CEDH · PRESS;HEARINGS;ENG — 31 août 1999

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sA1D3DA2E { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify } .s94935B0F { width:389.85pt; display:inline-block } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s23A41E03 { width:36pt; display:inline-block } .s76CF415B { page-break-before:always; clear:both } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sD35C6159 { width:1.54pt; display:inline-block } .sCB27B9E { width:16.66pt; display:inline-block } .s8242CF8E { width:39.05pt; display:inline-block } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     435   31. 8. 1999     Press release issued by the Registrar     HEARING IN THE CASE OF NEWS VERLAGS GmbH & Co KG v. AUSTRIA   Tuesday, 31 August 1999, at 2.30 p.m.     The applicant     The case concerns an application (application no. 31457/96) brought by News Verlags GmbH & Co KG, a company based in Tulln, which is the owner and publisher of the magazine “News”.   Summary of the facts     In December 1993 the applicant company published articles in its magazine “News” about a series of letter bombs sent to politicians and other public figures. The articles, which also covered the Austrian neo-Nazi scene, included pictures of B. accompanied by comments which either directly or indirectly named him as the “perpetrator” of the offences for which he was arrested. In various court decisions, the applicant company was prohibited from publishing photographs of B. in connection with criminal proceedings against him, irrespective of the accompanying text.   Complaints     The applicant company complains that its right to freedom of expression guaranteed under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights has been breached.   Procedure     The application was lodged on 13 March 1996 and declared admissible on 1 June 1999. Composition of the Court     The case will be heard by a Chamber composed as follows:   Elisabeth Palm (Swedish), President , Josep Casadevall (Andorran), Riza Türmen (Turkish), Corneliu Bîrsan (Romanian), Willi Fuhrmann (Austrian), Wilhelmina Thomassen (Dutch), Rait Maruste (Estonian), Judges , Luigi Ferrari Bravo (Italian) Gaukur Jörundsson (Icelandic), Boštjan Zupančič (Slovenian), Tudor Pantiru (Moldovan), Substitute Judges ,   and also Michael O’Boyle , Section Registrar .   Representatives of the parties   Government:   Wolf Okresek, Agent , Barbara Göth, Adviser ;   Applicant: Gabriel Lansky, Dieter Heine, Counsel .     After the hearing the Court will begin its deliberations, which are held in private. Judgment will be delivered at a later date.       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.