CENTRUM FÖR RÄTTVISA v. SWEDEN JUDGMENT
communicated to the respondent Government. On 19 June 2018 a Chamber
of that Section, composed of Branko Lubarda, President, Helena Jäderblom,
Helen Keller, Pere Pastor Vilanova, Alena Poláčková, Georgios A.
Serghides, Jolien Schukking, judges, and Stephen Phillips, Section
Registrar, gave judgment. The Chamber unanimously declared the
application admissible and held that there had been no violation of Article 8
of the Convention and that there was no need to examine separately the
complaint under Article 13.
5. On 19 September 2018 the applicant requested the referral of the case
to the Grand Chamber in accordance with Article 43 of the Convention. On
4 February 2019 the panel of the Grand Chamber granted that request.
6. The composition of the Grand Chamber was determined according to
the provisions of Article 26 §§ 4 and 5 of the Convention and Rule 24. The
President of the Grand Chamber decided that in the interests of the proper
administration of justice, the case should be assigned to the same Grand
Chamber as the case of Big Brother Watch and Others v. the United
Kingdom (nos. 58170/13 and 2 others) (Rules 24, 42 § 2 and 71).
7. The applicant and the Government each filed observations
(Rule 59 § 1) on the merits of the case.
8. The President of the Grand Chamber granted leave to the
Governments of Estonia, France, the Netherlands and Norway to intervene
in the written procedure, in accordance with Article 36 § 2 of the
Convention and Rule 44 § 3.
9. A hearing took place in public in the Human Rights Building,
Strasbourg, on 10 July 2019.
There appeared before the Court:
(a) for the respondent Government
Mrs E. HAMMARSKJÖLD, Director General for Legal Affairs, Ministry
for Foreign Affairs,
Agent,
Mrs G. ISAKSSON, Deputy Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Mrs J. SJÖSTRAND, Senior Legal Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Mr J.GARTON, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Defence,
Mr M. ANDERSSON, Senior Legal Adviser, Ministry of Defence
Mr H. SELLMAN, Deputy Director, Ministry of Justice,
Ms F. KRZYZANSKI, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Infrastructure,
Ms M. DRÁB, Chief Legal Adviser, National Defence Radio
Establishment,
Mr C. HELLSTEN, Senior Adviser, National Defence Radio
Establishment,
Advisers.