CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 3 octobre 2000

.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 } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .s63D113AA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:35.45pt } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sD35C6159 { width:1.54pt; display:inline-block } .s38DD6A04 { width:18.2pt; display:inline-block } .sCB27B9E { width:16.66pt; display:inline-block } .sC5412BEF { width:51.05pt; display:inline-block } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     665   3.10.2000   Press release issued by the Registrar   HEARING IN THE CASE OF JERUSALEM v. AUSTRIA   Tuesday 3 October 2000 at 9 a.m.   The applicant   The case concerns an application brought by an Austrian national, Susanne Jerusalem, who was born in 1950 and lives in Vienna. She is a member of the Vienna Municipal Council ( Gemeinderat ).   Summary of the facts   The applicant, a member of the Vienna Municipal Council, alleged in the course of a debate within the Council that two associations, as sects, had a “totalitarian character” and showed “fascist tendencies”. Following civil proceedings brought by the associations, an injunction was issued against the applicant prohibiting her from repeating these statements and ordering her to retract them.   Complaints   The applicant complains under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights Convention that the injunction violated her right to freedom of expression. She also complains under Article 6 of the Convention that the injunction proceedings were unfair.   Procedure   The application was lodged on 2 March 1995 and declared admissible on 27 June 2000.   Composition of the Court   The case will be heard by a Chamber composed as follows:   Jean-Paul Costa (French), President , Willi Fuhrmann (Austrian), Loukis Loucaides (Cypriot), Nicolas Bratza (British), Hanne Sophie Greve (Norwegian), Kristaq Traja (Albanian), Mindia Ugrekhelidze (Georgian), judges , Pranas Kūris (Lithuanian), Françoise Tulkens (Belgian), substitute judges ,   and also Sally Dollé , Section Registrar .   Representatives of the parties   Government:   Hans Winkler , Agent ,   Brigitte Ohms ,   Georg Lukasser , Advisers ;   Applicant:   Daniel Ennöckl , 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)   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 Strasbourg in 1959 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 Commission and Court.