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The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 6 October 2009 as a Chamber composed of:
Nicolas Bratza, President, Lech Garlicki, Ljiljana Mijović, David Thór Björgvinsson, Ján Šikuta, Päivi Hirvelä, Mihai Poalelungi, judges, and Fatoş Aracı , Deputy Section Registrar ,
Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,
The applicant, Mr S., is a Finnish national who was born in 1951 and lives in Espoo. He did not have a legal representative before the Court. The Finnish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Arto Kosonen of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
The applicant petitioned the Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman ( eduskunnan apulaisoikeusasiamies, riksdagens biträdande justitieombudsman ), who in her decision of 28 February 1997 took the view that the pre-trial investigations, beginning in October 1992 and ending in November 1995, should have been speedier.
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