De Gaetano,   Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,   Paul Mahoney,   Krzysztof Wojtyczek,   Dmitry Dedov,   Branko Lubarda,   Yonko Grozev, judges , and Lawrence Early, Jurisconsult

Zupančič,   Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska,   Ledi Bianku,   Zdravka Kalaydjieva,   Kristina Pardalos,   Julia Laffranque,   Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque,   Linos-Alexandre

Bulgaria, The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber composed of:   Robert Spano, President,   Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,   Jon Fridrik Kjølbro,   Ksenija Turković

Greece, The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:   Ksenija Turković, President,   Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,   Aleš Pejchal,   Armen Harutyunyan

Poland, The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a   Chamber composed of:   Ksenija Turković, President,   Krzysztof Wojtyczek,   Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, &

a Chamber composed of:   Anatoly Kovler, President,   Nina Vajić,   Peer Lorenzen,   Khanlar Hajiyev,   Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska,   Julia Laffranque,   Linos-Alexandre

    The applicant companies were represented by Ms Alessandra Mari, a lawyer practising in Rome.

Attendu qu'il résulte de l'arrêt attaqué et des pièces de procédure qu'à la suite de l'invasion du Koweit par l'Irak début août 1990, l'organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) a instauré, sur le fondemen