CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 30 novembre 1999

.s3ABFC313 { font-size:10pt } .s598389F9 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; font-size:12pt } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s85646119 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s62E9666B { margin-top:0pt; margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-36pt; text-align:justify; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:12pt } .s23A41E03 { width:36pt; display:inline-block } .sC7EAD8B { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline } .s83BE5C30 { font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; vertical-align:super } .s5B629078 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt; font-size:12pt } .s2EF62ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt } .s589818D7 { margin-top:0pt; margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS                                 683                     30.11.1999   Press release issued by the Registrar     INTERIM MEASURE IN THE ÖCALAN CASE   The European Court of Human Rights (1 st Section) today considered a request by lawyers acting on behalf of Mr Abdullah Öcalan that the Court indicate interim measures to the respondent Government under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court.   Mr Öcalan, whose application (application no.   46221/99) against Turkey was lodged on 16 February 1999, has alleged a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights under Article 2 (the right to life), Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment), Article 5 (the right to liberty and security) and Article 6 §1 (the right to a fair trial).   The Court decided to apply Rule 39 and has communicated the following interim measure to the Turkish authorities:   “The Court requests the respondent State to take all necessary steps to ensure that the death penalty is not carried out so as to enable the Court to proceed effectively with the examination of the admissibility and merits of the applicant’s complaints under the Convention.”   Rule 39 § 1 reads as follows:   "The Chamber or, where appropriate, its President may, at the request of a party or of any other person concerned, or of its own motion, indicate to the parties any interim measure which it considers should be adopted in the interests of the parties or of the proper conduct of the proceedings before it."           Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contact: Roderick Liddell Telephone: (0)3 88 41 24 92; fax (0)3 88 41 27 91