CEDH · PRESS;FORTHCOMINGHEARINGS;ENG — 30 octobre 2009

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Bulgaria (no. 36760/06) and Mitev v. Bulgaria   (no. 42758/07) The two applications were lodged on 8 September 2006 and 19 September 2007 respectively by two Bulgarian nationals: Mr Rousi Kosev Stanev, who was born in 1956 and lives in Pastra (Bulgaria), and Mr Dimitar Ivanov Mitev, who was born in 1944,. Mr Mitev died on 5   September 2008, after having applied to the Court. His sister, Ms Jordanka Hummel, expressed her wish to pursue the proceedings before the Court.   By court orders and at the request of certain members of their respective families, the first applicant was placed under trusteeship, the second under guardianship. Both were subsequently placed in social care homes for individuals with psychiatric problems, Mr Stanev in the Pastra care home and Mr Mitev in a care home in Pravda. They requested the lifting of the measures imposed on them, but without success.   Under Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights, Mr Stanev complains about the living conditions in the Pastra care home. Both applicants rely on Article 5 §§ 1, 4 and 5 (right to liberty and security) in complaining of an unlawful and arbitrary deprivation of liberty on account of their placement in care homes against their will, the impossibility under Bulgarian law of having the lawfulness of those measures examined and the absence of a judicial procedure to seek compensation. Relying on Article 6 (right to a fair hearing) they further complain that they did not have access to a court to request the restoration of their legal capacity. Under Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) they complain about the trusteeship and guardianship systems and allege that those measures were not subject to any periodic review. Finally, they complain that no effective remedy exists under Bulgarian law to complain of the alleged violations, as required by Article 13 (right to an effective remedy).   Wednesday 18 November 2009   at 9. 15 am   Grand Chamber   Demopoulos v. Turkey and 7 other cases (nos. 46113/99, 3843/02, 13751/02, 13466/03, 14163/04, 10200/04, 19993/04, 21819/04)   The applicants are all Cypriot nationals of Greek-Cypriot origin. They claim to be the owners of movable and immovable property located in the northern part of Cyprus, which has been occupied by the Turkish army since 1974. They allege that the Turkish authorities are preventing them from having access to this property and disposing of it as they wish. The applications were lodged between 1999 and 2004. Under different heads, the applicants rely on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention (protection of property), and Articles 8 (right to respect for private and family life), 13 (right to an effective remedy), 14 (prohibition of discrimination), and 18 (limitation on use of restrictions on rights) of the Convention.   On 19 May 2009, under Article 30 of the Convention, the Chamber to which the applications had been assigned decided to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Grand Chamber.     ***   Decisions, judgments and further information about the Court can be found on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ) [1] .   Press contacts Stefano Piedimonte (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 04) or Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Kristina Pencheva-Malinowski (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 70) Céline Menu-Lange (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 90 21 58 77) Frédéric Dolt (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 90 21 53 39)   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] These summaries by the Registry do not bind the Court.