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R. A. and W. M. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM

Doc ref: 12105/86 • ECHR ID: 001-437

Document date: July 13, 1987

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R. A. and W. M. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM

Doc ref: 12105/86 • ECHR ID: 001-437

Document date: July 13, 1987

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AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF

Application No. 12105/86

by R.A. and W.M.

against the United Kingdom

The European Commission of Human Rights sitting in private on

13 July 1987, the following members being present:

MM. C.A. NØRGAARD, President

J.A. FROWEIN, First Vice-President

S. TRECHSEL, Second Vice-President

F. ERMACORA

E. BUSUTTIL

A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK

A. WEITZEL

J.C. SOYER

H.G. SCHERMERS

H. DANELIUS

G. BATLINER

Mrs. G.H. THUNE

Sir Basil HALL

MM. F. MARTINEZ

C.L. ROZAKIS

Mrs. J. LIDDY

Mr. H.C. KRÜGER, Secretary to the Commission

Having regard to Article 25 of the Convention for the

Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;

Having regard to the application introduced on 12 March 1986

by R.A. and W.M. against the United Kingdom

and registered on 18 April 1986 under file No. 12105/86;

Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 40 of the

Rules of Procedure of the Commission;

Having deliberated;

Decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicants, British citizens and civil servants, reside in

London. Before the Commission they are represented by Messrs. Lawford

& Co., solicitors practising in London.

The applicants rely on the facts forming the background to,

and set out in, Application No. 11603/85 by the Council of Civil

Service Unions and Others against the United Kingdom.

The applicants originally complained under Article 11 of the

Convention that individual employees at Government Communications

Headquarters (GCHQ) no longer have the right to belong to a trade

union. Under Article 13 they alleged that there was no effective

remedy under domestic law in respect of the alleged breach of Article 11.

PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION

The application was introduced on 12 March 1986 and registered

on 18 April 1986.

On 17 July 1986 the Commission decided, pursuant to Rule 42

para. 2 (b) of its Rules of Procedure, to give notice of the

application to the respondent Government, without requesting written

observations at that stage, pending the outcome of the similar

application of the Council of Civil Service Unions and Others v.

United Kingdom (No. 11603/85). That application was declared

inadmissible by the Commission on 20 January 1987.

On 27 April 1987 the present applicants informed the Secretary

that they did not with to pursue their application.

REASONS FOR THE DECISION

The Commission notes that the applicants do not wish to pursue

their application. It finds no reasons of a general character

affecting the observance of the Convention which necessitate the

further retention of this case. Accordingly, the Commission accedes

to the applicants' request to withdraw their application.

For these reasons, the Commission

DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OFF ITS LIST OF CASES.

Secretary to the Commission President of the Commission

(H.C. KRÜGER) (C.A. NØRGAARD)

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