CEDH · PRESS;HEARINGS;ENG — 29 août 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 } .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 } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS   575   29.8.2000   Press release issued by the Registrar   HEARING IN THE CASE OF RIEPAN v. AUSTRIA   Tuesday 29 August 2000 at 9 a.m.     The applicant   The case concerns an application brought by an Austrian national, Oliver Riepan, who was born in 1966 and is currently detained at Garsten prison (Austria).   Summary of the facts   The applicant is serving an eighteen-year prison term. In a further set of criminal proceedings against him, relating to charges of dangerous menace against prison personnel, the Regional Court held the trial hearing at the precincts of Garsten prison. It found the applicant guilty of the charges and sentenced him to ten months’ imprisonment. The applicant appealed, complaining that the trial hearing had not been public and challenging the Regional Court’s view of the evidence and facts as well as the severity of the sentence. The Court of Appeal held a public appeal hearing in the court building. It dismissed the appeal.   Complaint   The applicant complains that his right to a public hearing guaranteed under Article 6 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights has been violated.   Procedure   The application was lodged on 23 December 1996 and declared admissible on 15 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), Pranas Kūris (Lithuanian), Françoise Tulkens (Belgian), Karel Jungwiert (Czech), Nicolas Bratza (British), Kristaq Traja (Albanian), judges , Loukis Loucaides (Cypriot), Hanne Sophie Greve (Norwegian), substitute judges ,   and also Sally Dollé , Section Registrar . Representatives of the parties   Government:   Wolf Okresek , Agent , Edith Schindler , Adviser ;   Applicant:   Helmut Blum , 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.