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EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS    562  3.8.2000   Press release issued by the Registrar   CHAMBER JUDGMENTS CONCERNING GREECE AND ITALY     The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing two chamber judgments in the following cases[1]:   1) G.L. v. Italy (application no. 22671/93) Violation Article 1 Protocol No.1 & Article 6 § 1   G.L., an Italian national, owned an apartment in Milan. He complained, under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) of the European Convention on Human Rights, of the prolonged impossibility of recovering possession of his apartment owing to the implementation of emergency legislation on residential property leases. He also complained under Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the Convention. The European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 and of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention in that the applicant was deprived of his right to have his dispute with his tenant decided by a Court. He was awarded 47, 600,000 Italian lire (ITL) for pecuniary damage, ITL 20,000,000 for non-pecuniary damage and ITL 1,135,670 for legal costs. The judgment exists only in English.   2) Fatourou v. Greece (no. 41459/98) Violation Article 6 § 1   Athina Fatourou, a Greek national (who died on 3 August 1998), complained, under Article 6 § 1, about the length of the administrative proceedings to which she was a party, which lasted four years. The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1 and awarded Ms Fatourou’s heir 1,000,000 Greek drachmas (GRD) for non-pecuniary damage and GRD 1,000,000 for costs and expenses. (Judgment in French)   ***   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F - 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contacts: Roderick Liddell (telephone: (0)3 88 41 24 92) Or:   Emma Hellyer (telephone: (0)3 90 21 42 15) Fax:   (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in 1959 in Strasbourg to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.  On 1 November 1998 a full-time Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Commission and Court.   [1] Under Article 43 of the European Convention on Human Rights, within three months from the date of a Chamber judgment, any party to the case may, in exceptional cases, request that the case be referred to the 17-member Grand Chamber of the Court.  In that event, a panel of five judges considers whether the case raises a serious question affecting the interpretation or application of the Convention or its Protocols, or a serious issue of general importance, in which case the Grand Chamber will deliver a final judgment. If no such question or issue arises, the panel will reject the request, at which point the judgment becomes final. Otherwise Chamber judgments become final on the expiry of the three-month period or earlier if the parties declare that they do not intend to make a request to refer.