Case of European Court of Human Rights, October 01, 2002 (case CASE OF SAWICKA v. POLAND)

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Case of European Court of Human Rights, October 01, 2002 (case CASE OF SAWICKA v. POLAND)

FOURTH SECTION

CASE OF SAWICKA v. POLAND

(Application no. 37645/97)

JUDGMENT

STRASBOURG

1 October 2002

FINAL

01/01/2003

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

In the case of Sawicka v. Poland,

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Sir Nicolas Bratza, President,

Mr M. Pellonpää,

Mrs E. Palm,

Mr M. Fischbach,

Mr J. Casadevall,

Mr R. Maruste,

Mr L. Garlicki, judges,

and Mr M. O'Boyle, Section Registrar,

Having deliberated in private on 10 September 2002,

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:

PROCEDURE

1. The case originated in an application (no. 37645/97) against the Republic of Poland lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights ("the Commission") under former Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Polish national, Mrs Helena Sawicka ("the applicant"), on 10 March 1997.

2. The Polish Government ("the Government") were represented by their Agent, Mr Krzysztof Drzewicki of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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