ŽDANOKA v. LATVIA JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Ždanoka v. Latvia, The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber composed of: Luzius Wildhaber, President, Christos Rozakis, Jean-Paul Costa, Nicolas Bratza, Boštjan M. Zupančič, Loukis Loucaides, Rıza Türmen, Josep Casadevall, András Baka, Rait Maruste, Javier Borrego Borrego, Elisabet Fura-Sandström, Alvina Gyulumyan, Ljiljana Mijović, Dean Spielmann, Renate Jaeger, judges, Jautrite Briede, ad hoc judge, and Lawrence Early, Deputy Grand Chamber Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 1 June 2005 and 15 February 2006, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the lastmentioned date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 58278/00) against the Republic of Latvia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Latvian national, Ms Tatjana Ždanoka (“the applicant”), on 20 January 2000. 2. The applicant was represented by Mr W. Bowring, a lawyer practising in Colchester, United Kingdom. The Latvian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms I. Reine, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 3. The applicant alleged, in particular, that her disqualification from standing for election to the Latvian parliament and to municipal elections infringed her rights as guaranteed by Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 and Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention. 4. The application was assigned to the Second Section of the Court (Rule 52 § 1 of the Rules of Court).