CEDH · PRESS;CHAMBERJUDGMENTS;ENG — 11 juillet 2000

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s78179214 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:95% } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s2B794F18 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:95% } .s94935B0F { width:389.85pt; display:inline-block } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sA1D3DA2E { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .s77F0872C { width:34.52pt; display:inline-block } .s23A41E03 { width:36pt; display:inline-block } .s6A5D7EE7 { width:29.33pt; display:inline-block } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .sCB27B9E { width:16.66pt; display:inline-block } .s147A4AAD { width:18pt; display:inline-block } .s8AFB426F { width:32.67pt; display:inline-block } .s68BA453A { width:7.99pt; display:inline-block } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     520   11.7.2000   Press release issued by the Registrar   CHAMBER JUDGMENT IN HANSEN v. DENMARK     The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing a chamber judgment in the case:   Hansen v. Denmark (application no. 28971/95)             Friendly settlement   Hardy Hansen, a Danish national, complained under Article 6 §§ 1 and 2 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights, about the length of a set of criminal proceedings and the criminal liability rules as applied in these proceedings. The proceedings lasted more than ten years. The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to strike out the case following a friendly settlement in which the applicant is to be paid 45,000 Danish kroner and “reasonable” expenses. The judgment exists only in English.   ***   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