1 McCANN AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT In the case of McCann and Others v. the United Kingdom1, The European Court of Human Rights, sitting, pursuant to Rule 51 of Rules of Court A 2, as a Grand Chamber composed of the following judges: Mr R. RYSSDAL, President, Mr R. BERNHARDT, Mr Thór VILHJÁLMSSON, Mr F. GÖLCÜKLÜ, Mr C. RUSSO, Mr A. SPIELMANN, Mr N. VALTICOS, Mrs E. PALM, Mr R. PEKKANEN, Mr J.M. MORENILLA, Sir John FREELAND, Mr A.B. BAKA, Mr M.A. LOPES ROCHA, Mr G. Mifsud BONNICI, Mr J. MAKARCZYK, Mr B. REPIK, Mr P. JAMBREK, Mr P. KURIS, Mr U. LOHMUS, and also of Mr H. PETZOLD, Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 20 February and 5 September 1995, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the lastmentioned date: PROCEDURE 1. The case was referred to the Court by the European Commission of Human Rights ("the Commission") on 20 May 1994, within the three-month period laid down by Article 32 para. 1 and Article 47 (art. 32-1, art. 47) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental The case is numbered 17/1994/464/545. The first number is the case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court in the relevant year (second number). The last two numbers indicate the case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court since its creation and on the list of the corresponding originating applications to the Commission. 2 Rules A apply to all cases referred to the Court before the entry into force of Protocol No. 9 (P9) and thereafter only to cases concerning States not bound by that Protocol (P9). They correspond to the Rules that came into force on 1 January 1983, as amended several times subsequently. 1