CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 7 mai 1998

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For the examination of cases, it will sit in committees of three members, which may reject cases unanimously where such a decision can be taken without further examination, in Chambers of seven and in a Grand Chamber of seventeen.   The Chambers will decide on the admissibility and merits of cases which cannot be dealt with by a committee, but they may relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Grand Chamber when a case raises a serious question affecting the interpretation of the Convention or the Protocols, or when the resolution of a question before the Chamber might have a result inconsistent with a judgment previously delivered by the Court.   The parties may, however, object to the relinquishment of jurisdiction by a Chamber.     The plenary Court will elect a President, one or two Vice-Presidents and the Presidents of the Chambers, each of whom will sit as an ex officio member of the Grand Chamber, as will the judge elected in respect of the State Party concerned.   The plenary Court will also adopt the Rules of Court and set up the Chambers.     A special feature of the new Court is the possibility for parties to request referral of a case to the Grand Chamber within three months of delivery of the judgment by a Chamber.   A panel of five judges of the Grand Chamber will decide whether to accept the request.     The Protocol makes provision for certain transitional arrangements:   -   all cases pending before the present Court on entry into force of the Protocol will be transmitted to the Grand Chamber of the new Court;   -   all cases pending before the Commission in respect of which there has not been a decision on admissibility at the date of entry into force of the Protocol will be transferred directly to the new Court;   -   the Commission will continue for a period of one year to process cases which it has already declared admissible. 3   LISTE DES JUGES ELUS A LA NOUVELLE COUR - LIST OF JUDGES ELECT   (par ordre de préséance / in order of precedence)       M. Benedetto CONFORTI   3. 9.1930   (Italien/Italian) M. Antonio PASTOR RIDRUEJO   6.12.1932   (Espagnol/Spanish) M. Luigi FERRARI BRAVO   5. 8.1933   (Italien/Italian) [1] M. Gaukur JÖRUNDSSON   24. 9.1934   (Islandais/Icelandic) M. Georg RESS   21. 1.1935   (Allemand/German) M. Giovanni BONELLO   11. 6.1936   (Maltais/Maltese) M me Elisabeth PALM   27. 7.1936   (Suédoise/Swedish) M. Lucius CAFLISCH   31. 8.1936   (Suisse/Swiss) [2] M. Luzius WILDHABER   18. 1.1937   (Suisse/Swiss) M. Loukis LOUCAIDES   3.10.1937   (Cypriote/Cypriot) M. Jerzy MAKARCZYK   24. 7.1938   (Polonais/Polish) M. Pranas KŪRIS   20. 8.1938   (Lituanien/Lithuanian) M. Ireneu CABRAL BARRETO   5. 2.1941   (Portugais/Portuguese) M. Christos ROZAKIS   17. 5.1941   (Grec/Greek) M. Riza TÜRMEN   17. 6.1941   (Turc/Turkish) M. Jean-Paul COSTA   3.11.1941   (Français/French) M me Françoise TULKENS   12. 9.1942   (Belge/Belgian) M me Viera STRÁŽNICKÁ   28.12.1942   (Slovaque/Slovakian) M. Corneliu BIRSAN   16.12.1943   (Roumain/Romanian) M. Peer LORENZEN   20. 5.1944   (Danois/Danish) M. Willi FÜHRMANN   4. 7.1944   (Autrichien/Austrian) M. Karel JUNGWIERT   1.11.1944   (Tchèque/Czech) M. Nicolas BRATZA   3. 3.1945   (Britannique/British) M. Marc FISCHBACH   22. 2.1946   (Luxembourgeois/Luxemburger) M. Volodymyr BUTKEVYCH   2. 8.1946   (Ukrainien/Ukrainian) M. Josep CASADEVALL   10. 9.1946   (Andorran) M. Boštjan ZUPANČIČ   13. 5.1947   (Slovène/Slovenian) M me Nina VAJIĆ   22. 2.1948   (Croate/Croatian) M. John HEDIGAN   14.10.1948   (Irlandais/Irish) M me Wilhelmina THOMASSEN   8. 9.1949   (Néerlandaise/Dutch) M. Matti PELLONPÄÄ   4. 4.1950   (Finlandais/Finnish) M me Margarita TSATSA NIKOLOVSKA   28.11.1950   (ressortissante de "l'ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine"/citizen of "the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia") M. Tudor PANTIRU   26.10.1951   (Moldave/Moldovan) M me Hanne Sophie GREVE   14. 4.1952   (Norvégienne/Norwegian) M. András BAKA   11.12.1952   (Hongrois/Hungarian) M. Rait MARUSTE   27. 9.1953   (Estonien/Estonian) M. Egils LEVITS   30. 6.1955   (Letton/Latvian) M. Kristaq TRAJA   17. 8.1955   (Albanais/Albanian) M me Snejana BOTOUCHAROVA   20. 9.1955   (Bulgare/Bulgarian) Notes   [1] Elu au titre de Saint-Marin. / Elected as the judge in respect of San Marino. [2] Elu au titre du Liechtenstein. / Elected as the judge in respect of Liechtenstein.