6.  The applicant was born in 1956 and lives in Zadar, Croatia. 7.  On 1 November 1991 the applicant’s house in Starigrad was set on fire by unknown members of the local police. 8.  On 12 April 1994 the applicant instituted civil proceedings before the Zadar Municipal Court (Općinski sud u Zadru) seeking damages from the Republic of Croatia for her damaged property. 9.  Pursuant to the Civil Obligations (Amendments) Act 1999 (Zakon o dopunama Zakona o obveznim odnosima, Official Gazette no. 112/1999), the Zadar Municipal Court stayed the proceedings on 10 March 2000. The applicant appealed against that decision. On 17 May 2001 the Zadar County Court (Županijski sud u Zadru) rejected her appeal. On 30 January 2002 the Supreme Court (Vrhovni sud Republike Hrvatske) dismissed her appeal on the points of law as inadmissible. 10.  Pursuant to the Damage Caused by Members of the Croatian Army and Police during the Homeland War Act 2003 (Zakon o odgovornosti Republike Hrvatske za štetu uzrokovanu od pripadnika Hrvatskih oružanih i redarstvenih snaga tijekom Domovinskog rata, Official Gazette no. 117/2003), the proceedings resumed on 3 December 2003.