Foreword = 5
I. Historical background, organisation and procedure = 7
II. Composotion of the Court = 17
III. Composotion of the Sections = 21
IV. Speech given by Mr Luzius Wildhaber, President of the European court of human rights, on the occasion of the judicial year, 23 January 2003 = 25
V. Speech given by Lord Woolf of Barnes, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, on the occasion ofthe opening of the judicial year, 23 January 2003 = 37
VI. Visits = 45
VII.Activities of the Grand Chamber and Sections = 49
VIII.Publication of the Court's case-law = 55
IX. Developments in the use of information technology by the Court = 63
X. Short survey of cases examined by the Court in 2002 = 71
XI. Subject matter of judgments delivered by the Court in 2002 = 101
XII.Cases accepted for referral to the Grand Chamber and cases in which jurisdiction was relinquished by a Chamber in favour of the Grand Chamber in 2002 = 121
XIII.Statistical information = 129
XIV.Statistical tables by State = 135
I. Historical background, organisation and procedure = 7
II. Composotion of the Court = 17
III. Composotion of the Sections = 21
IV. Speech given by Mr Luzius Wildhaber, President of the European court of human rights, on the occasion of the judicial year, 23 January 2003 = 25
V. Speech given by Lord Woolf of Barnes, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, on the occasion ofthe opening of the judicial year, 23 January 2003 = 37
VI. Visits = 45
VII.Activities of the Grand Chamber and Sections = 49
VIII.Publication of the Court's case-law = 55
IX. Developments in the use of information technology by the Court = 63
X. Short survey of cases examined by the Court in 2002 = 71
XI. Subject matter of judgments delivered by the Court in 2002 = 101
XII.Cases accepted for referral to the Grand Chamber and cases in which jurisdiction was relinquished by a Chamber in favour of the Grand Chamber in 2002 = 121
XIII.Statistical information = 129
XIV.Statistical tables by State = 135