STEC AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM View

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Date	06/07/2005
AppNr	65731/01; 65900/01
Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Type	Decision
Articles	14+P1-1; 37-1-a; 37-2
Violated / NonViolated
Citations	2455-26-16-3-b89111314P1-1P1-2P1-3P12-1245-1814P1-1

Conclusions:

Partly admissible

Keywords:

(art. 14) discrimination
(art. 14) objective and reasonable justification
(art. 34) victim
(art. 35-3) ratione materiae
(art. 37-1-a) absence of intention to pursue petition
(p1-1-1) possessions

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Document Type	Decision
Published in	Reports of Decisions and Judgments 2005-X
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH
Application Number	65731/01 ; 65900/01
Importance Level	1
Represented by	Me R. DRABBLE QC ; Me H. MOUNTFIELD ; Me J. STARLING ; Me J. CLINCH
Respondent State	the United Kingdom
Date of Introduction	30/01/2001
Date of Decision	06/07/2005
Conclusion	Partly admissible
Articles	14+P1-1 , 37-1-a , 37-2
Law at Issue	Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
Strasbourg Case Law	Case "relating to certain aspects of the laws on the use of languages in education in Belgium" v. Belgium (Merits), judgment of 23 July 1968, Series A no. 6, § 9 ; Klass and Others v. Germany, judgment of 6 September 1978, Series A no. 28, § 68 ; Airey v. Ireland, judgment of 9 October 1979, Series A no. 32, § 26 ; Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 28 May 1985, Series A no. 94, § 71 ; Deumeland v. Germany, judgment of 29 May 1986, Series A nos. 99 and 100 ; Feldbrugge v. the Netherlands, judgment of 29 May 1986, Series A nos. 99 and 100 ; Salesi v. Italy, judgment of 23 February 1993, Series A no. 257-A ; Schuler-Zgraggen v. Switzerland, judgment of 24 June 1993, Series A no. 263, § 46 ; Karlheinz Schmidt v. Germany, judgment of 18 July 1994, Series A no. 291-B, § 22 ; Gaygusuz v. Austria, judgment of 16 September 1996, §§ 34, 39, 41, Reports 1996-IV ; Szrabjet and Clarke v. the United Kingdom (dec.), nos. 27004/95 and 27011/95, 23 October 1997 ; Carlin v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 27537/95, 3 December 1997 ; Petrovic v. Austria, judgment of 27 March 1998, Reports 1998-II, § 22 ; Cornwell v. the United Kingdom (dec), no. 36578/97, 11 May 1999 ; Coke and Others v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 38696/97, 9 September 1999 ; Stawicki v. Poland, (dec.), no. 47711/99, 10 February 2000 ; Jankovic v. Croatia (dec.), no. 43440/98, 12 October 2000 ; Maaouia v. France [GC], no. 39652/ 98, § 36, ECHR 2000-X ; Kudla v. Poland [GC], no. 30210/96, § 152, ECHR 2000-XI ; Willis v. the United Kingdom, no. 36042/97, ECHR 2002-IV ; Wessels-Bergervoet v. the Netherlands, no. 34462/97, ECHR 2002-IV ; Azinas v. Cyprus, no. 56679/00, 20 June 2002 ; Christine Goodwin v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 28957/95, § 74, ECHR 2002-VI ; Buchen v. the Czech Republic, no. 36541/97, § 46, 26 November 2002 ; Sahin v. Germany [GC], no. 30943/96, § 85, ECHR 2003-VIII ; Kohls v. Germany (dec.), no. 72719/01, 13 November 2003 ; Koua Poirrez v. France, no. 40892/98, § 42, ECHR 2003-X ; Van den Bouwhuijsen and Schuring v. the Netherlands, (dec.), no. 44658/98, 16 December 2003 ; Azinas v. Cyprus [GC], no. 56679/00, 28 April 2004 ; Kopecky v. Slovakia [GC], no. 44912/98, § 35, ECHR 2004-IX ; Kjartan Asmundsson v. Iceland, no. 60669/00, judgment of 12 October 2004 Eur. Comm. H.R. No. 5849/72, Dec. 1.10.75, D.R. 3, p. 25 ; No. 10094/82, Dec. 14.5.84, D.R. 38, p. 84 ; No. 10503/83, Dec. 16.5.85, D.R. 42, p. 162
External Sources	European Social Charter 1961, Articles 12-13 ; European Union Directive 79/7/EEC on Equal Treatment in Social Security, Articles 4(1) and 7(1)(a)
Keywords	"(Art. 14) DISCRIMINATION" "(Art. 14) OBJECTIVE AND REASONABLE JUSTIFICATION" "(Art. 34) VICTIM" "(Art. 35-3) RATIONE MATERIAE" "(Art. 37-1-a) ABSENCE OF INTENTION TO PURSUE PETITION" "(P1-1-1) POSSESSIONS"

Application Documents 1

STEC AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM

P1-1, 14 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits)

12/04/2006

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