SELÇUK AND ASKER JUDGMENT OF 24 APRIL 1998 2 The Commission’s request referred to Articles 44 and 48 and to the declaration whereby Turkey recognised the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court (Article 46). The object of the request was to obtain a decision as to whether the facts of the case disclosed a breach by the respondent State of its obligations under Articles 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14 and 18 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1. 2. In response to the enquiry made in accordance with Rule 33 § 3 (d) of Rules of Court A, the applicants stated that they wished to take part in the proceedings and designated the lawyers who would represent them (Rule 30). 3. The Chamber to be constituted included ex officio Mr F. Gölcüklü, the elected judge of Turkish nationality (Article 43 of the Convention), and Mr R. Ryssdal, the President of the Court (Rule 21 § 4 (b)). On 21 February 1997, in the presence of the Registrar, the President drew by lot the names of the other seven members, namely Mr R. Macdonald, Mr A.N. Loizou, Mr G. Mifsud Bonnici, Mr J. Makarczyk, Mr P. Jambrek, Mr U. Lōhmus and Mr E. Levits (Article 43 in fine of the Convention and Rule 21 § 5). 4. As President of the Chamber (Rule 21 § 6), Mr Ryssdal, acting through the Registrar, consulted the Agent of the Government of Turkey (“the Government”), the applicants’ lawyers and the Delegate of the Commission on the organisation of the proceedings (Rules 37 § 1 and 38). Pursuant to the orders made in consequence and to the Government’s request for a postponement of the hearing and the Government’s and applicants’ requests for extensions of the time-limit for the filing of memorials, the Registrar received the Government’s and the applicants’ memorials on 28 October 1997. On 13 November 1997 the Commission produced certain documents from the file on the proceedings before it, as requested by the Registrar on the President’s instructions. 5. Subsequently Mr R. Bernhardt replaced as President of the Chamber Mr Ryssdal, who was unable to take part in the further consideration of the case (Rule 21 §§ 4 (b) and 6). 6. In accordance with the President’s decision, the hearing took place in public in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 26 January 1998. The Court had held a preparatory meeting beforehand.