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Decisions on Admissibility

Decisions on Admissibility 647 12 hrcd [ 2001 ] DECISIONS ON ADMISSIBILITY 648 12 hrcd [ 2001 ] 649 12 hrcd [ 2001 ] GORZELIK v. POLAND Freedom of association – admissible Article 11 Refusal to register association recognising the existence of a Silesian national minority. On 17 May 2001 a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights declared admissible the application in the case of Gorzelik v. Poland . Summary of the facts The applicants consider themselves as “Silesians”. Together with a hundred and ninety other persons, they decided to form an association called the “Union of People of Silesian Nationality”. A memorandum of association was adopted. Reference was made in it to the existence of a Silesian nationality and a Silesian national min- ority. The applicants lodged an application with the Regional Court for registration of the association. The local Governor, to whom the memorandum of association had been communicated, pursuant to the relevant domestic legislation, submitted comments. He suggested, as a prerequisite to the association’s registration, that its name be changed and that the reference to a Silesian national minority be deleted from the memorandum. After several pleadings of the applicants and the Governor, the Regional Court http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights Case Digest Brill

Decisions on Admissibility

Human Rights Case Digest , Volume 12 (7-8): 647 – Jan 1, 2001
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Brill
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© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0965-934X
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1571-8131
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10.1163/157181301400459236
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647 12 hrcd [ 2001 ] DECISIONS ON ADMISSIBILITY 648 12 hrcd [ 2001 ] 649 12 hrcd [ 2001 ] GORZELIK v. POLAND Freedom of association – admissible Article 11 Refusal to register association recognising the existence of a Silesian national minority. On 17 May 2001 a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights declared admissible the application in the case of Gorzelik v. Poland . Summary of the facts The applicants consider themselves as “Silesians”. Together with a hundred and ninety other persons, they decided to form an association called the “Union of People of Silesian Nationality”. A memorandum of association was adopted. Reference was made in it to the existence of a Silesian nationality and a Silesian national min- ority. The applicants lodged an application with the Regional Court for registration of the association. The local Governor, to whom the memorandum of association had been communicated, pursuant to the relevant domestic legislation, submitted comments. He suggested, as a prerequisite to the association’s registration, that its name be changed and that the reference to a Silesian national minority be deleted from the memorandum. After several pleadings of the applicants and the Governor, the Regional Court

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