1. Introduction
1.1 Outline
1.2 The cases
1.2.1 Jaloud v the Netherlands
1.2.2 S.A.S. v France
2. The procedures
2.1 Introduction to the Court’s organisation and procedure
2.1.1 The Court’s organisation
2.1.2 The Court’s procedure
2.2 Rules for specific steps in the application procedure
2.2.1 Exhaustion of domestic remedies
2.2.2 The application
2.2.3 Administrative disposal of the application
2.2.4 Registration of the application
2.2.5 Allocation of the application to a judicial formation (including relinquishment)
2.2.6 Examination of the application by a judicial formation
2.2.7 Communication of the application to the respondent Government
2.2.8 Legal aid
2.2.9 Written observations of the respondent Government
2.2.10 Written observations of the applicant and claim for just satisfaction
2.2.11 Further written observations of the respondent Government
2.2.12 Interim measure
2.2.13 Friendly settlement
2.2.14 Unilateral declaration
2.2.15 Hearing
2.2.16 Decision or judgment
2.2.17 Referral to the Grand Chamber
2.3 General rules for the application procedure
2.3.1 Representation of the applicant
2.3.2 Protection of the applicant
2.3.3 Cooperation and correspondence with the Court
2.3.4 Publicity and anonymity
2.3.5 Use of languages
2.3.6 Priority policy
2.3.7 Joinder and simultaneous examination of the application
2.3.8 State of proceedings search engine
2.4 Rules for third-party interventions
2.4.1 Request for leave to intervene
2.4.2 The intervention
3. The case file of the lawyer
3.1 Documents in the application procedure
3.1.1 Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Document: Court of Appeal decision (extracts)
3.1.2 The application
Document: Application form (neither fully original letter nor original form)
Document: Acknowledgment receipt application form
3.1.3 Communication of the application to the respondent Government
Document: Notification statement of facts and questions etc.
3.1.4 Written observations of the respondent Government
Document: Notification written observations of the Netherlands
3.1.5 Written observations and claim for just satisfaction of the applicant
Document: Request extension deadline
Document: Answer request extension deadline
Document: Written observations and claim for just satisfaction
Document: Acknowledgment receipt written observations and claim for just satisfaction
3.1.6 Further written observations of the respondent Government
Document: Notification further written observations of the Netherlands
3.1.7 Relinquishment
Document: Notification intention to relinquish
Document: Notification decision to relinquish
Document: Notification composition Grand Chamber and etc.
3.1.8 Hearing
Document: Invitation to address issues in observations
Document: Further written observations
Document: Acknowledgment further written observations
Document: Notification written observations on claim for just satisfaction of the
Netherlands
Document: Authority form (cover letter original; form not original)
Document: Acknowledgment receipt authority form
Document: Pleading notes (cover letter only)
3.1.9 Judgment
Document: Judgment (extract)
3.2 Additional documents in the application procedure in other cases
3.2.1 Administrative disposal of the application
Document: Notification administrative disposal
3.2.2 Legal aid
Document: Declaration of applicant’s means
Document: Directions for completing your declaration of means
Document: Legal aid rates
Document: Legal aid: practical guide
Document: List of national bar associations and authorities competent to certify indigence (not the original)
3.2.3 Priority policy and interim measure
Document: Request interim measure and prioritisation
3.2.4 Unilateral declaration
Document: Unilateral declaration of the Netherlands
Document: Judgment (extracts)
3.2.5 Decision
Document: Single-judge decision
4. The case file of the intervener
4.1 Request for leave to interne
Document: Request for leave to intervene
Document: Answer request for leave to intervene (not original)
4.2 The intervention
Document: Written observations
Document: Request for additional written observations
Document: Answer request for additional written observations
4.3 Judgment
Document: Judgment (extracts)