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Release C P ou r nc e il o s f E s urope Press Division Ref:862a08 Tel: [phone] Fax:[phone] [e-mail] internet:www.coe.int/press EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS 47 members 862 2.12.2008 Albania Andorra Press release issued by the Registrar Armenia Austria CHAMBER JUDGMENT Azerbaijan K.U. v. FINLAND Belgium Bosnia and 1 The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing its Chamber judgmentin the Herzegovina case ofK.U. v. Finland(application no. 2872/02). Bulgaria Croatia The Court held unanimously that there had been a violationof Article 8to respect for (right Cyprus Czech Republic private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the Finnish Denmark authorities’ failure to protect a child’s right to respect for private life following an advertisement Estonia of a sexual nature being posted about him on an Internet dating site. Finland France Under Article 41 (just satisfaction) of the Convention, the Court awarded K.U. Georgia 3,000 euros (EUR)in respect of non-pecuniary damage. (The judgment is available only in Germany English.) Greece Hungary 1. Principalfacts Iceland Ireland Italy The applicant, K.U., is a Finnish national who was born in 1986. Latvia Liechtenstein The case concerned the applicant’s complaint that an advertisement of a sexual nature was posted Lithuania about him on an Internet dating site and that, under Finnish legislation in place at the time, the Luxembourg police and the courts could not require the Internet provider to identify the person who had posted Malta the ad. Moldova Monaco In March 1999 an unknown individual posted the ad on an Internet dating site in the name of the Montenegro Netherlands applicant without his knowledge. The applicant was 12 years old at the time. The ad mentioned Norway his age and year of birth and gave a detailed description of his physical characteristics. There was Poland also a link to the applicant’s web page where his picture and telephone number, accurate save for Portugal one digit, could be found. The ad announced that he was looking for an intimate relationship with Romania a boy of his age or older “to show him the way”. Russia San Marino The applicant became aware of that announcement when he received an e-mail from a man, Serbia offering to meet him and “to then see what he wanted”. Slovakia ./.. Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland “the former Yugoslav Republic of 1 Under Article 43 of the Convention, within three months from the date of a Chamber judgment, any party Macedonia” to the case may, in exceptional cases, request that the case be referred to the 17-member Grand Chamber of Turkey the Court. In that event, a panel of five judges considers whether the case raises a serious question affecting Ukraine the interpretation or application of the Convention or its protocols, or a serious issue of general importance, United Kingdom in which case the Grand Chamber will deliver a final judgment. If no such question or issue arises, the panel will reject the request, at which point the judgment becomes final. Otherwise Chamber judgments become final on the expiry of the three-month period or earlier if the parties declare that they do not intend to make a request to refer. To receive our press releases by e-mail, contact : [e-mail] A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 47 member states.