CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 27 avril 1999

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sA1D3DA2E { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify } .s94935B0F { width:389.85pt; display:inline-block } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s23A41E03 { width:36pt; display:inline-block } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .s76CF415B { page-break-before:always; clear:both } .s4F40385A { width:35.26pt; display:inline-block } .s4598CDF { width:70.9pt; display:inline-block } .sB70F9E4 { width:1.1pt; display:inline-block } .sDE7B995E { width:23.24pt; display:inline-block } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     236   27.4.99       Press release issued by the Registrar   HEARING IN THE CASE OF DENMARK v. TURKEY   Tuesday, 27 April 1999 at 9.30 a.m.       The European Court of Human Rights (First Section) is holding a public hearing today on the admissibility of the application lodged in the case of Denmark v. Turkey (application no.   34382/97).   The application     The application alleges that Article 3 of the Convention (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) has been violated. It refers especially to the situation of Kemal Koç, a Danish citizen born in 1957, who was detained in Turkey from 8 July until 16   August   1996.   Procedure     The application was lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on 7   January 1997. By virtue of Article 5 § 2 of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention it was transmitted to the European Court of Human Rights on the entry into force of that Protocol.     The case will be heard by a Chamber composed as follows:   Elisabeth Palm   (Swedish), President , Josep Casadevall   (Andorran), Gaukur Jörundsson   (Icelandic), Corneliu Bîrsan   (Romanian), Peer Lorenzen   (Danish), Rait Maruste   (Estonian), Judges , Feyyaz Gölcüklü ,   (Turkish), ad hoc Judge , Wilhelmina Thomassen   (Dutch), Luigi Ferrari Bravo ,   (Italian), Boštjan Zupančič   (Slovenian), Tudor Pantiru   (Moldovan), Substitute Judges ,   Michael O’Boyle , Section Registrar . Representatives of the parties   The applicant Government:   Hans Klingenberg , Agent         Tyge Trier , counsel         Arnold Skibsted ,         Danny Annan , advisers ;   The respondent Government:   Suat Bılge , Agent         Müncı Özmen , Co-agent         Deniz Akçay , Co-agent         Heribert Golsong , counsel         Zergün Korutürk ,         Abdülkadır Kaya ,         Birol Aydin ,         Yaprak Kayaalp ,         Alev Günyakti , advisers .     After the hearing the Court will begin its deliberations, which are held in private.     Subject to his duty of discretion, the Registrar is responsible under the Rules of Court for replying to requests for information concerning the work of the Court, and in particular to enquiries from the press.     Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contact: Roderick Liddell Telephone: (0)3 88 41 24 92; fax: (0)3 88 41 27 91