unable to sit, a person chosen by the President of the Court from
a list submitted in advance by that Party shall sit in the capacity of
judge.
5. The Grand Chamber shall also include the President of the
Court, the Vice-Presidents, the Presidents of the Chambers and
other judges chosen in accordance with the rules of the Court.
When a case is referred to the Grand Chamber under Article 43,
no judge from the Chamber which rendered the judgment shall
sit in the Grand Chamber, with the exception of the President
of the Chamber and the judge who sat in respect of the High
Contracting Party concerned.
ARTICLE 27
(b) declare it admissible and render at the same time a
judgment on the merits, if the underlying question in the
case, concerning the interpretation or the application of
the Convention or the Protocols thereto, is already the
subject of well-established case-law of the Court.
2. Decisions and judgments under paragraph 1 shall be final.
3. If the judge elected in respect of the High Contracting Party
concerned is not a member of the committee, the committee may
at any stage of the proceedings invite that judge to take the place
of one of the members of the committee, having regard to all
relevant factors, including whether that Party has contested the
application of the procedure under paragraph 1.(b).
Competence of single judges
ARTICLE 29
1. A single judge may declare inadmissible or strike out of the
Court’s list of cases an application submitted under Article 34,
where such a decision can be taken without further examination.
Decisions by Chambers on admissibility and merits
2. The decision shall be final.
3. If the single judge does not declare an application inadmissible
or strike it out, that judge shall forward it to a committee or to a
Chamber for further examination.
1. If no decision is taken under Article 27 or 28, or no judgment
rendered under Article 28, a Chamber shall decide on the
admissibility and merits of individual applications submitted under
Article 34. The decision on admissibility may be taken separately.
ARTICLE 28
2. A Chamber shall decide on the admissibility and merits of
inter-State applications submitted under Article 33. The decision
on admissibility shall be taken separately unless the Court, in
exceptional cases, decides otherwise.
Competence of Committees
ARTICLE 30
1. In respect of an application submitted under Article 34, a
committee may, by a unanimous vote,
Relinquishment of jurisdiction to the Grand Chamber
(a) declare it inadmissible or strike it out of its list of cases,
where such decision can be taken without further
examination; or
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Where a case pending before a Chamber raises a serious
question affecting the interpretation of the Convention or the
Protocols thereto, or where the resolution of a question before
the Chamber might have a result inconsistent with a judgment
previously delivered by the Court, the Chamber may, at any
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