CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 17 janvier 2000

.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 } .s23A41E03 { width:36pt; display:inline-block } .s16C75182 { margin-top:0pt; margin-left:324pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt } .sC7EAD8B { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline } .s2EF62ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt } .s3964C3A3 { width:1.36pt; display:inline-block } .s8F6EDF25 { width:42.7pt; display:inline-block } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS                           30 17.1.2000   Press release issued by the Registrar     COURT REJECTS REQUEST FOR INTERIM MEASURES IN PINOCHET CASE   The European Court of Human Rights (Section 3) today rejected a request for interim measures in the case of Prádenas and others v. the United Kingdom.   The applicants are seven individuals, all resident in Spain, who suffered or whose relations suffered, in Chile between 1973 and 1990 when General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was either head of the Chilean military junta or head of State. Under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, they had requested that the Court indicate to the United Kingdom Government interim measures to be adopted with a view to preventing the release of General Pinochet.   In their original application to the Court, the applicants refer to Articles 2 (right to life), 3 (prohibition of torture), 5 (right to liberty and security), 6 (right to a fair trial), 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and 14 (freedom from discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights.       Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contacts:   Roderick Liddell (Telephone: (0)3 88 41 24 92) Or   Emma Hellyer (Telephone: (0)3 90 21 42 15) Fax: (0)3 88 41 27 91     The European Court of Human Rights was set up in 1959 in Strasbourg to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.   On 1 November 1998 a full-time Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Court and Commission.