CEDH · PRESS;HEARINGS;ENG — 5 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 } .s76CF415B { page-break-before:always; clear:both } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .s61E420C2 { font-family:Arial; font-variant:small-caps } .sD35C6159 { width:1.54pt; display:inline-block } .s4598CDF { width:70.9pt; display:inline-block } .s38DD6A04 { width:18.2pt; display:inline-block } .sCB27B9E { width:16.66pt; display:inline-block } .sC5412BEF { width:51.05pt; display:inline-block } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     681   5.10.2000   Press release issued by the Registrar   HEARING IN THE CASE OF PEERS v. GREECE   Thursday 5 October 2000 at 9 a.m.   The applicant   The case concerns an application brought by a British national, Donald Peers, who was born in 1949 and is currently detained in Italy.   Summary of the facts   On 19 August 1994 Mr Peers, who had been treated for heroin addiction in the United Kingdom, was arrested at Athens Airport on drug-related charges. On 24 August he was taken to Koridallos prison in Greece as a remand prisoner. He was subsequently convicted. He was first detained in the prison’s psychiatric hospital before being moved to the segregation unit of Delta wing and then, Alpha wing. In Delta wing, he claims he shared a small cell with one other prisoner, with an open toilet that often failed to work, in hot, cramped conditions with little natural light and no ventilation. In Alpha wing, conditions were also cramped and unhygienic, he claimed. He had no access to vocational courses or activities or a library.   Complaints   The applicant complains that the conditions of his detention violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (prevention of degrading treatment or punishment), Article 6 § 2 (presumption of innocence) in that the treatment of remand and convicted prisoners was identical, and Article 8 (right to respect for correspondence), as letters addressed to him by the European Commission of Human Rights were opened.   Procedure   The application was lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on 9   October 1994. Having declared the application partly admissible, the Commission adopted a report on 4   June 1999 in which it expressed the opinion   - by twenty six votes to one, that there had been a violation of Article 3; - unanimously, that there had been no violation of Article   6 § 2 of the Convention; - unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 8.   It referred the case to the Court on 11   September 1999.   Composition of the Court   The case will be heard by a Chamber composed as follows:   András Baka (Hungarian), President , Giovanni Bonello (Maltese), Viera Strážnická (Slovakian), Peer Lorenzen (Danish), Marc Fischbach (Luxemburger), Egils Levits (Latvian), judges , Kalliopi Spinelli (Greek), ad hoc judge , Margarita Tsatsa-Nikolovska (FYROMacedonia), Anatoly Kovler (Russian), substitute judges , and also Erik Fribergh , Section Registrar .   Representatives of the parties   Government:   Michael Apessos , Agent ,   Ioannis Bakopoulos , Counsel ;   Applicant:   Rozy Spartali-Aretakis , Counsel ,   Adamantios Aretakis , Adviser .   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.