KURIĆ AND OTHERS v. SLOVENIA JUDGMENT 3 permits, and the remainder of the other applicants’ complaints were declared inadmissible. In addition, the Chamber indicated to the respondent Government the appropriate general and individual measures to be adopted under Article 46 and reserved the question of just satisfaction under Article 41 of the Convention. 10. On 13 October 2010 the Government asked for the case to be referred to the Grand Chamber by virtue of Article 43 of the Convention and Rule 73. On 21 February 2011 a panel of the Grand Chamber granted that request. 11. The composition of the Grand Chamber was determined according to the provisions of Article 26 §§ 4 and 5 of the Convention and Rule 24. On 3 November 2011 Jean-Paul Costa’s term as President of the Court came to an end. Nicolas Bratza succeeded him in that capacity and took over the presidency of the Grand Chamber in the present case (Rule 9 § 2). Jean-Paul Costa continued to sit following the expiry of his term of office, in accordance with Article 23 § 3 of the Convention and Rule 24 § 4. 12. The applicants and the respondent Government each filed written observations. In addition, third-party comments were received from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”), which had been given leave by the President to intervene in the written procedure before the Grand Chamber (Article 36 § 2 of the Convention and Rule 44 § 3). Open Society Justice Initiative also filed updated and consolidated submissions. 13. A hearing took place in public in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 6 July 2011 (Rule 59 § 3). There appeared before the Court: (a) for the respondent Government Mr L. BEMBIČ, State Attorney, Ms V. KLEMENC, State Attorney, Ms N. GREGORI, Ministry of the Interior, Mr J. KOSELJ, Ministry of the Interior, Ms I. JEGLIČ, Ministry of the Interior, Ms A. SNOJ, Ministry of the Interior, Mr A. JERMAN, Ministry of the Interior, Mr P. PAVLIN, Ministry of the Interior, Mr S. BARDUTZKY, Ministry of Justice, (b) for the applicants Mr A. G. LANA, Mr A. SACCUCCI, Ms N. KOGOVŠEK ŠALAMO, Ms A. SIRONI, Agent, Co-Agent, Advisers; Counsel, Advisers.