CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 12 juillet 2000

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s598389F8 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt } .s85016119 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt } .s23A41E03 { width:36pt; display:inline-block } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s598389FB { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; font-size:14pt } .s2EB42ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt } .s3BB76261 { width:23.11pt; display:inline-block } .s768E2FDC { width:21pt; display:inline-block } .s4F597665 { width:33.22pt; display:inline-block } .s6DFF6F2E { width:12.66pt; display:inline-block } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS                       524                     12.7.2000   Press release issued by the Registrar   President of the European Court of Human Rights appoints three “wise persons”   The President of the European Court of Human Rights, Mr Luzius Wildhaber , has informed the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Hubert Védrine , representing the State currently holding the Presidency of the European Union, that, in accordance with the request made to him by the Portuguese Prime Minister, Mr António Guterres , he has appointed three persons to carry out the task of drawing up a report on certain aspects of the situation in Austria.   The three persons appointed are (in alphabetical order) Mr Martti Ahtisaari , former President of Finland, Professor Jochen Frowein , Director of the Max-Planck Institute at Heidelberg, former member and Vice-President of the European Commission of Human Rights, and Mr Marcelino Oreja , former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Secretary General of the Council of Europe, former member of the Commission of the European Communities.   President Wildhaber ’s role in this matter is now at an end. The three appointees will report directly to the State holding the Presidency of the European Union.   * * * * *   Mr Ahtisaari was born in 1937. He was President of Finland from 1994 to 2000. Since 1   March 2000, he has been active in several international institutions and foundations. He is, among other things, Co-Chair of the New York based EastWest Institute and Chair of the Brussels based International Crisis Group. Previous posts include United Nations Commissioner for Namibia, Under Secretary General at the United Nations and Special Adviser to the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   Professor Frowein , who was born in 1934, has been Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative and Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg since 1981. He was a member of the European Commission of Human Rights from 1973 to 1993 and its Vice-President from 1981 to 1993. He has held numerous academic appointments and is President of the German Association of Public-Law Teachers.   Mr Oreja was born in 1935. From 1976 to 1980 he was Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 1984 to 1989 he was Secretary General of the Council of Europe. From 1994 to 1999 he was a member of the Commission of the European Communities and in 1996 he represented the European Commission at the Intergovernmental Conference on the amendment of the Maastricht Treaty.   * * * * *   Further information on the Court can be found on its Internet site:   http://www.echr.coe.int   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