ĐORĐEVIĆ v. CROATIA JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Đorđević v. Croatia, The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Anatoly Kovler, President, Nina Vajić, Peer Lorenzen, Elisabeth Steiner, Khanlar Hajiyev, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Erik Møse, judges, and Søren Nielsen, Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 3 July 2012, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 41526/10) against the Republic of Croatia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by two Croatian nationals, Mr Dalibor Đorđević and Ms Radmila Đorđević (“the applicants”), on 12 July 2010. 2. The applicants, who were granted legal aid, were represented by Ms I. Bojić, a lawyer practising in Zagreb. The Croatian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms Š. Stažnik. 3. On 10 September 2010 the President of the First Section decided to give notice of the application to the Government. It was also decided to rule on the admissibility and merits of the application at the same time (Article 29 § 1 of the Convention). 4. The applicants and the Government each filed observations on the admissibility and merits of the case. In addition, third-party comments were received from the European Disability Forum, which had been given leave to intervene in the written procedure (Article 36 § 2 of the Convention and Rule 44 § 3 of the Rules of Court). The respondent Government replied to those comments (Rule 44 § 6).