CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 17 octobre 2003

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s94935B0F { width:389.85pt; display:inline-block } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sADADF4A7 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .s9F8EB0C0 { width:18.63pt; display:inline-block } .s9E97F54A { width:85.05pt; display:inline-block } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     513   17.10.2003   Press release issued by the Registrar     European Court of Human Rights welcomes the first European Day of Civil Justice   The President of the European Court of Human Rights, Luzius Wildhaber, has warmly welcomed the European-wide initiatives which will be organised to mark the first European Day of Civil Justice on 18 October 2003.   Speaking today in Strasbourg, Mr Wildhaber said: “I hope the idea of an annual European Day of Civil Justice, born out of collaboration between the Council of Europe and the European Union’s Commission, will help to increase citizens’ awareness of rights and of how to vindicate them through the domestic courts.   “This is also an opportunity for policy makers and judges at national level to reflect on ways of improving the administration of justice and the system of remedies in their countries. The goal should be to ensure that civil justice is efficient and responsive to the needs of individuals. Many of the problems coming before the European Court of Human Rights stem from dysfunction in national systems of civil justice.”   The Court will be represented at the official launching ceremony in Budapest on 18   October by Judge András Baka, the judge elected in respect of Hungary.     ***   Further information about the Court can be found on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Press contacts:   Roderick Liddell (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 24 92)   Emma Hellyer (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15)   Stéphanie Klein (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54) Fax: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1 November 1998 it has sat as a full-time Court composed of an equal number of judges to that of the States party to the Convention. The Court examines the admissibility and merits of applications submitted to it. It sits in Chambers of 7 judges or, in exceptional cases, as a Grand Chamber of 17 judges. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe supervises the execution of the Court’s judgments. More detailed information about the Court and its activities can be found on its Internet site.