6.  The applicants were born in 1932 and 1958, respectively, and live in Hrgovljani, Croatia. 7.  On 12 February 1992 the applicants' house in Hrgovljani was blown up by unknown perpetrators. 8.  On 9 February 1995 the applicants instituted civil proceedings in the Zagreb Municipal Court (Općinski sud u Zagrebu), seeking damages for their destroyed property from the State. 9.  On 17 January 1996 Parliament introduced an amendment to the Civil Obligations Act (“the 1996 Amendment”) which provided that all proceedings concerning actions for damages resulting from terrorist acts were to be stayed pending the enactment of new legislation. The new legislation was to be enacted within six months. 10.  On 5 February 1996 the Zagreb Municipal Court stayed the proceedings pursuant to the above legislation. 11.  On 14 July 2003 Parliament introduced the Act on Liability for Damage Resulting from Terrorist Acts and Public Demonstrations (“the 2003 Liability Act”). 12.  On 23 September 2003 the Zagreb Municipal Court resumed the proceedings. 13.  On 5 May 2004 the court dismissed the applicants' claim finding that it no longer had jurisdiction in the matter. 14.  On 18 June 2004 the applicants appealed against the above decision. It appears that the proceedings are still pending before the second instance court.