SAUNDERS v. UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT
1
In the case of Saunders v. United Kingdom1,
The European Court of Human Rights, sitting, in pursuance of Rule 51 of
Rules of Court A2, as a Grand Chamber composed of the following judges:
MM. R. BERNHARDT, President,
THÓR VILHJÁLMSSON,
F. GÖLCÜKLÜ,
L.-E. PETTITI,
B. WALSH,
A. SPIELMANN,
J. DE MEYER,
N. VALTICOS,
S.K. MARTENS,
Mme E. PALM,
MM. R. PEKKANEN,
A.N. LOIZOU,
J.M. MORENILLA,
Sir John FREELAND,
MM. L. WILDHABER,
G. MIFSUD BONNICI,
J. MAKARCZYK,
D. GOTCHEV,
B. REPIK,
P. KURIS,
and also of Mr H. PETZOLD, Registrar, and Mr P.J. MAHONEY, Deputy
Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 23 February, 22 April and 29 November
1996,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the
last-mentioned date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case was referred to the Court by the European Commission of
Human Rights ("the Commission") and by the Government of the United
1
The case is numbered 43/1994/490/572. The first number is the case's position on the list
of cases referred to the Court in the relevant year (second number). The last two numbers
indicate the case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court since its creation and on
the list of the corresponding originating applications to the Commission.
2
Rules A apply to all cases referred to the Court before the entry into force of Protocol
No. 9 (P9) (1 October 1994) and thereafter only to cases concerning States not bound by
that Protocol (P9). They correspond to the Rules that came into force on 1 January 1983, as
amended several times subsequently.