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This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention.
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
The case originated in an application (no. 34462/97) against the Kingdom of the Netherlands lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights (“the Commission”) under former Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Netherlands national, Mrs Rika E.W. Wessels-Bergervoet (“the applicant”), on 11 October 1996.
The applicant, who had been granted legal aid, was represented before the Court by Mrs H. Mollema-de Jong, a lawyer practising in Amersfoort. The Netherlands Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs J. Schukking, of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The applicant alleged, in particular, that her old-age pension had been reduced as a result of discriminatory treatment between married men and married women, contrary to Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1.
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