Hearing: Ališić and Others v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and “the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (no. 60642/08) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2013-07-10 00:00:00)
Case: ALIŠIĆ AND OTHERS v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, CROATIA, SERBIA, SLOVENIA AND "THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA"
Document type: DECISIONS
Articles of the Convention concerned: 35, 35-1, 35-3
Issue: the 1978 SFRY Civil Obligations Act ; section 6 of the SFRY Legislation Application Act 1992, 3(1) of the Claims Settlement Act 1997, the Non-Residents’ Claims Settlement Decree 1999, section 9(2) of the Settlement of Domestic Debt Act 2004 and section 2 of the Old Foreign-Currency Savings Act 2006 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) ; section 14 of the Old Foreign-Currency Savings Act 1993 (Croatia) ; sections 21 and 36 of the Old Foreign-Currency Savings Act 2002, section 18 of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Insolvency Act 1989 and section 135 of the Foreign-Currency Transactions Act 1995 (Serbia) ; section 1 of the Old Foreign-Currency Savings Act 1993 (Slovenia)
Conclusion: Preliminary objections joined to the merits (non-exhaustion of domestic remedies);Admissible
Strasbourg case-law cited: Anheuser-Busch Inc. v. Portugal [GC], no. 73049/01, § 63, ECHR 2007-I;Babylonová v. Slovakia, no. 69146/01, § 44, ECHR 2006-VIII;Baumann v. France, no. 33592/96, § 47, ECHR 2001-V;Blecic v. Croatia [GC], no. 59532/00, § 67, ECHR 2006-III;
Kovacic and Others v. Slovenia [GC], nos. 44574/98, 45133/98 and 48316/99, §§ 36, 39 and 265, ECHR 2008-...;Molnar Gabor v. Serbia, no. 22762/05, 8 December 2009;Suljagic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. 27912/02, 3 November 2009;T. v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 24724/94, § 55, 16 December 1999;Appolonov v. Russia (dec.), no. 67578/01, 29 August 2002;Bata v. the Czech Republic (dec.), no. 43775/05, 24 June 2008;Broniowski v. Poland (dec.) [GC], no. 31443/96, §§ 74 and 86, ECHR 2002-X;Gayduk and Others v. Ukraine (dec.), nos. 45526/99, 46099/99, 47088/99, 47176/99, 47177/99, 48018/99, 48043/99, 48071/99, 48580/99, 48624/99, 49426/99, 50354/99, 51934/99, 51938/99, 53423/99, 53424/99, 54120/00, 54124/00, 54136/00, 55542/00 and 56019/00, ECHR 2002-VI;
Kireev v. Moldova and Russia (dec.), no. 11375/05, 1 July 2008;Rudzinska v. Poland (dec.), no. 45223/99, ECHR 1999-VI;Slivenko and Others v. Latvia (dec.) [GC], no. 48321/99, § 121, ECHR 2002-II;Trajkovski v. “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (dec.), no. 53320/99, ECHR 2002-IV;Višnjevac v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (dec.), no. 2333/04, 24 October 2006;S.C. v. France (no. 20944/92, Commission decision of 20 February 1995, DR 80, p. 78), and Abraini Leschi and Others v. France (no. 37505/97, Commission decision of 22 April 1998, DR 93, p. 120;X, Y and Z v. Germany (no. 7694/76, Commission decision of 14 October 1977, Decisions and Reports (DR) 12, p. 131)
External sources: 1978 Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties;the 1983 Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of State Property, Archives and Debts;judgment of the International Court of Justice in the North Sea Continental Shelf Cases of 20 February 1969;Opinion Nos. 9, 12 and 13 of the Badinter Commission;Article 6, 8, 9 and 23 of the 2001 Guiding Principles on State Succession in Matters of Property and Debts of the Institute of International Law