Ministers’ Deputies

Decisions

CM/Del/Dec(2016)1265         22 September 2016

 

1265th meeting (DH), 20-21 September 2016

Decisions adopted

 


CONTENTS

Page

List of those present .............................................................................................................................. 4

A. General questions

A.1 Adoption of the Order of Business..................................................................................................... 7

A.2 Preparation of next meeting .............................................................................................................. 7

B. Classification of new judgments.......................................................................................................... 7

C. Examination of cases proposed for the present meeting – Proposal from the Chair............................... 8

D. Supervision of the payment of just satisfaction.................................................................................. 40

E. Action plans...................................................................................................................................... 41

F. Adoption of final resolutions.............................................................................................................. 43

Item 4.1a - Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –

Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee –

Candidates in respect of Albania............................................................................................................ 50

Item 4.1b - Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –

Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee –

Candidates in respect of Norway............................................................................................................ 50

Item 4.1c - Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –

Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee –

Candidates in respect of Serbia............................................................................................................. 50

APPENDICES:

- Appendix 1:    Cases already listed for detailed examination at future DH meetings by decisions

                        of the Committee........................................................................................................... 51

- Appendix 2:    (CM/Del/OT(2016)1265-app2) List of all the cases for which an action plan / action report

                        has been presented to the Committee since the last meeting

- Appendix 3:    Indicative list of cases for the 1273rd meeting (December 2016) (DH)............................... 54

- Appendix 4:    List of cases in which the just satisfaction has been paid since the last meeting

Appendix 5       Resolution CM/ResCMN(2016)12

(item 4.1a)        Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –

                        Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee

                        in respect of Albania...................................................................................................... 57

Appendix 6       Resolution CM/ResCMN(2016)13

(item 4.1b)        Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –

                        Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee

                        in respect of Norway...................................................................................................... 58

Appendix 7       Resolution CM/ResCMN(2016)14

(item 4.1c)        Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –

                        Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee

                        in respect of Serbia....................................................................................................... 59


The 1265th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies opened on 20 September 2016 at 10.00 a.m. under the chairmanship of Ms T. Constantinidou, Deputy for the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus. Certain points were examined under the chairmanship of Ms K. Kivi, Deputy for the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia (in red, the experts invited from the capitals).

PRESENT


ALBANIA

Ms       A.         Hobdari

Ms        A.         Kasa

Ms        A.         Doko

Ms        E.         Sadushaj

Ms        A.         Hicka

ANDORRA

Ms       M.E.     Rabasa Grau

Mr        J.         Forner Rovira

ARMENIA

Mr        P.         Hovhannisyan

Mr        A.         Khachatryan

AUSTRIA

Mr        R.         Lennkh

Mr        M.        Reichard

AZERBAIJAN

Mr        E.         Eyyubov

Mr        E.         Hasanov

BELGIUM

Mr        G.         Heyvaert

Mr        M.        Creffier

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Ms        S.         Radjo

Mr        S.         Kragulj

BULGARIA

Ms        K.         Todorova

Ms        J.         Parparova

CROATIA

Mr        M.        Papa

Ms        A.         Vrkljan Sučić

CYPRUS

Ms        T.         Constantinidou

Mr        M.        Karagiorgis

Ms        I.          Demosthenous

Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC

Mr        N.         Kyriacou

CZECH REPUBLIC

Mr        E.         Ruffer

Mr        M.        Bouček

DENMARK

Mr        A.         de Fine Skibsted

Mr        T.         Sand Kirk

ESTONIA

Ms        K.         Kivi

Ms        K.         Juhasoo-Lawrence

FINLAND

Ms        V.R.      Laukkanen

FRANCE

Mr        J.-F.     Goujon-Fischer

GEORGIA

Ms        M.        Maisaia

Mr        M.        Sulaberidze

Mr.       B.         Dzamashvili

GERMANY

Ms        V.         Wolf

GREECE

Mr        S.         Perrakis

Mr        V.         Vikas

Mr        T.         Zafeirakos

Mr        G.         Skemperis

Ms        O.         Patsopoulou

HUNGARY

Mr        G.         Kocsis

ICELAND

Ms        S.         Ágústsdóttir

IRELAND

Mr        K.         McBean

Mr        F.         Power

Ms        A.         Foley

Ms        C.         Nevin

ITALY

Mr        P.         Vaira

Ms        P.         Accardo

LATVIA

Mr        I.          Pundurs

Ms        S.         Kauliņa

Mr        E.         Rubīns

LIECHTENSTEIN

Mr        D.         Ospelt

LITHUANIA

Mr        A.         Tumėnas

Ms        R.         Kunigelytė

LUXEMBOURG

Ms        C.         Goy

Ms        R.         Spoto

MALTA

Mr        J.         Filletti

Ms        T.         Carabott

Mr        M.A.     Abela

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Ms        C.         Călugăru

Ms        C.         Burian

Ms        I.          Botnari

MONACO

Mr        R.         Mortier

MONTENEGRO

Ms        B.         Krunić

Ms        A.         Radusinović

NETHERLANDS

Mr        O.         Elderenbosch

Ms        S.         De Groot

NORWAY

Mr        Å.         Eriksen

Mr        Y.O.     Hvoslef

POLAND

Ms        M.        Kaczmarska

Ms        A.         Kropczyńska

Mr        S.         Kurek

PORTUGAL

Mr        J.M.      Cabral

Ms        M.        Caldas Faria

Mr        E.         Pedrosa

ROMANIA

Ms        A.-L.     Rusu

Ms        I.          Popa

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Mr        V.         Egorov

Ms        M.        Molodtsova

Mr        S.         Kovpak

Mr        M.        Tokarev

Ms        K.         Rogozyanskaya

Ms        N.         Zyabkina

Mr        P.         Ulturgashev

Mr        I.          Yarovoy

Mr        S.         Kuzmenkov

SAN MARINO

Mr        G.         Bellatti Ceccoli

SERBIA

Mr        Z.         Popović

Mr        I.          Vučinić

Mr        D.         Ninkov

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Mr        D.         Štefánek

Mr        T.         Grünwald

Ms        M.        Pirošiková

Ms        K.         Čahojová

SLOVENIA

Mr        H.         Hartman

Ms        I.          Vogrinčič

Mr        R.         Golobinek

SPAIN

Mr        L.         Tarin Martin

SWEDEN

Ms        K.         Flarup

SWITZERLAND

Mr        C.         Tutumlu

“THE FORMER YUGOSLAV

REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”

Mr        P.         Pop-Arsov

Ms        O.         Vasilevska

Mr        I.          Kadriu

TURKEY

Mr        E.         Işcan

Mr        C.         Öztas

Ms        M.        Yilmaz Öskiper

Mr        M.T.      Çiçek

Ms        M.U.     Gültekin

Mr        M.Z.     Uzun

Ms        B.B.      Soydan

UKRAINE

Mr        D.         Kuleba

Mr        M.        Kononenko

Mr        I.          Lishchyna

Ms        A.         Migalchan

UNITED KINGDOM

Ms        E.         Hourigan

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*        *

EUROPEAN UNION

Ms        B.         Glasenhardt



Item A1

Adoption of the Order of Business

Decision

The Deputies adopted the Order of Business.

Item A.2

Preparation of the next Human Rights meeting (1273rd meeting, December 2016)

CM/Del/OT(2016)1273-prel, CM/Bur/Del(2016)1264

Decision

The Deputies approved the preliminary draft Order of Business for the 1273rd meeting (December 2016) (DH) as it appears at Appendix 3 to the present volume of Decisions.

Item B

Classification of new judgments

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         decided to examine the following judgments under the standard procedure (list of cases - see CM/Del/Dec(2016)1265/B1-add1);

2.         decided to examine the following judgments under the enhanced procedure (list of cases – see CM/Del/Dec(2016)1265/B1-add2);

3.         agreed to revert to the question of classification of the case of Mozer v. the Russian Federation[1] at a future meeting;

4.         agreed to revert to the question of classification of the case of Navalnyy and Ofitserov v. the Russian Federation at the 1273rd meeting (December 2016) (DH).


C. Examination of cases proposed for the present meeting – Proposal from the Chair

Please note that the notes for the cases below can be consulted on-line through the links on each reference number and decisions.

Case

State

Application

Judgment final on

Violation

Action required

Link to the last decision

CAKA GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-1

ALBANIA

44023/02

08/03/2010

unfair criminal proceedings.

To assess the information provided by the Albanian authorities and to identify the outstanding questions. To examine the proposal to adopt a final resolution in two cases.

1193rd meeting (March 2014)

CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1193/2

DYBEKU GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-2

ALBANIA

41153/06

02/06/2008

unlawful detention and poor conditions of detention; failure to comply with interim measures indicated by the Court.

To examine the proposal to adopt a final resolution.

1208th meeting (September 2014)

CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1208/1

ILGAR MAMMADOV

CM/Notes/1265/H46-3

AZERBAIJAN

15172/13

13/10/2014

arrest and pre-trial detention to punish the applicant for having criticised the government, in breach of Article 18 taken in conjunction with Article 5.

To assess the current situation.

1259th meeting (June 2016)

CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-3

NAMAT ALIYEV GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-4

AZERBAIJAN

18705/06

08/07/2010

various irregularities in the context of the 2005 and 2010 parliamentary elections and lack of safeguards against arbitrariness.

To follow up the decision adopted at the 1243rd meeting.

1243rd meeting (December 2015)

CM/Del/Dec(2015)1243/H46-2

TRABELSI

CM/Notes/1265/H46-5

BELGIUM

140/10

16/02/2015

extradition in 2013 of the applicant from Belgium to the United States, where he risks an irreducible life sentence; failure to comply with the Court’s interim measure.

To follow up the decision adopted at the 1259th meeting.

1259th meeting (June 2016)

CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-7

VASILESCU

CM/Notes/1265/H46-6

BELGIUM

64682/12

20/04/2015

structural problem concerning prison overcrowding and conditions of detention.

To assess the action plan submitted by the authorities on 07/07/2016.

First examination

ĐOKIĆ

MAGO AND OTHERS

CM/Notes/1265/H46-7

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

6518/04

12959/05

04/10/2010

24/09/2012

inability for members of the former Yugoslav People's Army (“YPA”) to repossess their pre-war apartments in the aftermath of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

To assess the information provided by the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to identify the outstanding questions.

First examination

NACHOVA AND OTHERS GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-8

BULGARIA

43577/98+

06/07/2005

excessive use of firearms by police officers during arrests; ineffective investigations.

To identify the outstanding questions in the Nachova case. To examine the proposal to adopt a final resolution in the other cases.

1157th meeting (December 2012)

CM/Del/Dec(2012)1157/7

UNITED MACEDONIAN ORGANISATION ILINDEN AND OTHERS GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-9

BULGARIA

59491/00

19/04/2006

unjustified refusals of the courts to register an association aiming at achieving "the recognition of the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria".

To assess the latest refusals to register the applicant association and one similar organisation, as well as the additional measures currently implemented by the authorities.

1214th meeting (December 2014)

CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1214/5

VELIKOVA GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-10

BULGARIA

41488/98

04/10/2000

excessive use of force by members of the law enforcement agencies; ineffective investigations.

To assess the progress achieved and to identify the outstanding issues.

1164th meeting (March 2013)

CM/Del/Dec(2013)1164/7


Case

State

Application

Judgment final on

Violation

Action required

Link to the last decision

STATILEO

CM/Notes/1265/H46-11

CROATIA

12027/10

10/10/2014

statutory limitations on use of property by landlords, including through the rent control scheme for flats subject to protected leases.

To assess the information provided by the Croatian authorities and to identify the outstanding questions.

First examination

ALIEV

CM/Notes/1265/H46-12

GEORGIA

522/04

13/04/2009

Poor conditions of detention.

To assess the action plan submitted by the authorities.

First examination

S.D. GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-13

GREECE

53541/07

11/09/2009

unlawful detention of asylum seekers and migrants pending execution of deportation orders.

To assess the information provided by the Greek authorities.

To examine the proposal to transfer this group in the standard procedure.

First examination

VALLIANATOS AND OTHERS

CM/Notes/1265/H46-14

GREECE

29381/09+

07/11/2013

discrimination against same-sex couples excluded from the scope of the law establishing civil unions.

To examine the proposal to adopt a final resolution.

First examination

COSTA AND PAVAN

CM/Notes/1265/H46-15

ITALY

54270/10

11/02/2013

inconsistency in the Italian legal system in the field of medically-assisted procreation.

To assess the action report presented by the authorities on 15/06/2016. To examine the proposal to adopt a final resolution.

First examination

SHARIFI AND OTHERS

CM/Notes/1265/H46-16

ITALY [2]

16643/09

21/01/2015

collective expulsion of asylum seekers to Greece.

To assess the revised action plan submitted by the authorities on 13/07/2016.

First examination


Case

State

Application

Judgment final on

Violation

Action required

Link to the last decision

SUSO MUSA GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-17

MALTA

42337/12

09/12/2013

problems related to detention pending asylum and deportation proceedings.

To assess the action report submitted and to examine the proposal to adopt a final resolution.

1214th meeting (December 2014)

CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1214/12

CIORAP, BECCIEV AND PALADI GROUPS

CM/Notes/1265/H46-18

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

12066/02

9190/03

39806/05

19/09/2007

04/01/2006

10/03/2009

poor conditions of detention, including lack of access to adequate medical care and lack of an effective remedy.

To take stock of the measures taken and to identify the outstanding questions in the light of the revised action plan presented by the authorities on 01/07/2016.

1186th meeting (December 2013)

CM/Del/OJ/DH(2013)1186/12

AL NASHIRI GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-19

POLAND

28761/11

16/02/2015

violations related to secret rendition operations by the CIA.

To follow up the decision adopted at the 1259th meeting; examination of the urgent individual measures.

1259th meeting (June 2016)

CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-21

KAPRYKOWSKI GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-20

POLAND

23052/05

03/05/2009

poor conditions of detention mainly due to lack of adequate medical care.

To assess the information provided in the action report. To examine the proposal to adopt a final resolution.

1164th meeting (March 2013)

CM/Del/Dec(2013)1164/18

CENTRE FOR LEGAL RESOURCES ON BEHALF OF VALENTIN CÂMPEANU

CM/Notes/1265/H46-21

ROMANIA

47848/08

17/07/2014

deficiencies in the legal protection and medical and social care afforded to a young man with mental disabilities leading to his death in 2004.

To assess the revised action plan submitted by the authorities on 07/07/2016.

First examination


Case

State

Application

Judgment final on

Violation

Action required

Link to the last decision

PARASCINETI

CRISTIAN TEODORESCU GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-22

ROMANIA

32060/05

22883/05

13/06/2012

19/09/2012

issues related to the procedure and safeguards, living conditions and care afforded to patients detained in psychiatric hospitals.

To assess the progress achieved and identify the outstanding issues.

To examine the proposal to transfer this group to the enhanced procedure.

First examination

FINOGENOV AND OTHERS

CM/Notes/1265/H46-23

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

18299/03+

04/06/2012

loss of life and injuries caused during a mass hostage-rescue operation at the “Nord-Ost” theatre in Moscow and lack of effective investigation.

To take stock of the measures taken and to identify the outstanding questions.

First examination

KLYAKHIN GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-24

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

46082/99

06/06/2005

various problems relating to pre-trial detention.

To follow up the decision adopted at the 1259th meeting (examination of the outstanding individual measures).

1259th meeting (June 2016)

CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-28

ZORICA JOVANOVIĆ

CM/Notes/1265/H46-25

SERBIA

21794/08

09/09/2013

failure to provide information as to the fate of new-born babies alleged to have died in maternity wards.

To urge the authorities to bring the legislative process to an end without further delay.

1250th meeting (March 2016)

CM/Del/Dec(2016)1250/H46-23

EL-MASRI

CM/Notes/1265/H46-26

“THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”

39630/09

13/12/2012

violations related to a “secret rendition” operation by the CIA.

To urge the authorities to provide information on the outstanding issues.

1243rd meeting (December 2015)

CM/Del/Dec(2015)1243/H46-19

BATI AND OTHERS GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-27

TURKEY

33097/96

03/09/2004

ill-treatment by the police and the gendarmerie; ineffective investigations.

To follow up the decision adopted at the 1243rd meeting.

1243rd meeting (December 2015)

CM/Del/Dec(2015)1243/H46-23



Case

State

Application

Judgment final on

Violation

Action required

Link to the last decision

CYPRUS v. TURKEY

CM/Notes/1265/H46-28

TURKEY

25781/94

10/05/2001

12/05/2014

14 violations in relation to the situation in the northern part of Cyprus.

To continue the debate on the cluster of property rights of enclaved persons, in accordance with the decision adopted at the 1243rd meeting (December 2015).

1236th meeting (September 2015)

CM/Del/Dec(2015)1236/21

INCAL GROUP

GÖZEL AND ÖZER GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-29

TURKEY

22678/93

43453/04

09/06/1998

06/10/2010

unjustified interferences with freedom of expression, owing notably to criminal convictions.

To follow up the decision adopted at the 1230th meeting.

1230th meeting (June 2015)

CM/Del/Dec(2015)1230/22

VARNAVA AND OTHERS

CM/Notes/1265/H46-30

TURKEY

16064/90+

18/09/2009

lack of effective investigation into the fate of nine Greek Cypriots who disappeared during the military operations undertaken by Turkey in Cyprus in 1974.

To continue the debate on the payment of the just satisfaction.

1259th meeting (June 2016)

CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-37

XENIDES-ARESTIS GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-31

TURKEY

46347/99

22/03/2006

23/05/2007

continuous denial of access to property in the northern part of Cyprus.

To continue the debate on the payment of the just satisfaction.

1259th meeting (June 2016)

CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-37

KAVERZIN,

AFANASYEV GROUP,

KARABET AND OTHERS,

BELOUSOV

CM/Notes/1265/H46-32

UKRAINE

23893/03

38722/02

38906/07

4494/07

15/08/2012

05/07/2005

17/04/2013

07/02/2014

ill-treatment / torture by police and lack of effective investigation.

To take stock of the measures taken and to identify the outstanding questions.

1201st meeting (June 2014)

CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1201/24

KHARCHENKO

CHANYEV

KORNEYKOVA

CM/Notes/1265/H46-33

UKRAINE

40107/02

46193/13

39884/05

10/05/2011

09/01/2015

19/04/2012

unlawful arrests and unlawful and lengthy detention on remand.

To take stock of the measures taken and to identify the outstanding questions.

1164th meeting (March 2013)

CM/Del/Dec(2013)1164/33

YURIY NIKOLAYEVICH IVANOV + ZHOVNER GROUP

CM/Notes/1265/H46-34

UKRAINE

40450/04

56848/00

15/01/2010

29/09/2004

Non-enforcement of domestic court decisions against the State or State owned enterprises.

To follow up the decision adopted at the 1259th meeting.

1259th meeting (June 2016)

CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-41


Item H46-1

Caka Group v. Albania (Application No. 44023/02)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)828, DH-DD(2015)489, DH-DD(2014)132, CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1193/2, more information on the website of the Execution Department

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted with satisfaction the individual measures taken in these cases, in particular that all the applicants have had an effective possibility to obtain reopening of the impugned proceedings and that, for those applicants who requested it, guarantees were given that the new proceedings either had been or would be conducted in accordance with the requirements of Article 6 of the Convention and that, pending these proceedings, the applicants could request release; considered accordingly that no further individual measures are required in this group of cases;

2.         welcomed the general measures taken to prevent ill-treatment and the use of incriminating statements obtained as a result of such treatment and to address the issues concerning the lack of access to a lawyer in police custody, procedures for identification of suspects and access to the Constitutional Court; considered that the cases concerning only these aspects can be closed, namely Laska and Lika, and Kaçiu and Kotorri;

3.         encouraged the authorities rapidly to finalise the ongoing reform of the judicial system to prevent further violations concerning the lack of guarantees surrounding criminal proceedings in absentia, the right to defend oneself in court and the appearance of witnesses; decided to continue their supervision of these measures in the cases of Caka, Cani and Izet Haxhia, and to close the similar cases Berhani and Shkalla;

4.         consequently, adopted Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)272, and, for the cases remaining under the Committee’s supervision, invited the authorities to provide information on progress with the adoption of general measures in relation to the outstanding issues.

Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)272
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Four cases against Albania

Application

Case

Judgment of

Final on

12315/04

LASKA AND LIKA

20/04/2010

20/07/2010

33192/07+

KAÇIU AND KOTORRI

25/06/2013

09/12/2013

847/05

BERHANI

27/05/2010

04/10/2010

26866/05

SHKALLA

10/05/2011

10/08/2011

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016

at the 1265th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations of Article 6, paragraph 1 and 3 and of Article 3 of the Convention on account of the unfairness and excessive length of criminal proceedings, and ill-treatment during interrogation by the police;


Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

-      of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and

-      of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having noted that the just satisfaction has been paid by the government of the respondent State and that the impugned proceedings at issue in these cases were reopened;

Noting with satisfaction the numerous amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure defining principles concerning the identification of suspects, access to a lawyer from the first moment of arrest or detention, the rights of the accused during interrogation and the prohibition of the use of statements obtained in violation of these rights, as well as general measures adopted to prevent ill-treatment of detainees;

Noting also with satisfaction the wide-ranging awareness measures adopted to ensure that the relevant legal provisions are properly implemented in practice, including as regards the access to the Constitutional Court, in line with the requirements of Articles 3 and 6 of the Convention;

Noting finally that the general measures required in response to the other aspects of the violations of Article 6 the Convention established in some of these cases, namely concerning criminal proceedings in absentia, appearance of witnesses and excessive length of proceedings, continue to be examined in the Caka group of cases and in the Luli group,

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in the cases listed above and

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.

Item H46-2

H46-2 Dybeku and Grori v. Albania (Applications Nos. 41153/06 and 25336/04)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)739, DH-DD(2015)768, DH-DD(2014)974, CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1208/1

Decision

The Deputies adopted Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)273 as it appears below.

Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)273
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Two cases against Albania

Application No.

Case

Judgment of

Final on

41153/06

DYBEKU

18/12/2007

02/06/2008

25336/04

GRORI

07/07/2009

07/10/2009

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016
at the 1265th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in the above-mentioned cases and to the violations it found of Articles 3, 5 § 1 and 34;

Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

-      of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and

-      of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgments, including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2016)739);

Having satisfied itself that all the measures required by Article 46, paragraph 1, have been adopted,

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases and

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.

Item H46-3

Ilgar Mammadov v. Azerbaijan (Application No. 15172/13)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

CM/ResDH(2016)144, CM/ResDH(2015)156, CM/ResDH(2015)43, CM/ResDH(2015)156, CM/ResDH(2015)43,

DH-DD(2016)938, DH-DD(2016)705, DH-DD(2016)687, DH-DD(2016)261, DH-DD(2016)259, DH-DD(2016)243,

DH-DD(2016)121, DH-DD(2015)1329, DH-DD(2015)1279, DH-DD(2015)1278, DH-DD(2015)1178, DH-DD(2015)1112, DH-DD(2015)1090, DH-DD(2015)859, DH-DD(2015)844, DH-DD(2015)780, DH-DD(2015)778, DH-DD(2015)769,

DH-DD(2015)566, DH-DD(2015)525, DH-DD(2015)264, DH-DD(2015)158, DH-DD(2015)152, DH-DD(2014)1450, SG/Inf(2015)37, AP195(2015), CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-3

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         deeply deploring that Ilgar Mammadov is still imprisoned notwithstanding the Court’s findings as regards the fundamental shortcomings in the criminal proceedings against him; underlining that his continuing detention fails entirely to satisfy the obligation under Article 46 § 1 of the Convention;

2.         recalled once again the commitment freely undertaken by Azerbaijan under Article 46 § 1 of the Convention to comply with the judgments of the European Court, as well as the requirement for each member State to comply with its obligations under Article 3 of the Statute of the Council of Europe;

3.         expressed their grave concern about the continuing silence of the Azerbaijan authorities as regards the implementation of the individual measures required;

4.         noted further that the applicant’s appeal against conviction is still pending before the Supreme Court; underlined the urgent need for the appeal to be examined rapidly and urged the Azerbaijan authorities to specify the relevant time-table;

5.         finally, expressed their deepest concern about the absence of any information from the authorities concerning the general measures taken or envisaged to prevent violations of the rule of law through abuse of power of the kind established in the Court’s judgment.


Item H46-4

Namat Aliyev group v. Azerbaijan (Application No. 18705/06)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

CM/Inf/DH(2015)27, CDL-AD(2008)011, Resolution 1917 (2013), Doc. 13923, Doc. 13084, DH-DD(2015)406,

DH-DD(2015)334, DH-DD(2015)179, DH-DD(2015)148, DH-DD(2014)873, DH-DD(2014)277-rev,

DH-DD(2013)1306, DH-DD(2013)822, DH-DD(2013)821, DH-DD(2012)260, CM/Del/Dec(2015)1243/H46-2

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         deeply regretted the silence of the Azerbaijan authorities concerning the measures required to ensure the review of the regularity of elections in conformity with the Convention and to prevent any arbitrariness, and expressed their concern as to the further execution process in this group of cases;

2.         recalled, once again, the opportunities for dialogue offered by the Council of Europe in the framework of its cooperation activities in electoral matters, regretted that they are not sufficiently used by the authorities and invited them to make full use of them in the future;

3.         insisted that the authorities resume cooperation with the Committee and the Secretariat in this group of cases and that they provide the expected information without further delay, including information related to the violations of the right of individual petition and to the Seyidzade judgment, joined to this group of cases;

4.         decided to resume consideration of this group of cases at their DH meeting in March 2017.

Item H46-5

Trabelsi v. Belgium (Application No. 140/10)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)955, DH-DD(2016)638, DH-DD(2016)192, DH-DD(2015)1267, DH-DD(2015)1119, CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-7

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         recalling that the Court considered that Belgium, by extraditing the applicant to the United States, had exposed him to the risk of being sentenced to an irreducible life sentence, which would amount to treatment contrary to Article 3 of the Convention;

2.         noted that the possibility of obtaining the necessary guarantees against such a sentence is stronger while the criminal proceedings against the applicant in the United States are at an early stage;

3.         noted with satisfaction the information provided by Belgium at the meeting concerning the state of the criminal proceedings and the positive progress of the discussions with the United States authorities with a view to preventing the risk of the applicant's being sentenced to an irreducible life sentence;

4.         invited the Belgian authorities to follow closely the ongoing criminal proceedings and to continue to keep the Committee regularly informed of the developments;

5.         decided to resume consideration of the individual measures at their DH meeting in June 2017 at the latest.


Item H46-6

Vasilescu v .Belgium (Application No. 64682/12)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)827

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         recalled that the violations found by the Court result from problems which are structural in nature in Belgium, of overcrowding, lack of hygiene and dilapidation in prisons;

2.         noted that the applicant's detention has ended, the just satisfaction awarded by the Court has been paid and that no further individual measure is required in this case;

3.         noted with interest the comprehensive measures taken or envisaged by the Belgian authorities, aimed both at reducing the prison population and renovating the prison infrastructure with a view to, in particular, implementing an appropriate penological policy; in this respect invited the authorities to pursue determined action rapidly to achieve concrete results while drawing from all the relevant recommendations of the Council of Europe, including those of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), and to keep the Committee informed on a regular basis;

4.         regarding the decrease in prison overcrowding, noted the information provided and, so as to be able fully to assess the progress achieved, invited the authorities to provide updated information on current prison capacity and current levels of occupation;

5.         concerning the problems of lack of hygiene and dilapidation, while taking note of the measures indicated by the Belgian authorities, invited them to specify, with regard to Antwerp Prison, what steps they plan to implement to address the findings of the Court and to avoid repetitive violations pending the opening of the new prison;

6.         invited the authorities to continue keeping the Committee informed of any development aimed at demonstrating the effectiveness of the preventive remedy with respect to complaints concerning problems of overcrowding, lack of hygiene and dilapidation in prisons.

Item H46-7

Đokić and Mago and others v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Applications Nos. 6518/04 and 12959/05)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2014)93, DH-DD(2013)1229, DH-DD(2011)259, DH-DD(2011)957

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted with interest that the authorities have prepared draft legislative amendments with a view to putting in place a scheme to compensate eligible beneficiaries in the light of the European Court’s findings in its recent decisions; 

2.         noted however that the amounts of compensation envisaged in the scheme do not appear to comply with the findings of the European Court in a number of cases as well as with the findings of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina;


3.         strongly encouraged therefore the authorities to take the necessary measures to ensure that the amounts of compensation envisaged in the draft legislative amendments are aligned with the European Court’s indications and invited the authorities to keep the Committee of Ministers informed on the progress achieved in this regard.

Item H46-8

Nachova and others group v. Bulgaria (Application No. 43577/98)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)846, DH-DD(2016)845, CM/Del/Dec(2012)1157/7

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted that no further individual measures are required in this group of cases;

2.         adopted Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)274 in the cases Tzekov, Karandja, Vasil Sashov Petrov, Vlaevi, Dimov and others and Filipovi relating to the use of firearms by the police;

3.         decided to continue examining the shortcomings of the legal framework governing the use of firearms by the military police in the context of the Nachova case;

4.         noted with interest in this respect that the authorities have prepared a bill aimed at bringing the regulations concerning the use of firearms by the military police in line with the Convention, urged them to adopt rapidly the necessary legislative measures and to inform the Committee of the progress achieved by 31/12/2016.

Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)274
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Six cases against Bulgaria

Application No.

Case

Judgment of

Final on

272/05+

VLAEVI

02/09/2010

02/12/2010

69180/01

KARANDJA

07/10/2010

07/01/2011

45500/99

TZEKOV

23/02/2006

23/05/2006

63106/00

PETROV VASIL SASHOV

10/06/2010

10/09/2010

30086/05

DIMOV AND OTHERS

06/11/2012

06/02/2013

24867/04

FILIPOVI

04/12/2012

29/04/2013

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016
at the 1265th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations established;


Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

-       of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and

-       of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgments including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2016)846);

Having noted that the outstanding questions concerning regulations governing the use of firearms by the military police is being examined in the framework of the Nachova case;

Having noted that the outstanding questions relating to the effectiveness of the investigations concerning death or ill-treatment which occurred under the responsibility of the law-enforcement agencies are being examined in the framework of the Velikova group;

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases and

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.

Item H46-9

United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden and others group v. Bulgaria (Application No. 59491/00)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)364, CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1214/5

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted with concern that the new refusals to register United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden and one similar association, which became final in 2015, are still at least partially based on grounds already criticised by the European Court;

2.         in this context, welcomed the adoption by the Bulgarian Parliament of a legislative reform which aims to put in place a simplified administrative procedure for the registration of associations;

3.         in order to allow an in-depth assessment of this new legal framework, invited the authorities to provide the relevant provisions as well as additional information on their implementation; noting in this respect that the entry into force of the new mechanism is foreseen only on 01/01/2018, invited the authorities to submit to the Committee further information concerning this time-frame;

4.         invited further the authorities to ensure the examination, within the new mechanism, of any future request for registration by the applicant association in full compliance with the requirements of Article 11 of the Convention;

5.         given the importance of achieving tangible results in this group, decided to resume the examination of these cases at their 1273rd meeting (December 2016) (DH).

Item H46-10

Velikova group v. Bulgaria (Application No41488/98)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

CM/ResDH(2007)107, DH-DD(2016)847, DH-DD(2014)1202, DH-DD(2014)1411, DH-DD(2014)233, CM/Del/Dec(2013)1164/7

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted that no further individual measures are possible in 22 cases in which the Prosecutor’s Office or the courts have established the expiry of the statute of limitations or of the time-limit for re-opening the proceedings under specific circumstances, the destruction of the criminal file or the impossibility of identifying the author of the ill-treatment;[3] invited the authorities to provide further information in the cases Dimitrov and Others, Vachkovi, Anguelova, Petkov and Parnarov, Mihaylova and Malinova, Gutsanovi, Govedarski, Stoykov, Slavov and Others, Boris Kostadinov andMyumyun;

2.         noted with interest the action plan submitted following the public declaration of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) of March 2015 and the Sofia Round Table of July 2015 and called upon the authorities rapidly to implement all the measures envisaged to combat ill-treatment by the security forces;

3.         noted moreover with interest the adoption in October 2015 of an internal order reinforcing the procedural safeguards in prisons and detention centres and invited the authorities to consolidate this important step forward by codifying these rules in a public and binding instrument; invited them also to improve rapidly the implementation of procedural safeguards during the 24 hours of police detention and the related supervising mechanisms of the Prosecutor’s Office;

4.         called upon the authorities to improve the effectiveness of investigations; invited them, in particular, to adopt measures to secure the independence of preliminary investigations carried out before the official opening of criminal proceedings; create an obligation on police officers from special units to display anonymous means of identification; and modify legislation so as to guarantee that criminal investigations cannot be closed for reasons related to their length alone;

5.         in this context, also invited the authorities to adopt specific criminal provisions penalising acts of torture; invited them to inform the Committee of the results of their analysis concerning the measures necessary to prevent violations of Articles 3 and 13 related to the psychological effects of arrest and the absence of effective compensatory remedies;

6.         invited the authorities to submit information on the progress achieved in all these areas before 01/03/2017 and decided to resume the examination of these cases at their DH meeting in September 2017, on the basis of a detailed assessment prepared by the Secretariat.


Item H46-11

Statileo v. Croatia (Application No. 12027/10)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)823, DH-DD(2015)658

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         recalled that the European Court in the present case indicated under Article 46 that that the problem underlying the violation concerned shortcomings in the legislation itself, namely the inadequate level of protected rent, restrictive conditions for the termination of protected leases and the absence of any temporal limitation to the protected lease scheme;

2.         recalled further that the European Court considered that the respondent State “should take appropriate legislative and/or other general measures to secure a rather delicate balance between the interests of landlords, including their entitlement to derive profit from their property, and the general interest of the community – including the availability of sufficient accommodation for the less-well-off” (§ 165 of the judgment);

3.         invited the authorities to provide the latest text of the draft legislative amendments so that an assessment can be made in the light of the Court’s findings in this case;

4.         noting that the judgment in the present case became final almost two years ago, strongly encouraged the authorities to intensify their efforts with a view to finding a global solution to the problem it revealed;

5.         decided to resume examination of this item at their meeting in March 2017 (DH) at the latest in the light of the information to be provided by the authorities.

Item H46-12

Aliev v. Georgia (Application No. 522/04)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)898

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted the action plan provided by the authorities in this case;

Individual measures

2.         noted that since the applicant is no longer detained and the just satisfaction for non-pecuniary damage has been paid, no other individual measure is necessary to remedy the substantive violation of Article 3;

3.         noted also that a new investigation has been initiated and that the Georgian authorities have undertaken to provide information in this regard by the end of November 2016; strongly invited the authorities to respect that deadline and to ensure that they make an assessment and inform the Committee of Ministers of what can be still done, what can no longer be done for practical or legal reasons, what means are deployed to overcome existing obstacles and what concrete results are expected to be achieved and within what time-limit;


General measures

4.         concerning the conditions of detention, recalled their Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2014)209 adopted in the Ghavtadze group against Georgia on the basis of measures taken after the facts of this case and welcomed the commitment of the Georgian authorities to continue their cooperation with the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT);

5.         concerning effective investigations, recalled that they are examined in Gharibashvili group of cases.

Item H46-13

S.D. group v. Greece (Application No. 53541/07)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)826

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         welcomed the legislative measures taken, as well as the domestic courts’ case law on the lawfulness of the detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants, in line with the European Court’s case law;

2.         in view of the legislative changes concerning the administrative detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants and the European Court’s case law in this connection, considered that the necessary measures in response to the violations of Article 5 § 1 have been taken and decided to close their supervision of this issue;

3.         invited the authorities to provide further information on the domestic court’s case law concerning the examination of the lawfulness of the detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants;

4.         pending the submission of the above information, decided to transfer the cases to standard procedure.

Item H46-14

Vallianatos and others v. Greece (Application No. 29381/09)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)333

Decision

The Deputies, in the light of the measures taken by the Greek authorities, decided to terminate the supervision of the present case and adopted Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)275.


Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)275
Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights

Vallianatos and Others against Greece

Application

Case

Judgment of

Final on

29381/09

VALLIANATOS AND OTHERS

07/11/2013

07/11/2013

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016
at the 1265th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgment transmitted by the Court to the Committee in this case and to the violation established;

Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

-       of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and

-       of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgment, including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2016)333);

Having satisfied itself that all the measures required by Article 46, paragraph 1, have been adopted,

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in this case and

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.

Item H46-15

Costa and Pavan (Application No 54270/10)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)768, DH-DD(2015)569, DH-DD(2015)192, DH-DD(2014)1154, DH-DD(2014)960, DH-DD(2014)834,

DH-DD(2014)321, DH-DD(2014)291, DH-DD(2014)167

Decision

The Deputies adopted Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)276, as it appears below.


Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)276
Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights

Costa and Pavan against Italy

Application No.

Case

Judgment of

Final on

54270/10

COSTA AND PAVAN

28/08/2012

11/02/2013

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016
at the 1265th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgment transmitted by the Court to the Committee in this case and to the violation of Article 8 of the Convention established because of the impossibility for the applicants, healthy carriers of a serious genetic disease, to have access to medically assisted procreation with pre‑implantation genetic diagnosis despite the fact that Italian law permits medical termination of pregnancy when a foetus has the same disease;

Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

-       of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and

-       of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgment including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2016)768);

Having satisfied itself that all the measures required by Article 46, paragraph 1, have been adopted,

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in this case and

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.

Item H46-16

Sharifi and others v. Italy[4] (Application No. 16643/09)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)831, DH-DD(2015)808

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         encouraged the Italian authorities to provide additional information on the steps taken to clarify the current situation of Mr Karimi, Mr Zaidi and Mr Azimi, who were not granted international protection in Italy;

2.         took note with interest of the measures adopted by the Italian authorities to ensure that migrants arriving in the Adriatic ports have effective access to international protection procedures in Italy; noted in this respect that there is still some uncertainty as to the effectiveness of these measures and invited the authorities to provide the Committee with information on the current organisation and functioning of the reception system in these ports and on the financial and human resources allocated thereto;

3.         took note also of the assurances provided by the Italian authorities according to which the readmission agreement concluded between Italy and Greece is now being applied within the limits foreseen in its article 6 and in keeping with the requirements of the Convention; noted, however, that the available information relates to 2012-2013 and invited the authorities to provide the Committee with clarifications on the current procedure being followed from the arrival of these persons, on how their effective access to the services provided by NGOs in the Adriatic ports is assured, and on the time‑frames and arrangements for sending them back;

4.         finally, whilst noting the significant reduction in the numbers returned to Greece reported by the authorities, considered that statistical clarifications are necessary in order to be able fully to evaluate the extent of the same; consequently invited the Italian authorities to provide this information and, in any event, to confirm that they have stopped transferring persons to Greece who seek international protection in Italy.

Item H46-17

Suso Musa group v. Malta (Application No. 42337/12)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)778, DH-DD(2015)707, DH-DD(2015)384, DH-DD(2014)1144, DH-DD(2014)832, DH-DD(2011)963, CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1214/12

Decision

The Deputies adopted Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)277 closing the supervision of the Suso Musa group of cases with the exception of Abdi Mahamud which will be proposed for closure as soon as the just satisfaction has been paid.

Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)277
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Five cases against Malta

Application

Case

Judgment of

Final on

42337/12

SUSO MUSA

23/07/2013

09/12/2013

55352/12

ADEN AHMED

23/07/2013

09/12/2013

24340/08

LOULED MASSOUD

27/07/2010

27/10/2010

52160/13

MOXAMED ISMAACIIL AND ABDIRAHMAN WARSAME

12/01/2016

12/04/2016

10290/13

MAHAMED JAMA

26/11/2015

02/05/2016

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016
at the 1265th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations established;


Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

-       of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and

-       of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgments, including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2016)778);

Noting, as concerns individual measures, that all the applicants were released from detention whilst their applications were pending before the European Court and that the just satisfaction awarded by the Court has been paid;

Welcoming, as concerns the general measures, the comprehensive legislative and policy changes undertaken in this domain, putting an end to the automatic detention of asylum seekers and improving review proceedings and detention conditions;

Having satisfied itself that all the measures required by Article 46, paragraph 1, have been adopted,

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases and

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.

Item H46-18

Ciorap, Becciev and Paladi groups v. the Republic of Moldova (Applications Nos. 12066/02, 9190/03, 39806/05)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

CPT/Inf (2016) 16, DH-DD(2016)897, DH-DD(2013)1168, CM/Del/OJ/DH(2013)1186/12

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         took note with interest of the updated action plan presented by the Moldovan authorities in July 2016;

As regards individual measures

2.         as regards poor conditions of detention and lack of medical care, noted that the applicants in 20 cases had been released or transferred to serve their sentences in another country; and considered that no further individual measures are required in these cases;

3.         invited the authorities to provide information on the current situation of the applicants in the Segheti, Silvestru and Mescereacov cases;

4.         as regards other violations, noted the measures adopted by the Moldovan authorities and invited them to submit information on the outstanding issues in the cases of I.D., Mitrofan and Holomiov;


As regards general measures

5.         noted the measures taken by the authorities to improve the material conditions in penitentiary institutions and invited them to intensify their efforts in this field;

6.         considered with concern the increase in prison overcrowding in recent years and strongly urged the authorities to adopt, as a matter of priority, a comprehensive strategy drawing full inspiration from the relevant recommendations of the Committee of Ministers and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) as well as expert opinion from the project funded by the Human Rights Trust Fund (HRTF);

7.         noted the information provided with respect to the creation of judicial remedies with preventive and compensatory effects, as required by the judgment in the Shishanov case, and invited the authorities rapidly to provide the Committee with the text of the relevant draft legislation for detailed assessment;

8.         invited the authorities to provide information on the outstanding issues, notably on further improvements to material conditions of detention, including the construction of a new prison in Chișinău, provision of food to detainees, sanitary conditions, out-of-cell activities, placement of persons in police detention facilities beyond the statutory 72 hours, medical care, censorship of correspondence, family visits and questions related to the finding of a violation of Article 34;

9.         strongly encouraged the authorities to take full advantage of the technical assistance which the Council of Europe can provide through its various cooperation projects. 

Item H46-19

Al Nashiri group v. Poland (Application No. 28761/11)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)1007, DH-DD(2016)957, DH-DD(2016)942, DH-DD(2016)834, DH-DD(2016)627, DH-DD(2016)191, DH-DD(2015)1300, DH-DD(2015)1250, DH-DD(2015)839, DH-DD(2015)586, DH-DD(2015)585, DH-DD(2015)515, CM/AS(2008)Rec1801, Rec(2005)10, Resolution 1562(2007) of Parliamentary Assembly, Resolution 1507(2006) of Parliamentary Assembly, CDL(2007)082 updated in 2015 (CDL‑AD(2015)006), CDL-AD(2006)009,

DH-DD(2015)585, DH-DD(2015)586, relevant documents from the European Parliament[5], relevant documents from the United Nations[6], United States Senate, OSCE report 2014 “Human Rights Situation of Detainees at Guantanámo”, CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-21

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted with satisfaction that a new request for assurances that Mr Al Nashiri would not be subjected to the death penalty and that neither applicant would be exposed to a flagrant denial of justice was sent from the Secretary of State of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland to the Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America;

2.         considering that this is a fourth request for diplomatic assurances and the second one at a high political level, reiterated that further action by the Polish authorities is crucial to follow it up, aimed at convincing the United States authorities to provide the requested assurances, including raising the issue at the highest political levels;

3.         repeated its strong support for such a request, calling on the Secretary General and representatives of the member States of the Council of Europe to continue to raise the issue of diplomatic assurances for both applicants in their contacts with the United States authorities;


4.         recalling that the European Court found that Mr Abu Zubaydah’s indefinite detention without trial amounted to a flagrant denial of justice, noted with interest the information that his request for release is being reviewed by the United States authorities for the first time since 2007, with the potential to provide redress in this respect;

5.         strongly encouraged the Polish authorities proactively to follow up on the current situation of the applicants and invited them to keep the Committee fully informed of any developments, both concerning the proceedings in the United States and the request for diplomatic assurances;

6.         decided to resume consideration of individual and general measures in these cases at their 1273rd meeting (December 2016) (DH).

Item H46-20

Kaprykowski group v. Poland (Application No. 23052/05)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)986, DH-DD(2016)790, CM/Del/Dec(2013)1164/18

Decision

The Deputies adopted Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)278 in the Kaprykowski group of cases. 

Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2016)278
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Nine cases against Poland

Application No.

Case

Judgment of

Final on

23052/05

KAPRYKOWSKI

03/02/2009

03/05/2009

45705/07

D.G.

12/02/2013

12/05/2013

2627/09

KUPCZAK

25/01/2011

20/06/2011

28300/06

MUSIAŁ SŁAWOMIR

20/01/2009

05/06/2009

32798/02

MUSIALEK AND BACZYNSKI

26/07/2011

26/10/2011

15952/09

ROKOSZ

27/07/2010

27/10/2010

44369/02

WENERSKI

20/01/2009

20/04/2009

48/03

WIERZBICKI ANDRZEJ

19/01/2010

19/04/2010

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016
at the 1265th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations established;

Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

-       of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and

-       of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgments, including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2016)790);

Noting that all the applicants have been released, except Mr Wenerski, who is held in conditions appropriate to his state of health;

Welcoming the measures taken to improve access to health care in prisons and remand centres, including regulation of access to health care outside prison, in particular for specialist services, imposition of higher standards for the quality and availability of equipment and health care in prison and extensive training and awareness-raising measures; 

Noting further the preventive and compensatory remedies available to inmates detained in circumstances amounting to ill-treatment, including through lack of adequate health care;

Welcoming the authorities’ plans to monitor the situation and continue their reforms to improve access to health care and the functioning of the domestic remedies;

Having satisfied itself that all the measures required by Article 46, paragraph 1, have been adopted,

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases and

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.

Item H46-21

Centre for legal resources on behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu v. Romania
(Application No. 47848/08)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)941, DH-DD(2016)830, DH-DD(2015)162

Decisions

The Deputies

As regards the individual measures

1.         invited the authorities to clarify whether it is still possible to reopen the investigation into the death of Mr. Câmpeanu as regards the facts alleged against state services and persons other than medical personnel involved in his care prior to his death and, if so, to keep the Committee informed of the outcome of the investigation;

As regards the general measures

2.         while taking note of the measures adopted since 2004 to improve the situation in the Poiana Mare neuropsychiatric hospital, invited the authorities to increase the medical staff and to ensure the budgetary stability of this facility and also to explain how they have remedied the critical deficiencies in the management of patients’ nutritional needs;

3.         having regard to the serious shortcomings in the decision-making process regarding Mr. Câmpeanu’s placement after he had attained majority, invited the authorities to ensure that the legal framework in this field guarantees that such decisions fully take into account the specific needs of the protected person and to inform the Committee of their assessment and of any measures envisaged in the light of this assessment;

4.         welcoming the measures adopted by the General Prosecutor’s office to guarantee the effectiveness of investigations, invited the authorities to provide information on the measures envisaged to guarantee an effective judicial review of such investigations;

5.         invited the authorities to provide information on remedies allowing persons in institutions to complain before the courts or before other independent bodies about their treatment;

6.         given the importance of ensuring that persons with mental disabilities benefit from independent and effective legal protection, tailored to their specific needs, invited the authorities to provide the Committee with updated information on the progress made in the adoption of the general measures required by the end of December 2016; decided to resume the consideration of this issue at their DH meeting in March 2017.

Item H46-22

Parascineti group v. Romania (Application No. 32060/05) and group Cristian Teodorescu (Application No. 22883/05)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)866, DH-DD(2016)829, DH-DD(2013)358

Decisions

The Deputies

As regards the living conditions of patients in psychiatric hospital facilities and their treatment

1.         noted that the problems highlighted in the case of Parascineti appear to persist in some facilities and invited the authorities to inform the Committee of Ministers of the concrete measures envisaged to resolve them;

2.         underlining the key role that they could play in monitoring the implementation of these measures, welcomed the establishment of a national preventive mechanism and of a council responsible for monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,and encouraged the authorities to ensure that the latter becomes operational rapidly;

As regards involuntary placements in psychiatric hospital facilities

3.         welcomed the fact that the law now provides for an ex officio review by the courts of an involuntary placement decision; invited the authorities to introduce such a review also in respect of decisions to renew this measure, to ensure that the applicable legal provisions comply with the requirements of Article 5 § 4 of the Convention;

4.         noting with concern that the problems highlighted by the Court persist, invited the authorities to provide information on the concrete measures envisaged to ensure the rigorous and consistent application of the legal procedure and safeguards for involuntary placement in all the facilities authorised to proceed with such placements; given the scale and the need rapidly to resolve these problems, decided to pursue the examination of the cases in the Cristian Teodorescu group under the enhanced surveillance procedure;

5.         lastly, invited the authorities to provide the Committee with information on the measures taken or envisaged in response to the violation of Article 8 of the Convention found by the European Court in the case of Atudorei.


Item H46-23

Finogenov and others v. the Russian Federation (Application No. 18299/03)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)899, DH-DD(2014)344, DH-DD(2013)553, DH-DD(2013)173

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted with interest the information provided by the Russian authorities on the measures taken in response to the present judgment, including the additional information of August 2016, as well as the information on the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the European Court;

2.         concerning individual measures, noted however with regret that the investigating authorities’ decision, taken after the European Court’s judgment, not to open a criminal investigation due to the previous domestic decision taken in this context, which had been criticised by the European Court, does not appear to give effect to the Court’s judgment in this part;

3.         having regard to the nature of the shortcomings identified by the Court, in particular as regards the destruction of evidence, and taking also into account the lapse of time which has occurred since the events at issue, invited the Russian authorities to assess and inform the Committee in detail what investigatory steps can still be taken, what investigatory steps can no longer be taken for practical or legal reasons, what means are deployed to overcome existing obstacles, and what concrete results are expected to be achieved;

4.         concerning general measures, welcomed the legislative, regulatory and operational measures taken by the Russian authorities with a view to ensure the saving of the lives of, and provision of medical assistance to, persons in emergency situations in the context of rescue activities related to counter-terrorist operations;

5.         invited the Russian authorities to provide additional information on the practical implementation of the measures adopted, including on how all possible scenarios which could arise after a mass rescue operation are planned for, and effectively communicated to, and coordinated among, all the relevant services.

Item H46-24

Klyakhin group v. the Russian Federation (Application No. 46082/99)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)985, DH-DD(2016)984, DH-DD(2016)871, DH-DD(2015)1171, CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-28

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         with regard to the general measures, recalled once again with satisfaction the progress achieved in remedying certain aspects of the structural problems relating to the use of pre-trial detention examined in this group of cases (see notably the Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2015)249 adopted in December 2015);

2.         with regard to the individual measures, recalled with satisfaction that in most of the cases no further individual measures are necessary, while questions pertaining to individual measures remain outstanding in only two cases: Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev (as regards the violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1) and Pichugin (as regards the violations of Article 6);


3.         noted the information submitted by the Russian authorities, in which they stated that, in the light of the European Court’s judgments, the proceedings were reopened by the Supreme Court in the case of Pichugin and the case of Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev, as a result of which the Supreme Court quashed as unlawful the impugned decisions on pre-trial detention in respect of Mr. Pichugin and Mr. Lebedev, recalculated the duration of the penalties of Mr. Khodorkovskiy and Mr. Lebedev and absolved them of serving the remainder of their sentences, and held, in the light of the European Court’s findings and the concrete circumstances of the cases, that:

-       in the Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev case, the violations identified by the European Court did not reach such a severity as to cast doubts on the fairness of the whole proceedings, or the lawfulness, validity and fairness of the delivered sentences, including as regards the impugned civil award of damages against the first applicant in this case;

-       in the Pichugin case, there were no grounds to conclude that the examination of the applicant’s criminal case in camera violated the fair balance to be struck between the interests of the applicant and the requirements of the proper administration of justice, and that the lack of a proper and effective possibility to challenge the statements of a witness did not influence the outcome of the proceedings and did not affect the legality, validity or fairness of the sentence;

4.         noted, however, with concern that the information provided by the Russian authorities in these two cases (see DH-DD(2016)871) does not demonstrate that necessary progress has been achieved with regard to the issue of redress for the violations of the right to a fair and public trial in the Pichugin case and the maintenance in force of the impugned award of damages made against the first applicant in the Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev case and therefore called upon the authorities to provide rapidly information on the availability of other avenues for redress;

5.         as regards the just satisfaction awarded, noted that the sums awarded had been paid to Mr. Pichugin in full in accordance with the bank details provided by him, and invited the Russian authorities to provide information as to whether the subsequent “sequestration”/withdrawal of the sums from the applicant’s bank account was made on the initiative of a State authority to secure payment of any debt to the State, and also the Secretariat to explore avenues to receive additional information from the applicant as to the ground of the withdrawal and to share any information received with the Russian authorities; and, in the Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev case, invited the authorities to provide information as to whether the seizure of the just satisfaction awarded to Mr. Khodorkovskiy was made partially to recover the debt due under the impugned award and, if so, which measures are envisaged to remedy the situation;

6.         decided to resume consideration of the cases of Pichugin and Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev at the latest at their DH meeting in March 2017.

Item H46-25

Zorica Jovanović v. Serbia (Application No. 21794/08)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)963, DH-DD(2016)824, DH-DD(2016)254, DH-DD(2016)219, DH-DD(2016)170, DH-DD(2015)1378, DH-DD(2015)1255, DH-DD(2015)396, DH-DD(2015)68, CM/Del/Dec(2016)1250/H46-23

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         recalled that, in view of the significant number of potential applicants, the European Court requested the Serbian authorities to take all appropriate measures, within one year of the date on which the judgment became final (i.e. before 9 September 2014 at the latest), preferably by means of a lex specialis, to secure the establishment of a mechanism aimed at providing individual redress to all parents in a situation such as, or sufficiently similar to, the applicant’s; recalled further that the European Court indicated that this mechanism should be supervised by an independent body, with adequate powers and should be capable of providing credible answers regarding the fate of each child and of affording adequate compensation as appropriate;


2.         in view of the time that has elapsed since this deadline expired, stressed that it is crucial that the legislative process necessary for the execution of this judgment is brought to an end and that the outstanding issues identified by the Committee at its 1250th meeting are addressed without further delay;

3.         strongly urged the authorities to intensify their efforts with a view to adopting the revised draft law as a matter of utmost priority and, in that context, to continue to engage with the Secretariat in order to ensure that the law addresses the outstanding issues identified by the Committee, including that of the powers to be vested in the civil courts and the special police unit and the procedure for declassification of medical information, as well as the concerns of parents of “missing babies” and civil society;

4.         in case no tangible progress is reported in the adoption of the law necessary to execute this judgment, instructed the Secretariat to prepare and circulate a draft interim resolution for their 1273rd meeting (December 2016) (DH).

Item H46-26

El-Masri v. “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (Application No. 39630/09)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2015)1219, DH-DD(2015)241, CM/AS(2008)Rec1801, Rec(2005)10, Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1562 (2007), Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1507(2006), CDL‑AD(2015)006, CDL-AD(2006)009,
DH-DD(2015)582,
United States Senate, relevant documents from the European Parliament;[7] relevant documents from the United Nations.[8], CM/Del/Dec(2015)1243/H46-19

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         recalled that the European Court in the present case found that the applicant’s secret rendition gave rise to a number of violations of his Convention rights, including his treatment contrary to Article 3 and the lack of an effective investigation in this respect;

2.         noted with profound regret that the authorities of the respondent State have so far provided no information on the outstanding issues in response to the Committee’s decision of December 2015, while recalling that the judgment in the present case became final in December 2012;

3.         bearing in mind that the authorities of the respondent State intend to set up an ad hoc commission to establish the relevant facts and responsibility of the individuals involved, firmly urged them to accelerate the setting-up of this ad hoc commission and provide an indicative timetable for this as well as information on how its members would be appointed to ensure its independence, impartiality and capacity to carry out an effective investigation into the facts of the present case;

4.         as regards general measures, firmly urged the authorities to provide information on the outstanding questions identified by the Committee of Ministers at its 1243rd meeting (December 2015) (DH);


5.         instructed the Secretariat to prepare a draft interim resolution for their DH meeting in March 2017, at the latest unless information is provided on tangible progress achieved for the execution of this judgment.

Item H46-27

Batı and others group v. Turkey (Application No. 33097/96)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)716, DH-DD(2016)118, DH-DD(2015)1116, DH-DD(2011)675, DH-DD(2011)559, CM/Del/Dec(2015)1243/H46-23

Decisions

The Deputies

As regards individual measures

1.         recalling the Committee’s consistent position that respondent States have a continuing obligation to conduct effective investigations into alleged abuses by members of security forces, encouraged the Turkish authorities to give full effect to Article 90 of the Turkish Constitution by conducting ex officio evaluations as to the reopening of investigations in this group and invited them to inform the Committee of the results obtained in this respect;

As regards general measures

2.         noted with interest the setting-up of an inter-institutional group with a view to assessing the administrative authorisation requirement and the status of chief police officers in this procedure and strongly encouraged the Turkish authorities to ensure that this group produces concrete proposals for legislative amendments;

3.         noted also with interest the sample judgments of the Court of Cassation and the Constitutional Court and the recent positive trend in judicial practice complying with the procedural requirements of Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention; further invited the Turkish authorities to provide information on the outcome of the cases that were remitted by decisions of the Constitutional Court for reopening of investigations;

4.         noted the on-going efforts made by the Turkish authorities, in particular by setting up two working groups to examine the length of prosecution periods and the sentences imposed on members of the security forces, as well as the initiation of an assessment of the 2015 Circular with a view to identifying the measures needed to ensure the effectiveness of the criminal justice system;

5.         stressing the importance of focusing on the Court’s case law and the Convention requirements in respect of Articles 2 and 3, invited the Turkish authorities to keep the Committee updated of the outcome of the work carried out by the above mentioned working groups and on the assessment on the 2015 Circular;

6.         invited the Turkish authorities to provide an updated action plan on the above-mentioned outstanding issues in this group of cases before 1 June 2017.


Item H46-28

Cyprus v. Turkey (Application No. 25781/94)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

H/Exec(2014)8, CM/ResDH(2007)25, ResDH(2005)44, DH-DD(2016)707, DH-DD(2016)688, DH-DD(2015)1115,

DH-DD(2014)1446, DH-DD(2014)1414, DH-DD(2013)604, CM/Del/Dec(2015)1236/21

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         insisted again on the unconditional obligation to pay the just satisfaction awarded by the European Court and reiterated their call upon the Turkish authorities to pay without delay the sums awarded in the judgment of 12 May 2014;

2.         decided to resume consideration of the issue of the property rights of enclaved Greek Cypriots and their heirs at their DH meeting in June 2017.

Item H46-29

Incal and Gözel and Özer groups v. Turkey (Applications Nos. 22678/93, 43453/04)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

ResDH(2004)38, ResDH(2001)106, CM/Inf/DH(2003)43; CM/Inf/DH(2008)26, DH-DD(2016)842, DH-DD(2015)447-rev, DH-DD(2014)502, CM/Del/Dec(2015)1230/22

Decisions

The Deputies

As regards individual measures

1.         noted that all the applicants who requested the reopening of proceedings in their cases, apart from the applicant in the Belek case, were acquitted, and invited the Turkish authorities to provide information on the reasons for the refusal of the request for reopening in the Belek case;

As regards general measures

2.         recalled their decisions adopted at the 1201st and 1230th meetings (June 2014 and 2015) (DH) and urged the Turkish authorities to revise Article 301 of the Criminal Code in line with the Court’s “quality of law” requirement without further delay;

3.         noted with concern that, despite the emerging case law of the Constitutional Court, which follows the European Court’s case law; the number of investigations initiated or indictments lodged, in particular pursuant to Article 216 of the Criminal Code and Article 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Law, still remain high;

4.         urged therefore the Turkish authorities to take the measures needed to ensure that all levels of the judiciary apply the principles set out in the case law of the Constitutional Court and the European Court in the implementation of the relevant legislation, with a view to reducing the number of investigations opened and to preventing any chilling effect on those who wish to exercise their freedom of expression.


Items H46-30 and 31

Varnava and Xenides-Arestis group v. Turkey (Application No. 46347/99)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

H/Exec(2014)6, CM/Inf/DH(2010)21, CM/ResDH(2014)185, CM/ResDH(2010)33, CM/ResDH(2008)99,

DH-DD(2016)956, DH-DD(2016)573, DH-DD(2016)257, DH-DD(2016)256, DH-DD(2016)244, DH-DD(2015)536, CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-37

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         firmly insisted once again on Turkey’s unconditional obligation to pay the just satisfaction awarded by the European Court in these cases;

2.         deeply deplored the absence of progress in this respect and again exhorted Turkey to comply with this obligation without further delay;

3.         agreed to resume consideration of this issue at their 1273rd meeting (December 2016) (DH).

Item H46-32

Kaverzin and Afanasyev groups, Karabet and others and Belousov v. Ukraine
(Applications Nos. 23893/03, 38722/02, 38906/07, 4494/07)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2014)1505, DH-DD(2014)1343, DH-DD(2014)463, DH-DD(2013)1272, DH-DD(2013)427, DH-DD(2013)411, CPT/Inf (2015) 21, CPT/Inf (2015) 3, CPT/Inf (2014) 15, CM/Del/OJ/DH(2014)1201/24

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         as regards the individual measures, noted with concern that in a large number of cases no progress has been achieved as regards fresh investigations after the European Court’s judgments became final;

2.         as regards the general measures, regretted that the Ukrainian authorities have not provided in a timely manner their assessment of the practical impact of the reforms introduced by the new Code of Criminal Procedure and noted that effective implementation of this legislation, in particular in terms of enhancing the safeguards in police custody, would constitute a major step for the execution of these groups of cases;

3.         strongly urged the Ukrainian authorities to inform the Committee about the implementation of the legislation in question as well as other measures taken to eliminate torture and ill-treatment in custody;

4.         called upon the Ukrainian authorities to take measures to ensure that the State Bureau of Investigations becomes operational without delay so that effective investigations in compliance with Convention standards can be carried out;

5.         welcomed the commitment expressed by the Ukrainian authorities to engage in bilateral dialogue with the Secretariat and to participate actively in the cooperation activities offered by the Council of Europe and encouraged them to continue to take full benefit of such opportunities in the future;

6.         decided to resume the examination of these groups at their DH meeting in March 2017 at the latest.


Item H46-33

Kharchenko group, Chanyev, Korneykova v. Ukraine (Applications Nos. 40107/02, 46193/13, 39884/05)

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

DH-DD(2016)819, DH-DD(2015)1240, DH-DD(2015)594, DH-DD(2013)578, DH-DD(2013)190, CM/Del/Dec(2013)1164/33

Decisions

The Deputies

As regards individual measures

1.         recalled that none of the applicants in respect of whom the Court found a violation of Article 5 of the Convention were in detention on remand at the time the Court delivered its judgments (having either been released or convicted);

2.         invited, however, the Ukrainian authorities to provide rapidly information on the acceleration and possible termination of the proceedings in the cases of Baryshevskyy, Pleshkov, Taran and Rudenko and on the reopening of the criminal proceedings in the Ruslan Yakovenko case;

As regards general measures

3.         noted that the Code of Criminal Procedure, in force since November 2012, has largely improved the procedure for detention on remand;

4.         noted, however, that certain violations of Article 5 have not been resolved by the new Code, as demonstrated notably by the European Court’s conclusion that detention on remand continues to be imposed in the absence of any court order in certain situations (Chanyev judgment) and, more generally, by the 2015 evaluation report on the practical implementation of the new 2012 Code of Criminal Procedure prepared by Council of Europe experts;

5.         consequently, strongly invited the Ukrainian authorities to provide, by 31 January 2017 at the latest, a comprehensive action plan or action report addressing fully all the violations of Article 5 found by the Court, in the light of the development of judicial practice, including also the absence of effective remedies in respect of unlawful detention and providing relevant statistical information;

6.         insisted on the urgency of rapidly bringing to a conclusion the remaining necessary legislative reforms and on the necessity of ensuring in the meantime that all possible practical measures are taken by courts and prosecutors to prevent further violations of Article 5 with regard to detention on remand;

7.         recalled the importance of the authorities’ continuing to benefit in full from the ongoing cooperation programmes with the Council of Europe in the area of criminal justice;

8.         decided to resume examination of these cases at their DH meeting in March 2017.


Item H46-34

Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov (Application No. 40450/04) and Zhovner group
(Application No. 56848/00) v. Ukraine

Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments

CM/ResDH(2012)234, CM/ResDH(2011)184, CM/ResDH(2010)222, CM/ResDH(2009)159, CM/ResDH(2008)1,

CM/Inf/DH(2007)30-rev, CM/Inf/DH(2007)33, CM/Inf/DH(2012)29, CM/Inf/DH(2013)11, ECHR 086 (2012),
DH-DD(2016)575, DH-DD(2016)574, DH-DD(2015)1332, DH-DD(2015)763, DD(2015)608, DH-DD(2015)595,
DH-DD(2015)419, DH-DD(2014)1203, DH-DD(2014)652, DH-DD(2014)517, DH-DD(2014)461, DH-DD(2013)1165,

DH-DD(2013)1051, DH-DD(2013)861, DH-DD(2013)830, DH-DD(2012)1139, DH-DD(2012)1065, DH-DD(2012)775,

DH-DD(2011)757, DH-DD(2011)705, DH-DD(2011)433, DH-DD(2011)54, CM/Del/Dec(2016)1259/H46-41

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         recalled that the problem of non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic judicial decisions has persisted in Ukraine for more than a decade and that no tangible progress has been achieved so far;

2.         expressed their profound regret that no action has been taken by the Ukrainian authorities in response to their decision adopted at the June 2016 DH meeting, in particular with a view to settling the pending similar applications before the European Court and adopting the three-step strategy aimed at finding a long-lasting solution to the problem of non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic judicial decisions;

3.         stressed that, in view of the increasing number of new applications brought before the European Court, the continuing inaction of the Ukrainian authorities would put an additional undue burden on the Convention system;

4.         therefore, called upon the Ukrainian authorities to take resolute action without further delay;

5.         decided to resume consideration of this group of cases at their DH meeting in March 2017 at the latest.

Item D.

Supervision of the payment of just satisfaction

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted that in the following cases (CM/Del/Dec(2016)1265-pointD) no information has been supplied to the Committee of Ministers or that the information supplied concerning the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the European Court is incomplete;

2.         invited the States concerned to supply information confirming payment of the sums in question without delay.


Item E.

List of cases which became final after the entry into force of the new working methods[9]

and for which an action plan has been presented to the Committee since the last meeting

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         noted that, in the cases below, action plans setting out the measures planned to abide by the judgments of the Court have been presented;

2.         invited the authorities of the member States concerned to keep the Committee of Ministers regularly informed of the progress made in the implementation of these action plans.

Application

Case

Judgment of /

Final on

Ref. doc

ANDORRA

16047/10

UTE SAUR VALLNET

29/05/2012

29/08/2012

DH-DD(2016)793

AUSTRIA

61708/12

HAUPTMANN

24/04/2014

24/04/2014

DH-DD(2016)962

BULGARIA

40908/05

FAZLIYSKI

16/04/2013

16/07/2013

DH-DD(2016)844

48555/10+

RIZA AND OTHERS

13/10/2015

13/01/2016

DH-DD(2016)934

25446/06

YORDANOVA AND OTHERS

24/04/2012

24/09/2012

DH-DD(2016)455-add

3503/08

ÜNSPED PAKET SERVİSİ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.

13/10/2015

13/01/2016

DH-DD(2016)968

CROATIA

13712/11

S.L. AND J.L.

07/05/2015

19/10/2015

DH-DD(2016)876

CYPRUS

41872/10

M.A.

23/07/2013

23/10/2013

DH-DD(2016)816

41903/10+

A.H. AND / ET J.K.

21/07/2015

21/10/2015

DH-DD(2016)816

41753/10+

H.S. AND OTHERS

21/07/2015

21/10/2015

DH-DD(2016)816

41858/10

K.F.

21/07/2015

21/10/2015

DH-DD(2016)816

CZECH REPUBLIC

43643/10

HANZELKOVI

11/12/2014

11/03/2015

DH-DD(2016)841

37679/08

BUREŠ

18/10/2012

18/01/2013

DH-DD(2016)840

97/11

DELTA PEKÁRNY A.S.

02/10/2014

02/01/2015

DH-DD(2016)839

GERMANY

9154/10

SCHATSCHASCHWILI

15/12/2015

Grand Chamber

DH-DD(2016)822

GREECE

20378/13

MARTZAKLIS AND OTHERS

09/07/2015

09/10/2015

DH-DD(2016)722

HUNGARY

15707/10

ISTVÁN GÁBOR KOVÁCS

GROUP

17/01/2012

17/04/2012

DH-DD(2016)855

14097/12+

VARGA AND OTHERS

10/03/2015

10/06/2015

DH-DD(2016)855

IRELAND

35810/09

O’KEEFFE

28/01/2014

Grand Chamber

DH-DD(2016)851

ITALY

38369/09

SCHIPANI AND OTHERS

21/07/2015

21/10/2015

DH-DD(2016)891

LITHUANIA

34932/04

PAKSAS

06/01/2011

Grand Chamber

DH-DD(2016)884

MALTA

4458/10

MIKALAUSKAS

23/07/2013

23/10/2013

DH-DD(2016)762

76392/12

KOLAKOVIC

19/03/2015

19/06/2015

DH-DD(2016)762


Application

Case

Judgment of /

Final on

Ref. doc

POLAND

57722/12

GRABOWSKI

30/06/2015

30/09/2015

DH-DD(2016)796

45026/07

KĘDZIOR

16/10/2012

16/01/2013

DH-DD(2016)802

31199/12

K.C.

25/11/2014

25/02/2015

DH-DD(2016)802

ROMANIA

10662/06

ENACHE

01/04/2014

01/07/2014

DH-DD(2016)715

41040/11

IUSTIN ROBERTINO MICU

13/01/2015

13/04/2015

DH-DD(2016)759

24362/11+

STAN

30/06/2015

14/12/2015

DH-DD(2016)782

16184/06

NIŢULESCU

22/09/2015

22/12/2015

DH-DD(2016)803

30909/06

PANAITESCU

10/04/2012

10/07/2012

DH-DD(2016)835

1944/10

MATEESCU

14/01/2014

14/04/2014

DH-DD(2016)856

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

47143/06

ROMAN ZAKHAROV

04/12/2015

Grand Chamber

DH-DD(2016)908

42139/12

PISARI[10]

21/04/2015

19/10/2015

DH-DD(2016)922

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

30255/09

BITTÓ AND OTHERS

28/01/2014

07/07/2015

28/04/2014

07/10/2015

DH-DD(2016)776

44482/09

MAXIAN AND MAXIANOVA

24/07/2012

24/07/2012

DH-DD(2016)789

12300/12

KESZELI

14/10/2014

14/10/2014

DH-DD(2016)789

209/10

TRESA

02/10/2012

02/10/2012

DH-DD(2016)789

20986/10

FRANC

31/05/2012

31/05/2012

DH-DD(2016)789

11686/10

LADUNA

31/05/2012

31/05/2012

DH-DD(2016)789

15702/10

TNS S.R.O.

31/05/2012

31/05/2012

DH-DD(2016)789

3817/07

PISKURA No. 2

16/10/2012

16/10/2012

DH-DD(2016)789

23386/09

A.H.

19/02/2013

19/02/2013

DH-DD(2016)789

12583/09

HAUSER

05/02/2013

05/02/2013

DH-DD(2016)789

59644/09

KRELA AND OTHERS

05/03/2013

05/03/2013

DH-DD(2016)789

5718/10

LAUFIK

05/03/2013

05/03/2013

DH-DD(2016)789

25368/10

PALGUTOVÁ

19/02/2013

19/02/2013

DH-DD(2016)789

16111/11

FRIGO

08/10/2013

08/10/2013

DH-DD(2016)789

74550/12

KUCEJOVÁ

26/11/2013

26/02/2014

DH-DD(2016)789

43168/11

MAXIAN AND MAXIANOVÁ

07/01/2014

07/01/2014

DH-DD(2016)789

72493/10

DRAFT - OVA A.S.

09/06/2015

09/09/2015

DH-DD(2016)809

“THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”

16225/08

ANDONOSKI

17/09/2015

17/12/2015

DH-DD(2016)814

TURKEY

48628/12

BALTA AND DEMİR

23/06/2014

23/09/2014

DH-DD(2016)820

48621/07

DİCLE AND SADAK

16/06/2015

16/09/2015

DH-DD(2016)848

18638/05

İPSEFTEL

26/05/2015

26/08/2015

DH-DD(2016)849

6341/10

SARIDAŞ

07/07/2015

07/10/2015

DH-DD(2016)935

UKRAINE

16474/03

NAYDYON

14/10/2010

14/01/2011

DH-DD(2016)755

33643/03

KOROSTYLYOV

13/06/2013

13/09/2013

DH-DD(2016)755

21380/04

LOBAS

07/11/2013

07/02/2014

DH-DD(2016)755


Item F.

Adoption of final resolutions

Decision

The Deputies adopted the final resolutions CM/ResDH(2016)241 to CM/ResDH(2016)271 in respect of the judgments and decisions listed below:

Resolution

Application No.

Case

Judgment or decision of

Final on

ARMENIA

CM/ResDH(2016)241

53862/07

GHUYUMCHYAN

21/01/2016

21/04/2016

CM/ResDH(2016)242

11578/08

TOVMASYAN

21/01/2016

21/04/2016

BELGIUM

CM/ResDH(2016)243

45413/07

ANAKOMBA YULA

10/03/2009

10/06/2009

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

CM/ResDH(2016)244

40356/11

Savka JOKIĆ

15/03/2016

Decision

BULGARIA

CM/ResDH(2016)245

9411/05

DANEV

02/09/2010

02/12/2010

CM/ResDH(2016)246

8905/09

Vasil Dimitrov FILEV AND Magdalina Dimitrova ZLATANOVA

12/01/2016

Decision

8083/11

Nikola Boyanov HADZHISTAMOV AND OTHERS

26/01/2016

Decision

27999/10

Georgi Dimitrov MARASHLIEV AND Gelka Dimitrova GYORCHEVA

12/01/2016

Decision

46290/11

Boris Grigorov OROV

12/01/2016

Decision

40464/08

Stoyan Dimitrov PELTEKOV AND OTHERS

12/01/2016

Decision

CROATIA

CM/ResDH(2016)247

1067/15

Darko KLOBUČAR AND 2 OTHER APPLICATIONS

01/03/2016

Decision

CZECH REPUBLIC

CM/ResDH(2016)248

19315/11

T.

17/07/2014

17/10/2014

FRANCE

CM/ResDH(2016)249

21444/11

HENRIOUD

05/11/2015

05/02/2016

CM/ResDH(2016)250

60983/09

TETU

22/09/2011

22/12/2011

63648/12

MATHURIN

05/06/2014

05/09/2014

GREECE

CM/ResDH(2016)251

3490/15

Nikolaos ANAGNOSTOU

06/10/2015

Decision

24681/10+

DIONYSIOS ASKOTIRIS AND ANNA ASKOTIRI AND 8 OTHER APPLICATIONS

22/09/2015

Decision

47739/14

FATEH BARZI AND OTHERS

17/11/2015

Decision

41806/13

Catalin-Nikolae CIOCAN AND OTHERS

06/10/2015

Decision

76879/11

Katerina AND Sophia GEORGIOU

23/02/2016

Decision

9/15

Edmond HALIMLLARI

17/11/2015

Decision

43506/14

Tsotne IOSELIANI

17/11/2015

Decision

23259/13

Leonidas KOUTSIDIS AND OTHERS

06/10/2015

Decision

43442/14

Koba KRAVELIDZE

17/11/2015

Decision

11961/15

Arslan MIRZA

15/12/2015

Decision

46817/11

Amalia MOUTAFI

17/02/2015

Decision

11609/15

Georgios PAPADIMAS

15/12/2015

Decision

72636/12

Aristides PARASKAKIS

20/10/2015

Decision

43491/14

Marsel RAMADANI

17/11/2015

Decision

16882/15

Misha SARUKHANYAN

17/11/2015

Decision

15675/11

Apostolos Georgios SOFOS AND OTHERS

17/02/2015

Decision

12830/15

Konstantinos STAMATIADIS

15/12/2015

Decision

9770/10

Stylianos TESSIS AND 2 OTHER APPLICATIONS

08/09/2015

Decision

62950/09

Athanasios TSOLAKIS

08/09/2015

Decision


Resolution

Application No.

Case

Judgment or decision of

Final on

ITALY

CM/ResDH(2016)252

28319/04

AGOSTINO AND GIOVANNA CALCAGNO

16/12/2014

Decision

81292/12

ADA CAVALLARO

20/10/2015

Decision

9249/05

PASQUALE AND CATERINA DE LUCA

21/04/2015

Decision

50521/13

MARCELLO DELL’ANNA

15/12/2015

Decision

25113/06

ADDOLORATA FISCHETTO AND FORTE

15/12/2015

Decision

39570/13

G.T. AND M.T.

26/01/2016

Decision

40685/06

GIOVAMBATTISTA LUPIS CRISAFI AND OTHERS

20/10/2015

Decision

16079/05

ANTONIO MAZZEO

01/09/2015

Decision

7917/07

MARIA, MARIO AND BRIGIDA MILAZZO

17/03/2015

Decision

26352/04

MARIA AND OTTAVIA PICCARI

19/05/2015

Decision

13455/07

EGISTO, FORTUNATO AND GIOVANNA RICCI

17/03/2015

Decision

36933/04

ANTONIO TOTA

16/12/2014

Decision

THE NETHERLANDS

CM/ResDH(2016)253

29741/10

Guran DJINISOV

09/02/2016

Decision

10662/15

Johan VRINDS

02/02/2016

Decision

POLAND

CM/ResDH(2016)254

17885/04

ORCHOWSKI

22/10/2009

22/01/2010

17599/05

NORBERT SIKORSKI

22/10/2009

22/01/2010

18364/06

GRZYWACZEWSKI

31/05/2012

31/08/2012

3390/05

MIROSŁAW ZIELIŃSKI

20/09/2011

20/12/2011

38719/09

WENERSKI No. 2

24/07/2012

24/10/2012

21880/03

OLSZEWSKI

02/04/2013

02/07/2013

29254/06

KARABIN

07/01/2014

07/01/2014

CM/ResDH(2016)255

47709/99

RACHWALSKI AND FERENC

28/07/2009

28/10/2009

CM/ResDH(2016)256

48053/11

STANKIEWICZ AND OTHERS (No. 2)

03/11/2015

03/02/2016

CM/ResDH(2016)257

63777/09

R.S.

21/07/2015

21/10/2015

CM/ResDH(2016)258

8933/05

TOMASZEWSCY

15/04/2014

15/07/2014

CM/ResDH(2016)259

35014/97

HUTTEN-CZAPSKA

19/06/2006

28/04/2008

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

CM/ResDH(2016)260

43898/14

Krzysztof CHECHŁACZ

15/12/2015

Decision

33558/14

Marek CHUSTECKI

24/11/2015

Decision

53811/13

Kamil Marcin GARDOCKI

08/12/2015

Decision

11361/15

Grzegorz KACPURA

20/10/2015

Decision

25128/15

Piotr KOZŁOWSKI

05/01/2016

Decision

46536/14

Marianna PONIEWIERSKA

05/01/2016

Decision

1389/15

Tomasz RATAJCZAK

09/02/2016

Decision

72817/14

Grzegorz TALIPSKI

26/01/2016

Decision

CM/ResDH(2016)261

23592/07

MIAŻDŻYK

24/01/2012

24/04/2012

14480/04

A.E.

31/03/2009

30/06/2009

PORTUGAL

CM/ResDH(2016)262

66436/12

CUNHA MARTINS DA SILVA COUTO

30/04/2015

30/04/2015

CM/ResDH(2016)263

52761/13

ÁLVARO BENTO VIEIRA AND ANA MARIA VIEIRA BATISTA

17/11/2015

Decision

59513/13

MANUEL MARTINS CASCALHEIRA

17/11/2015

Decision

42868/13

COOPURB - COOPERATIVA DE CONSTRUÇÃO E HABITAÇÃO C.R.L.

20/10/2015

Decision

54872/13

RUI JORGE ESTEVES DAVID

17/11/2015

Decision

59685/13

FRANCISCO MANUEL MAGALHÃES DUARTE FERREIRA

17/11/2015

Decision

59694/13+

JOÃO FRANCISCO MARQUES ALEXANDRE AND JULIA ELISA MARQUES CRUZ ALEXANDRE

17/11/2015

Decision

59459/13

ANTONIO EUGENIO MARQUES

17/11/2015

Decision

28048/13

MASSA INSOLVENTE DE J. SERRA RAMOS, LDA

09/12/2014

Decision


67064/13

FIRMO NEVES BARRACAS

17/11/2015

Decision

70712/13

ADELINO DIAS SANTOS SARMENTO AND 9 OTHER APPLICATIONS

15/03/2016

Decision

CM/ResDH(2016)264

46194/06

STEGARESCU AND BAHRIN

06/04/2010

04/10/2010

ROMANIA

CM/ResDH(2016)265

26246/05

IORGA AND OTHERS

25/01/2011

25/04/2011

CM/ResDH(2016)266

18335/10

MARGARETE ALTVATER AND OTHERS

28/01/2016

Decision

13438/14

RAMONA DENISA APOSTOL

02/02/2016

Decision

43097/14

SILVIU APOSTOLATOS

02/02/2016

Decision

78951/11

VASILE SILVIU BOGDAN

23/02/2016

Decision

33636/12

MARIA COLȚA

23/02/2016

Decision

26349/11

CRISTIANA-CRENGUȚA RADU AND 8 OTHER APPLICATIONS

03/12/2015

Decision

76773/13

NICOLETA VASILICA FIERARU

23/02/2016

Decision

57448/14

ADRIAN GRIGOROF

02/02/2016

Decision

64454/14

STERIAN GULI

28/01/2016

Decision

42700/13

MANOLE LUPU

02/02/2016

Decision

38037/14

GHEORGHE MATEI AND 8 OTHER APPLICATIONS

11/02/2016

Decision

35275/14

SIMONA MUREȘAN

23/02/2016

Decision

45517/13

IOAN PANDEL AND 13 OTHER APPLICATIONS

28/01/2016

Decision

48213/11

GEORGETA PREPELIŢĂ

28/01/2016

Decision

40208/14

CĂLIN ROMAN AND OTHERS AND 5 OTHER APPLICATIONS

28/01/2016

Decision

55129/09

IOANA TUDOR AND 4 OTHER APPLICATIONS

28/01/2016

Decision

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CM/ResDH(2016)267

52856/10+

Aleksandr Vladimirovich FIRONOV AND 4 OTHER APPLICATIONS

21/04/2015

Decision

57401/09

Igor Alekseyevich GORSHENIN AND 4 OTHER APPLICATIONS

02/06/2015

Decision

10677/09

Ruslan Ravilevich KHUZIN

25/08/2015

Decision

13755/11

Oleg Vadimovich KIBIZOV

08/12/2015

Decision

60687/08

Galina Petrovna POTAPOVA and Petr Vasilyevich POTAPOV AND 2 OTHER APPLICATIONS

15/12/2015

Decision

49956/07+

Aleksandr Sergeyevich REZACHKIN AND Aleksandr Aleksandrovich GALYUS

25/08/2015

Decision

CM/ResDH(2016)268

58263/00

TIMOFEYEV

23/10/2003

23/01/2004

11470/03

ABBASOV

18/02/2010

18/05/2010

38405/02

ABDEYEVY

06/03/2008

06/06/2008

41564/05

ABDULMANOVA

16/10/2008

16/01/2009

26724/03

AGIBALOVA AND OTHERS

13/04/2006

13/07/2006

30616/05

AKASHEV

12/06/2008

12/09/2008

22519/02

ALEKHINA AND OTHERS

13/04/2006

13/07/2006

33706/05

ALEKSENTSEVA LYUDMILA

01/02/2007

01/05/2007

36153/03

ALEKSEYEVA

11/12/2008

06/07/2009

32215/05

ANUFRIYEV

05/04/2011

15/09/2011

16115/06

ARAPOVY

29/11/2007

29/02/2008

21198/05

AYRAPETYAN

14/06/2007

12/11/2007

18338/05

AZARYEV

14/11/2008

14/02/2009

36398/04

BAYGAYEV

05/07/2007

05/10/2007

40250/02

BELYATSKAYA

27/07/2006

11/12/2006

3509/06

BEREZKINA

29/11/2007

29/02/2008

45497/04

BESEDA

10/07/2014

10/07/2014

36765/03

BEZBORODOV

20/11/2008

20/02/2009

24654/03

BOBROVA

17/11/2005

17/02/2006

3504/02

BOGDANOV

09/02/2006

09/05/2006

23542/04

BOLDYREVA

06/12/2007

06/03/2008

19134/05

BOLYUKH

31/07/2007

31/10/2007

20260/04

BRAGINA

01/02/2007

01/05/2007


66462/01

BRATCHIKOVA

17/11/2005

12/04/2006

805/03

BRONICH

14/11/2008

14/02/2009

33509/04

BURDOV No. 2

15/01/2009

04/05/2009

7412/02

CHERKASHIN

07/02/2008

07/05/2008

10415/02

CHERNYSHOV AND 11 OTHERS

28/09/2006

28/12/2006

41395/04

CHISTYAKOV

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

34433/04

DENISOV

06/03/2008

06/06/2008

21823/03

DENISOV

25/01/2007

25/04/2007

33689/05

DEYKINA

01/02/2007

01/05/2007

5761/03

DOROZHKO

26/06/2008

26/09/2008

28644/06

DVORYAKOV

29/04/2008

29/07/2008

15407/05

GALIKHANOVA

14/11/2008

14/02/2009

33459/04

GALKIN

04/10/2007

04/01/2008

43402/02

GASAN

24/02/2005

24/05/2005

13519/02

GAYVORONSKIY

25/03/2008

25/06/2008

24657/03

GERASIMENKO

17/11/2005

17/02/2006

24669/02

GERASIMOVA

13/10/2005

13/01/2006

21777/04

GLEBOV AND GLEBOVA

29/11/2007

29/02/2008

28785/04

GLUKHOVA AND BRAGINA

18/09/2008

26/01/2009

23287/05

GLUSHAKOVA No. 2

10/05/2007

10/08/2007

29898/03

GORLOVA

15/02/2007

15/05/2007

40136/02

GOROKHOV

10/04/2008

10/07/2008

4171/04

GRIDIN

01/06/2006

01/09/2006

21419/04

GRIGORYEVA

13/07/2006

13/10/2006

10122/04

GURGACH

19/06/2014

19/06/2014

36407/02

IGUSHEVA

09/02/2006

09/05/2006

20745/04

ISAKOV

19/06/2008

19/09/2008

24659/03

IVANNIKOVA

17/11/2005

12/04/2006

3436/05

IVANOV ALEKSANDR

08/02/2007

08/05/2007

29411/05

IVCHENKO

02/10/2008

02/01/2009

37758/03

KABANOV

14/11/2008

14/02/2009

14521/05

KALEYEV

12/11/2015

12/11/2015

16086/04

KALININ

15/01/2015

15/01/2015

43726/02

KANAYEV

27/07/2006

27/10/2006

26410/02

KAZARTSEV

02/11/2006

02/02/2007

13995/02

KAZARTSEVA AND OTHERS

17/11/2005

12/04/2006

72374/01

KAZMINA

15/06/2006

15/09/2006

746/05+

KAZMINA NINA AND OTHERS

13/01/2009

13/04/2009

21268/04

KHARITICH

06/12/2007

06/03/2008

33617/04

KHOLODENKO

18/09/2008

18/12/2008

20098/03

KHVOROSTINA AND OTHERS

05/04/2007

05/07/2007

36074/04

KLISHINA AND OTHERS

24/04/2008

24/07/2008

44038/05

KOCHALIDZE

10/04/2012

10/07/2012

43284/02

KOLAYEV

03/07/2008

03/10/2008

41304/02

KOLTSOV

24/02/2005

24/05/2005

63501/00

KONOVALOV

23/03/2006

13/09/2006

19798/04

KORCHAGIN

01/06/2006

01/09/2006

27295/03

KORCHAGINA AND OTHERS

17/11/2005

12/04/2006

25550/05

KOROLEV

12/04/2007

12/07/2007

4543/02

KOROTKIKH

27/03/2008

27/06/2008

32845/02

KOSTENKO

20/06/2013

20/06/2013

23490/03

KOSTENKO

07/02/2008

07/05/2008

750/02

KOTLYAROV

18/12/2008

18/03/2009

21410/04

KOVALENKO

13/07/2006

13/10/2006

934/03

KOZEYEV

31/07/2007

30/01/2008

731/04

KRASEV

26/06/2008

26/09/2008

18892/04

KRASNOV

22/11/2011

22/02/2012

11712/06

KRASYUCHENKO

11/10/2007

11/01/2008

37641/04

KRIVONOS

06/12/2007

06/03/2008

27790/03

KUDRINA

21/06/2007

31/03/2008

25114/03+

KULKOV AND OTHERS

08/01/2009

08/04/2009

37643/04

KURYANOV

06/03/2008

06/06/2008

30212/06

KUZMIN

28/05/2014

28/05/2014


40081/03

KUZMINSKIY

14/11/2008

14/02/2009

8355/07

KUZNETSOVA YEVDOKIYA

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

42431/02

LARIONOV

14/11/2008

14/02/2009

33422/03

LAVROV

17/01/2012

17/04/2012

9800/02

LAZAREV

05/10/2006

05/01/2007

37645/04

LESNOVA

24/01/2008

24/04/2008

37354/03

LIMASOVY

22/07/2008

22/10/2008

24395/02

LOSITSKIY

14/12/2006

14/03/2007

34822/04

LUKINYKH

10/07/2014

10/07/2014

20111/03

MAGOMEDOV

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

7023/03

MAKAROVA AND OTHERS

24/02/2005

24/05/2005

756/05+

MARKOVTSI AND SELIVANOV

23/07/2009

23/10/2009

57807/00

MARTYNOVA

26/06/2008

01/12/2008

38999/05

MATVIYETS

12/06/2008

12/09/2008

22534/02

MIKHAYLOVA AND OTHERS

17/11/2005

17/02/2006

20937/07

MOROKO

12/06/2008

01/12/2008

26759/03

MOZHAYEVA

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

42940/02

NADEZHKIN

12/06/2008

12/09/2008

33685/05

NARTOVA

01/02/2007

01/05/2007

3311/06

NEOFITA

12/04/2007

12/07/2007

20515/04

NIKISHIN

08/02/2007

08/05/2007

9117/04+

NOSOV AND OTHERS

20/02/2014

15/01/2015

07/07/2014

15/04/2015

34283/05

OOO PKG “SIB-YUKASS”

08/11/2007

02/06/2008

3790/05

OOO PTK “MERKURIY”

14/06/2007

12/11/2007

61651/00

OOO RUSATOMMET

14/06/2005

14/09/2005

31296/02

OSHER AND OTHERS

25/10/2007

31/03/2008

45291/05

PANCHISHIN

27/11/2014

27/11/2014

12115/03

PARFENENKOV

24/01/2008

24/04/2008

16869/08

PELLYA

10/04/2012

10/07/2012

36494/02

PETRUSHKO

24/02/2005

24/05/2005

40322/02

PETUKHOV

26/06/2008

01/12/2008

42752/04

PLEKHOVA

31/01/2008

30/04/2008

43883/02

PLOTNIKOVY

24/02/2005

24/05/2005

34150/04

POGULYAYEV

03/04/2008

03/07/2008

34422/03

POLITOVA AND POLITOV

01/02/2007

01/05/2007

21447/04

POLUPANOVA MATRENA

13/07/2006

13/10/2006

31105/05

PONOMAREV ROMAN

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

34428/04

PORTNOVA

29/04/2008

29/07/2008

25964/02

POZNAKHIRINA

24/02/2005

06/07/2005

2191/03+

PRIDATCHENKO AND OTHERS

21/06/2007

21/09/2007

13869/05

PROKHOROVA

08/10/2009

08/01/2010

7111/05

PYLNOV

12/07/2007

12/10/2007

2703/02

PYRIKOV

08/06/2006

08/09/2006

23405/03

REYNBAKH

29/09/2005

29/12/2005

35002/05

ROZHNYATOVSKAYA

13/12/2011

13/03/2012

44595/05

RUSSKIKH

10/04/2012

10/07/2012

52283/07+

RYKACHEV AND OTHERS

19/04/2011

19/04/2011

6558/06

SAIDOV

05/07/2007

05/10/2007

3885/04

SEMOCHKIN

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

39888/02

SHAKIRZYANOV

20/11/2008

20/02/2009

70501/01

SHAMINA

13/07/2006

13/10/2006

2047/03

SHAPOVALOVA

05/10/2006

12/02/2007

31271/02

SHATUNOV

01/06/2006

01/09/2006

39866/02

SHESTOPALOVA AND OTHERS

17/11/2005

12/04/2006

42383/02

SHEVCHENKO

10/04/2008

10/07/2008

9647/02

SHILYAYEV

06/10/2005

06/01/2006

21417/04

SHIRYAYEVA

13/07/2006

13/10/2006

10833/03

SHITIKOV

30/11/2006

28/02/2007

3519/05

SIDORENKO

26/07/2007

26/10/2007

2814/04

SINITSYNA

13/12/2007

13/03/2008

14758/08

SIVOGRAK AND ZENOV

13/06/2013

13/09/2013

3906/06

SIVOLDAYEVA

28/06/2007

28/09/2007

55885/00

SKACHEDUBOVA

01/12/2005

01/03/2006


6239/04

SMETANKO

29/04/2010

04/10/2010

33986/02

SOMCHENKO

31/07/2007

31/10/2007

8549/06+

STRELTSOV AND OTHER “NOVOCHERKASSK MILITARY PENSIONERS”

29/07/2010

29/10/2010

2245/05

SUBOCHEVA

15/11/2007

02/06/2008

75470/01

SUKHOBOKOV

13/04/2006

13/07/2006

23596/04

SUKHORUKOV

31/07/2008

31/10/2008

55687/00

SUNTSOVA

17/11/2005

17/02/2006

20518/04

TARASOV SERGEY

08/02/2007

08/05/2007

21425/04

TEREKHOVA

13/07/2006

13/10/2006

11589/04

TETSEN

03/04/2008

03/07/2008

38943/04

TIBILOV

02/10/2008

02/01/2009

14296/03

TIKHOV AND OTHERS

27/03/2008

27/06/2008

18465/05

TIMISHEV No. 3

14/06/2007

30/01/2008

44387/04+

TKHYEGEPSO AND OTHERS

25/10/2011

08/03/2012

24651/03

TOLOKONNIKOVA

17/11/2005

12/04/2006

6396/05

TROCHEV

09/10/2008

09/01/2009

11756/06

TRUFANOVA

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

9769/04

TRUNOV

06/03/2008

06/06/2008

43715/05

TULSKAYA

23/10/2008

23/01/2009

21779/04

TYTAR

02/11/2006

02/02/2007

24770/04

USTALOV

06/12/2007

02/06/2008

38035/04

VAKULENKO

14/11/2008

14/02/2009

7237/03

VALENTINA VASILYEVA

17/11/2005

17/02/2006

21430/04

VASILYEVA

13/07/2006

13/10/2006

8011/02

VASILYEVA AND OTHERS

29/06/2006

29/09/2006

3462/04

VERSHININA

26/07/2007

26/10/2007

5555/06

VESELYASHKIN AND VESELYASHKINA

18/12/2008

18/03/2009

38202/07

VLADIMIR MELNIKOV

17/01/2012

17/04/2012

374/03

VOLOKITIN

09/11/2006

09/02/2007

33707/05

VOLOSKOVA

01/02/2007

01/05/2007

33728/05

VORONINA

01/02/2007

01/05/2007

5225/06

VYALYKH

22/02/2007

22/05/2007

35824/04

VYDRINA

29/03/2007

29/06/2007

15021/02

WASSERMAN

18/11/2004

18/02/2005

21071/05

WASSERMAN No. 2

10/04/2008

29/09/2008

34687/02

YAVORIVSKAYA

07/07/2005

07/10/2005

5730/03

YELDASHEV

12/05/2010

12/08/2010

21264/07+

YEMELYANOVY AND OTHERS

14/03/2013

14/03/2013

33720/05

ZAICHENKO

01/02/2007

01/05/2007

24277/03

ZAKOMLISTOVA

14/02/2008

14/05/2008

1144/03

ZAUGOLNOVA

15/12/2005

12/04/2006

8582/05

ZHELTKOV

14/06/2007

14/09/2007

35760/04

ZHUKOV ALEKSANDR

20/12/2007

20/03/2008

5249/06

ZHURALEV

15/01/2009

15/04/2009

23567/06

ZIABREVA

18/12/2008

18/03/2009

13296/03

ZVEREV AND OTHERS

19/07/2007

19/10/2007

33264/02

LEVIN

02/02/2005

02/05/2006

34439/04

AGAPONOVA AND OTHERS

07/02/2008

07/05/2008

8235/03

ALEKSANDR PONOMAREV

06/12/2011

06/12/2011

38720/03

ALEKSANDR POPOV

05/04/2007

05/07/2007

75025/01+

ALEKSENTSEVA AND OTHERS

17/01/2008

17/04/2008

966/03

ALMAYEVA

25/10/2007

25/01/2008

35774/04

ARULEPP

06/11/2008

06/02/2009

32786/04

BAKHAREV AND OTHERS

18/09/2008

18/12/2008

21932/03

BAKHAREV

19/07/2007

19/10/2007

37930/02

BAZHENOV

20/10/2005

20/01/2006

34679/03

BELOTSERKOVETS

03/07/2008

01/12/2008

24620/02

BELYAYEV

25/01/2007

25/04/2007

72558/01

BLAGOVESTNYY

04/07/2006

04/10/2006

1719/02

BUTSEV

22/09/2005

15/02/2006

40642/02

DENISENKOV

22/09/2005

15/02/2006


34431/04

DENISOVA

18/09/2008

18/12/2008

28488/04

DOKOLIN

18/09/2008

18/12/2008

27440/03

FINKOV

08/10/2009

08/01/2010

41842/04

FITISOV

08/11/2007

08/02/2008

38719/03

GLUSHAKOVA

12/04/2007

12/07/2007

38305/02

GOROKHOV AND RUSYAYEV

17/03/2005

12/10/2005

16583/04

GRIBANENKOV

18/02/2010

18/05/2010

63995/00

KUKALO

03/11/2005

03/02/2006

11319/04

KUKALO No. 2

24/07/2008

24/10/2008

43209/04

LEDOVKIN

21/02/2008

21/05/2008

35893/04

LEVIN VIKTOR

25/09/2008

25/12/2008

43282/02

NAYDENKOV

07/06/2007

24/09/2007

37927/02

NIKOLAYEV

02/03/2006

02/06/2006

19589/02

PARKHOMOV

20/10/2005

20/01/2006

15890/04

PETROV VIKTOR

24/07/2008

24/10/2008

36939/02

PODYAPOLSKIY

12/06/2008

12/09/2008

26307/02

SHIRYKALOVA

27/03/2008

27/06/2008

32786/03

SILCHENKO

28/09/2006

28/12/2006

24664/02

SIVERIN

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

33660/04

SMELOV

02/10/2008

02/01/2009

37647/04

SMORODINOVA

17/01/2008

17/04/2008

34938/04

SUSLIN

23/10/2008

23/01/2009

39013/05

SVITICH

31/07/2007

31/10/2007

40543/04

VORONIN

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

38845/04

ZUBAREV

02/10/2008

02/01/2009

SERBIA / SERBIE

CM/ResDH(2016)269

77268/13

Jelica IVANOVIĆ AND 38 OTHER APPLICATIONS

08/12/2015

Decision

“THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA” / « L'EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE »

CM/ResDH(2016)270

71962/10

Rami FETAOVSKI

23/02/2016

Decision

13847/11

Pece JANEV AND 2 OTHER APPLICATIONS

15/12/2015

Decision

61228/12

Zorica LAZAREVSKA

15/03/2016

Decision

31786/15

Ružica and Pavle MILENKOVSKI

26/01/2016

Decision

17900/15

Olivera PEHČEVSKA AND 3 OTHER APPLICATIONS

15/12/2015

Decision

TURKEY

CM/ResDH(2016)271

10730/09

Lokman ASLAN

13/01/2015

Decision

35702/08+

EROĞLU AND OTHERS

24/05/2011

Decision

20518/08

GÜRAKIN

26/03/2013

Decision

76649/12

Hüseyin KAHRAMAN

19/05/2015

Decision

Item G

Supervision of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights –

Preliminary draft annual report 2016

Decision

The Deputies instructed the Secretariat to prepare the draft annual report 2016 along the same lines as the 2015 report and to present a first preliminary draft, and a detailed time-table for the adoption of the 2016 report, at the 1273rd meeting (December 2016) (DH).


Item 4.1a

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –
Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee –
Candidates in respect of Albania

CM(2016)108

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         having proceeded to election in conformity with Rules 8 and 9 of Resolution Res(97)10, declared elected to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee:

Ms Evis ALIMEHMETI, in respect of Albania;

2.         consequently adopted Resolution CM/ResCMN(2016)12, as it appears at Appendix 5 to the present volume of Decisions.

Item 4.1b

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –
Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee –
Candidates in respect of Norway

CM(2016)109

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         having proceeded to election in conformity with Rules 8 and 9 of Resolution Res(97)10, declared elected to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee:

            Mr Einar NIEMI, in respect of Norway;

2.         consequently adopted Resolution CM/ResCMN(2016)13, as it appears at Appendix 6 to the present volume of Decisions.

Item 4.1c

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –
Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee –
Candidates in respect of Serbia

CM(2016)110

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         having proceeded to election in conformity with Rules 8 and 9 of Resolution Res(97)10, declared elected to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee:

Mr Goran BAŠIĆ, in respect of Serbia;

2.         consequently adopted Resolution CM/ResCMN(2016)14, as it appears at Appendix 7 to the present volume of Decisions.


Appendix 1 / Annexe 1

Cases listed for detailed examination at future DH meetings by decisions
of the Committee / Affaires listées pour un examen détaillé aux prochaines réunions DH,
sur décisions du Comité

1273rd meeting (December 2016) / 1273e réunion (décembre 2016)

 

Application / Requête

Case / Affaire

Judgment of / arrêt du

Final on / définitif le

ALBANIA / ALBANIE

64480/09+

LULI AND OTHERS GROUP / GROUPE LULI ET AUTRES

01/04/2014

01/07/2014

ARMENIA / ARMENIE

40094/05

VIRABYAN GROUP / GROUPE VIRABYAN

02/10/2012

02/01/2013

AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAIDJAN

15172/13

ILGAR MAMMADOV

22/05/2014

13/10/2014

35877/04

MAHMUDOV AND AGAZADE GROUP / GROUPE MAHMUDOV AND AGAZADE

18/12/2008

18/03/2009

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE

27996/06

SEJDIĆ AND FINCI GROUP / GROUPE SEJDIĆ AND FINCI

22/12/2009

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

BULGARIA / BULGARIE

48609/06

NENCHEVA AND OTHERS / ET AUTRES

18/06/2013

18/09/2013

59491/00

UNITED MACEDONIAN ORGANISATION ILINDEN AND OTHERS GROUPE / ORGANISATION MACEDONIENNE UNIE ILINDEN ET AUTRES GROUPE

19/01/2006

19/04/2006

29263/12

S.Z. GROUP / GROUPE S.Z.

03/03/2015

03/06/2015

FRANCE

9152/09

I.M.

02/02/2012

02/05/2012

GEORGIA / GEORGIE

11830/03

GHARIBASHVILI GROUP / GROUPE GHARIBASHVILI

29/07/2008

29/10/2008

73235/12

IDENTOBA AND OTHERS / ET AUTRES

12/05/2015

12/08/2015

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

36186/97

TÍMÁR GROUP / GROUPE TÍMÁR + GAZSÓ

25/02/2003

09/07/2003

ITALY / ITALIE

25587/94

ABENAVOLI GROUP / GROUPE ABENAVOLI

02/09/1997

02/09/1997

43549/08+

AGRATI AND OTHERS GROUP / GROUPE AGRATI ET AUTRES

07/06/2011

08/11/2012

28/11/2011

08/02/2013

35742/97

LEDONNE (No. 1) GROUP / GROUPE LEDONNE (n° 1)

12/05/1999

12/08/1999

LITHUANIA / LITUANIE

34932/04

PAKSAS

06/01/2011

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

18944/02

CORSACOV GROUP / GROUPE CORSACOV

04/04/2006

04/07/2006

17332/03

LEVINTA

16/12/2008

16/03/2009

POLAND / POLOGNE

28761/11

AL NASHIRI GROUP / GROUPE AL NASHIRI (general and individual measures / mesures générales et individuelles)

24/07/2014

16/02/2015

33870/96

FUCHS GROUP / GROUPE FUCHS

11/02/2003

11/05/2003

57722/12

GRABOWSKI

30/06/2015

30/09/2015

ROMANIA / ROUMANIE

40238/02

BUCUR AND / ET TOMA

08/01/2013

08/04/2013

24575/10

ŢICU GROUP / GROUPE ŢICU

01/10/2013

01/01/2014

RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FEDERATION DE RUSSIE

4916/07

ALEKSEYEV

21/10/2010

11/04/2011

43370/04+

CATAN AND OTHERS / ET AUTRES[11]

19/10/2012

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

57942/00+

KHASHIYEV AND AKAYEVA GROUP / GROUPE KHASHIYEV ET AKAYEVA (Effectiveness of investigations / Effectivité des enquêtes)

24/02/2005

06/07/2005

14902/04

OAO NEFTYANAYA KOMPANIYA YUKOS

20/09/2011

31/07/2014

08/03/2012

15/12/2014

SERBIA / SERBIE

21794/08

ZORICA JOVANOVIĆ

26/03/2013

09/09/2013

SERBIA AND SLOVENIA / SERBIE ET SLOVENIE[12]

60642/08

ALIŠIĆ AND OTHERS / ET AUTRES[13]

16/07/2014

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

TURKEY / TURQUIE

25781/94

16064/90+

CYPRUS v. TURKEY / CHYPRE c. TURQUIE + VARNAVA AND OTHERS / VARNAVA ET AUTRES (missing persons / personnes portées disparues)

10/05/2001

12/05/2014

18/09/2009

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

2668/07+

DINK

14/09/2010

14/12/2010

21924/05

SİNAN IŞIK

02/02/2010

02/05/2010

16064/90+

VARNAVA AND OTHERS + XENIDES-ARESTIS GROUP / VARNAVA ET AUTRES + GROUPE XENIDES-ARESTIS (just satisfaction / satisfaction équitable)

18/09/2009

Grand Chamber

UKRAINE

23465/03

AGROKOMPLEKS

06/10/2011

25/072013

08/03/2012

09/12/2013

19336/04

EAST/WEST ALLIANCE LIMITED

23/01/2014

02/06/2014

39964/02

KHAYLO GROUP / GROUPE KHAYLO

13/11/2008

13/02/2009

65518/01

SALOV GROUP / GROUPE SALOV , OLEKSANDR VOLKOV

06/09/2005

06/12/2005

20372/11

VYERENTSOV GROUP / GROUPE VYERENTSOV

11/04/2013

11/07/2013

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

74025/01

HIRST No. 2 GROUP / GROUPE HIRST No. 2

06/10/2005

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

28883/95+

MCKERR GROUP / GROUPE MCKERR

04/05/2001

04/08/2001

DH meeting in March 2017 / réunion DH de mars 2017

Application / Requête

Case / Affaire

Judgment of / arrêt du

Final on / définitif le

AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAIDJAN

15172/13

ILGAR MAMMADOV

22/05/2014

13/10/2014

18705/06

NAMAT ALIYEV GROUP / GROUPE NAMAT ALIYEV

08/04/2010

08/07/2010

CROATIA / CROATIE

16212/08

SKENDŽIĆ AND / ET KRZNARIĆ

20/01/2011

20/04/2011

12027/10

STATILEO

10/07/2014

10/10/2014

GREECE / GRECE

35151/05

BEKIR-OUSTA AND OTHERS GROUP / GROUPE BEKIR-OUSTA ET AUTRES

11/10/2007

11/01/2008

ROMANIA / ROUMANIE

47848/08

CENTRE FOR LEGAL RESOURCES ON BEHALF OF VALENTIN CÂMPEANU / CENTRE DE RESSOURCES JURIDIQUES AU NOM DE VALENTIN CÂMPEANU (legal protection of vulnerable persons / protection juridique des personnes vulnérables)

17/07/2014

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FEDERATION DE RUSSIE

57942/00+

KHASHIYEV AND AKAYEVA GROUP / GROUPE KHASHIYEV ET AKAYEVA (Cases in which events took place after 2006 / Affaires concernant les événements qui ont eu lieu après 2006)

24/02/2005

06/07/2005

46082/99

KLYAKHIN GROUP / GROUPE KLYAKHIN [14] (outstanding individual measures / mesures individuelles en suspens)[15]

30/11/2004

06/06/2005

“THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA” / « L'EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE »

39630/09

EL-MASRI[16]

13/12/2012

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

TURKEY / TURQUIE

25781/94

16064/90+

CYPRUS v. TURKEY / CHYPRE c. TURQUIE + XENIDES ARESTIS GROUP / GROUPE XENIDES ARESTIS (property rights of the displaced persons / droit de propriété des personnes déplacées)

10/05/2001

12/05/2014

18/09/2009

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

UKRAINE

23893/03

38722/02

38906/07

4494/07

KAVERZIN GROUP / GROUPE KAVERZIN

AFANASYEV GROUP / GROUPE AFANASYEV

KARABET AND OTHERS / ET AUTRES

BELOUSOV[17]

15/05/2012

05/04/2005

17/01/2013

07/11/2013

15/08/2012

05/07/2005

17/04/2013

07/02/2014

40107/02

46193/13

39884/05

KHARCHENKO GROUP / GROUPE KHARCHENKO

CHANYEV

KORNEYKOVA

10/02/2011

09/10/2014

19/01/2012

10/05/2011

09/01/2015

19/04/2012

40450/04

56848/00

YURIY NIKOLAYEVICH IVANOV

ZHOVNER GROUP / GROUPE ZHOVNER[18]

15/10/2009

29/06/2004

15/01/2010

29/09/2004

DH meeting in June 2017 / réunion DH de juin 2017

Application / Requête

Case / Affaire

Judgment of / arrêt du

Final on / définitif le

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

140/10

TRABELSI[19]

04/09/2014

16/02/2015

TURKEY / TURQUIE

25781/94

CYPRUS v. TURKEY / CHYPRE c. TURQUIE

(property rights of enclaved Greek Cypriots and their heirs / des droits de propriété des Chypriotes grecs enclavés et de leurs héritiers

10/05/2001

12/05/2014

Grand Chamber / Grande Chambre

DH meeting in September 2017 / réunion DH de septembre 2017

Application / Requête

Case / Affaire

Judgment of / arrêt du

Final on / définitif le

BULGARIA / BULGARIE

41488/98

VELIKOVA GROUP / GROUPE VELIKOVA

18/05/2000

04/10/2000


Appendix 3

(Item A2)

INDICATIVE LIST OF CASES FOR THE 1273rd MEETING (DECEMBER 2016) (DH)

No

Case

State

Application

Judgment final on

Violation

1

LULI AND OTHERS GROUP

ALBANIA

64480/09+

01/07/2014

Excessive length of civil proceedings and absence of a remedy in that respect.

2

VIRABYAN

ARMENIA

40094/05

02/01/2013

Ill-treatment and torture in police custody and ineffective investigations.

3

ILGAR MAMMADOV

AZERBAIJAN

15172/13

13/10/2014

Arrest and pre-trial detention to punish the applicant for having criticised the government, in breach of Article 18 taken in conjunction with Article 5.

4

MAHMUDOV AND AGAZADE GROUP

AZERBAIJAN

35877/04

18/03/2009

Violation of the right to freedom of expression, arbitrary application of the law on defamation.

5

SEJDIĆ AND FINCI GROUP

BOSNIA AND HERZERGOVINA

27996/06

22/12/2009

Ethnic-based discrimination on account of the ineligibility of persons non-affiliated with one of the "constituent peoples" (Bosnians, Croats or Serbs) to stand for election to the House of Peoples (the upper chamber of Parliament) and the Presidency.

6

NENCHEVA AND OTHERS

BULGARIA

48609/06

18/09/2013

Lack of prompt and sufficient measures to prevent deaths of children placed in public care, during a severe economic, financial and social crisis in 1996-1997; lack of prompt and effective investigation into these deaths.

7

S.Z. GROUP

BULGARIA

29263/12

03/06/2015

Ineffective investigations into rape, sequestration and incitement to prostitution committed by private individuals.

8

I.M.

FRANCE

9152/09

02/05/2012

Lack of an effective remedy to challenge a removal measure.

9

GHARIBASHVILI GROUP

GEORGIA

11830/03

29/10/2008

Lack of effective investigations into allegations of violations of the right to life or ill-treatment; excessive use of force by the police in the course of arrest and/or in custody.

10

IDENTOBA AND OTHERS

GEORGIA

73235/12

12/08/2015

Lack of protection against homophobic attacks during a demonstration.

11

GAZSÓ + TÍMÁR GROUP

HUNGARY

36186/97

09/07/2003

Excessive length of judicial proceedings and lack of an effective remedy in this respect.

12

ABENAVOLI GROUP

ITALY

25587/94

02/09/1997

Excessive length of proceedings before the administrative courts.

13

AGRATI AND OTHERS GROUP

ITALY

43549/08+

28/11/2011

Retrospective application of legislation to on-going judicial proceedings to calculate the length of service of school staff.

14

LEDONNE (No. 1) GROUP

ITALY

35742/97

12/08/1999

Excessive length of proceedings before the criminal courts

15

PAKSAS

LITHUANIA

34932/04

06/01/2011

Permanent and irreversible ban from standing for parliamentary elections due the applicant’s removal from presidential office following impeachment proceedings.

16

CORSACOV GROUP

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

18944/02

04/07/2006

Ill-treatment and torture in police custody; ineffective investigations; lack of an effective remedy.

17

LEVINTA

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

17332/03

16/03/2009

Conviction based on evidence obtained under torture.

18

AL NASHIRI GROUP

POLAND

28761/11

16/02/2015

Violations related to secret rendition operations by the CIA (individual and general measures)

19

FUCHS GROUP

POLAND

33870/96

11/05/2003

Excessive length of proceedings before administrative bodies and courts; lack of an effective remedy.

20

GRABOWSKI

POLAND

57722/12

30/09/2015

Deprivation of liberty of a juvenile in the framework of correctional proceedings against him, without a specific court order.

21

BUCUR AND TOMA

ROMANIA

40238/02

08/04/2013

Conviction of a whistle-blower for having disclosed information on the illegal secret surveillance of citizens by the Intelligence Service; lack of safeguards in the statutory framework governing secret surveillance

22

ŢICU GROUP

ROMANIA

24575/10

01/01/2014

Ill-treatment in prison due to the inadequate management of the applicants’ psychiatric pathologies.

23

ALEKSEYEV

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

4916/07

11/04/2011

Repeated bans on the holding of gay rights marches and pickets; lack of effective remedies; discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly

24

CATAN AND OTHERS

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

43370/04

19/10/2012

Violation of the right to education of children and parents using Latin script language schools in the Transdniestrian region of the Republic of Moldova.

25

KHASHIYEV AND AKAYEVA GROUP

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

57942/00

06/07/2005

Violations resulting from, or relating to antiterrorist operations in the Northern Caucasus, mainly in Chechnya.

26

OAO NEFTYANAYA KOMPANIYA YUKOS

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

14902/04

08/03/2012

15/12/2014

Violations concerning tax and enforcement proceedings brought against the applicant oil company, leading to its liquidation in 2007.


No

Case

State

Application

Judgment final on

Violation

27

ALIŠIĆ AND OTHERS[20]

SERBIA AND SLOVENIA[21]

60642/08

16/07/2014

Inability to recover “old” foreign-currency savings deposited in Bosnian-Herzegovinian branches of banks incorporated in Serbia and Slovenia, respectively.

28

CYPRUS v. TURKEY

+ VARNAVA AND OTHERS

TURKEY

25781/94

16064/90+

10/05/2001

12/05/2014

18/09/2009

14 violations in relation to the situation in the northern part of Cyprus (cluster of the missing persons)

29

DINK

TURKEY

2668/07+

14/12/2010

Failure of the authorities to protect the life and freedom of expression of a journalist, lack of an effective investigation, criminal investigation for “denigrating Turkishness"

30

SİNAN IŞIK

TURKEY

21924/05

02/05/2010

Violation of the applicant’s freedom not to disclose his religion in that he was under an obligation to disclose his beliefs as a result of the obligatory indication of religion on his identity card.

31

AGROKOMPLEKS

UKRAINE

23465/03

08/03/2012

09/12/2013

Unfairness of commercial proceedings involving the applicant company and infringement of the right to peaceful enjoyment of its possessions.

32

EAST/WEST ALLIANCE LIMITED

UKRAINE

19336/04

02/06/2014

Interference with the applicant company’s property rights resulting from the seizure, sale to third parties, disappearance or material damage to its property in the course of various proceedings brought against it by different authorities and lack of effective remedy in this respect.

33

KHAYLO GROUP

UKRAINE

39964/02

13/02/2009

Violations of right to life (in particular on account of medical negligence) and lack of effective investigation.

34

SALOV GROUP,

OLEKSANDR VOLKOV

UKRAINE

65518/01

21722/11

06/12/2005

27/05/2013

Various violations related to the independence and impartiality of the judiciary; interference of the executive power with the judiciary; unfair disciplinary proceedings brought against a judge.

35

VYERENTSOV GROUP

UKRAINE

20372/11

11/07/2013

Deficiencies in the legislation and administrative practices governing the right of freedom of assembly, notably leading to unforeseeable convictions of participants in demonstrations.

36

HIRST No. 2 GROUP

UNITED KINGDOM

74025/01

06/10/2005

Blanket ban on voting imposed automatically on convicted prisoners serving their sentences.

37

MCKERR GROUP

UNITED KINGDOM

28883/95+

04/08/2001

Actions of security forces in Northern Ireland

in the 1980s and 1990s.


Appendix 5

(Item 4.1a)

Resolution CM/ResCMN(2016)12
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –
Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee
in respect of Albania

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016
at the 1265th (DH) meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers,

By virtue of Article 26, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and of Rule 9 of Resolution Res(97)10 (Rules adopted by the Committee of Ministers on the monitoring arrangements under Articles 24 to 26 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities),

Considering that the Government of Albania ratified the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on 28 September 1999, and that the Convention entered into force in respect of Albania on 1\January 2000;

Having regard to the nominations of candidates, in accordance with Rule 8 of Resolution Res(97)10, by Albania by letter on 24 June 2016;

Having proceeded to election by secret ballot,

Declare elected to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on 21 September 2016:

Ms Evis ALIMEHMETI, in respect of Albania.


Appendix 6

(Item 4.1b)

Resolution CM/ResCMN(2016)13
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –
Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee
in respect of Norway

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016
at the 1265th (DH) meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers,

By virtue of Article 26, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and of Rule 9 of Resolution Res(97)10 (Rules adopted by the Committee of Ministers on the monitoring arrangements under Articles 24 to 26 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities),

Considering that the Government of Norway ratified the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on 17 March 1999, and that the Convention entered into force in respect of Norway on 1 July 1999;

Having regard to the nominations of candidates, in accordance with Rule 8 of Resolution Res(97)10, by Norway by letter on 1 July 2016;

Having proceeded to election by secret ballot,

Declare elected to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on 21 September 2016:

Mr Einar NIEMI, in respect of Norway.


Appendix 7

(Item 4.1c)

Resolution CM/ResCMN(2016)14
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –
Election of an expert to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee
in respect of Serbia

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2016
at the 1265th (DH) meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers,

By virtue of Article 26, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and of Rule 9 of Resolution Res(97)10 (Rules adopted by the Committee of Ministers on the monitoring arrangements under Articles 24 to 26 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities),

Considering that the Government of Serbia  acceded to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on 11 May 2001, and that the Convention entered into force in respect of Serbia on 1_September 2001;

Having regard to the nominations of candidates, in accordance with Rule 8 of Resolution Res(97)10, by Serbia by letter on 13 June 2016;

Having proceeded to election by secret ballot,

Declare elected to the list of experts eligible to serve on the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on 21 September 2016:

Mr Goran BAŠIĆ, in respect of Serbia.



[1] Case against the Russian Federation and the Republic of Moldova but the European Court found no violation in respect of the Republic of Moldova.

[2] Case against Greece and Italy. The violations in respect of Greece are examined in the context of the M.S.S. group.

[3] Toteva, Anzhelo Georgiev, Kazakova, Osman, Krastanov, Rashid, Stefan Iliev, Vladimir Georgiev, Sashov and Others, Boyko Ivanov, Vasil Petrov, Georgi Dimitrov, Angel Vaskov Angelov, Lenev, Velev, Dimitar Dimitrov, Shishkovi, Velikova, Hristovi, Ognyanova and Choban, Ivan Vasilev and Nikolova and Velichkova cases.

[4] Case against Italy and Greece. The violations in respect of Greece are examined in the context of the M.S.S. group.

[6] Opening Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 2013; A/HRC/22/52; A/HRC/19/61; A/HRC/14/46

[7] European Parliament Resolution on the Alleged Transportation and Illegal Detention of Prisoners in European Countries by the CIA (2013/2702(RSP)); European Parliament Resolution on Alleged Transportation and Illegal Detention in European Countries by the CIA: Follow-up of the European Parliament TDIP Committee Report (2012/2033(INI)); European Parliament Resolution on the Alleged Use of European Countries by the CIA for the Transportation and Illegal Detention of Prisoners (2006/2200(INI)).

[8] Opening Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 23rd session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 27 May 2013; UN Human Rights Council Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, 2013 Annual Report (A/HRC/22/52); UN Human Rights Council Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, focusing on commissions of inquiry in response to patterns or practices of torture or other forms of ill-treatment (January 2012) (A/HRC/19/61); UN Human Rights Council Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, “Compilation of good practices on legal and institutional frameworks and measures that ensure respect for human rights by intelligence agencies while countering terrorism, including on their oversight” (May 2010) (A/HRC/14/46).

[9] Except cases which are grouped with judgments which predate the new working methods. For a full list see Appendix 2.

[10] Case against the Russian Federation and the Republic of Moldova but the Court struck out the complaints against the Republic of Moldova / Affaire contre la Fédération de Russie et la République de Moldova mais la Cour a rayé du rôle les griefs contre la République de Moldova.

[11] Case against the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation but the European Court found no violation in respect of the Republic of Moldova. / Affaire contre la République de Moldova et la Fédération de Russie mais la Cour européenne n’a constaté aucune violation au titre de la République de Moldova.

[12] Case against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and “the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” but the Court found violations only in respect of Serbia and Slovenia. / Affaire contre la Bosnie-Herzégovine, la Croatie, la Serbie, la Slovénie et « l’ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine » mais la Cour n’a constaté des violations qu’à l’égard de la Serbie et de la Slovénie.

[13] Decision to resume consideration of the case in respect of Serbia / Décision de reprendre l’examen de l’affaire au titre de la Serbie.

[14] At the latest / au plus tard.

[15] Pichugin case and Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev case / Affaire Pichugin et affaire Khodorkovskiy et Lebedev.

[16] At the latest / au plus tard.

[17] At the latest / au plus tard.

[18] At the latest / au plus tard.

[19] At the latest / au plus tard.

[20] Decision to resume consideration of the case in respect of Serbia

[21] Case against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” but the Court found violations only in respect of Serbia and Slovenia.