GRAND CHAMBER CASE of NADA V. SWITZERLAND (Application No
GRAND CHAMBER CASE OF NADA v. SWITZERLAND (Application no. 10593/08) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 12 September 2012 NADA v. SWITZERLAND JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Nada v. Switzerland, The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber composed of: Nicolas Bratza, President, Jean-Paul Costa, Françoise Tulkens, Josep Casadevall, Nina Vajić, Dean Spielmann, Christos Rozakis, Corneliu Bîrsan, Karel Jungwiert, Khanlar Hajiyev, Ján Šikuta, Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre, Giorgio Malinverni, George Nicolaou, Mihai Poalelungi, Kristina Pardalos, Ganna Yudkivska, judges, and Michael O’Boyle, Deputy Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 23 March 2011, 7 September 2011 and on 23 May 2012, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the last- mentioned date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 10593/08) against the Swiss Confederation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by an Italian and Egyptian national, Mr Youssef Moustafa Nada (“the applicant”), on 19 February 2008. 2. The applicant was represented by Mr J. McBride, a barrister in London. The Swiss Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr F. Schürmann, of the Federal Office of Justice. 3. In his application, Mr Nada alleged that the ban on entering or transiting through Switzerland, which had been imposed on him as a result of the addition of his name to the list annexed to the Federal Taliban Ordinance, had breached his right to liberty (Article 5 of the Convention) and his right to respect for private and family life, honour and reputation (Article 8).
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