Bianku (Albanian), Nona Tsotsoria (Georgian), judges , András Sajó (Hungarian), Danutė Jočienė (Lithuanian), Giovanni Bonello (Maltese), substitute judges , and also Vincent Berger , Jurisconsult .   Representatives of the parties   Government :   Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff , Agent ,   Brigitte Ohms , Christian Schmalzl , Advisers ;   Applicant :   Martin Deuretsbacher , Counsel .     ***   After the hearing the Court will begin its deliberations, which are held in private. Judgment will be delivered at a later date [2] .   Press contacts Emma Hellyer (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15) Stéphanie Klein (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54) Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Paramy Chanthalangsy (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 54 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. [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] This summary by the Registry does not bind the Court.