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"RELATING TO CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE LAWS ON THE USE OF LANGUAGES
IN EDUCATION IN BELGIUM" v. BELGIUM (MERITS) JUDGMENT
on the basis of the residence of their parents, from having access to the
French-language schools existing in the six communes on the periphery
of Brussels invested with a special status, of which Kraainem is one;
Reserves for the Applicants concerned the right, should the occasion arise,
to apply for just satisfaction in regard to this particular point;
2. Holds, unanimously, with regard to the other points at issue, that there
has been and there is no breach of any of the Articles of the Convention
(art. 8, art. 14) and the Protocol (P1-2) invoked by the Applicants.
Done in French and in English, the French text being authentic, at the
Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, this twenty-third day of July, one
thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight.
R. CASSIN
President
H. GOLSONG
Registrar
MM. A. Holmbäck, G. Maridakis, E. Rodenbourg, A. Ross, T. Wold, G.
Wiarda and A. Mast, Judges, considering that Section 7 (3) of the Act of
2nd August 1963 respects the Convention and the Protocol (cf. point I of the
operative provisions of the judgment), avail themselves of the right under
the terms of Article 51 (2) (art. 51-2) of the Convention and Rule 50 (2) of
the Rules of Court: MM. Holmbäck, Rodenbourg, Ross, Wiarda and Mast,
Judges, attach to the judgment the statement of their collective dissenting
opinion: MM. Maridakis and Wold attach thereto the statement of their
individual dissenting opinions.
In addition, MM. G. Maridakis and T. Wold, Judges, while concurring
with point 2 of the operative provisions of the judgment, which concerns the
other questions referred to the Court, attach to the judgment the statement of
their individual opinions, basing themselves on reasoning different from
that of the majority.
R. C.
H. G.