CASE OF CORREIA DE MATOS v. PORTUGAL
Hearing: Correia de Matos v. Portugal (no. 56402/12) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2017-02-08 00:00:00)
Application no.: 56402/12
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2018-04-04 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2018:0404JUD005640212
Respondent state: PRT
Articles of the Convention: 6;6+6-3-c;6-1;6-3-c
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;András Sajó;Angelika Nußberger;Guido Raimondi;Helena Jäderblom;Iulia Motoc;Krzysztof Wojtyczek;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Marko Bošnjak;Mārtiņš Mits;Nona Tsotsoria;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Síofra O'Leary;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer
Issue: Articles 32 and 52 of the Constitution ; Preamble and Articles 61, 62, 64, 66 and 361 § 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP) ; Law no. 59/98 of 25 August 1998 ; Law no. 48/2007 of 29 August 2007 

Strasbourg case-law cited: Al-Adsani v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 35763/97, § 55, ECHR 2001 XI;Andrejeva v. Latvia [GC], no. 55707/00, § 97, ECHR 2009;Animal Defenders International v.  the United Kingdom [GC], no. 48876/08, § 108, ECHR 2013 (extracts);Breukhoven v. the Czech Republic, no. 44438/06, §  60, 21 July 2011;Brualla Gómez de la Torre v. Spain, 19 December 1997, § 37, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997 VIII;Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu v. Romania [GC], no. 47848/08, § 101, ECHR 2014;Correia de Matos v.  Portugal (dec.), no. 48188/99, ECHR 2001 XII;Coutant v.  France (dec.), no. 17155/03, 24 January 2008;Croissant v. Germany, 25 September 1992, § 27, Series A no. 237 B;Dvorski v. Croatia [GC], no. 25703/11, ECHR 2015;Fogarty v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 37112/97, § 35, ECHR 2001 XI (extracts);Garib v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 43494/09, §§ 137-138, 6 November 2017;Güney v. Sweden (dec.), no. 40768/06, 17 June 2008;Hatton and Others v.  the  United  Kingdom [GC], no. 36022/97, § 97, ECHR 2003 VIII;Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 50541/08, 50571/08, 50573/08 and 40351/09, §§ 249-251, ECHR 2016;Jankauskas v. Lithuania (no. 2), no. 50446/09, §§ 74-75, 27 June 2017;Jemeļjanovs v. Latvia, no. 37364/05, § 89, 6 October 2016;Karpetas v. Greece, no. 6086/10, § 78, 30 October 2012;Kyprianou v.  Cyprus [GC], no. 73797/01, §§ 173-75, ECHR 2005 XIII;Magyar Helsinki Bizottság v. Hungary [GC], no. 18030/11, §§ 138-41 and 143, ECHR 2016;Mamatkulov and Askarov v. Turkey [GC], nos. 46827/99 and 46951/99, §§ 114 and 124, ECHR 2005 I;Mayzit v. Russia, no. 63378/00, § 65, 20 January 2005;Meftah and Others v. France [GC], nos. 32911/96 and 2 others, § 40, ECHR 2002 VII;Mikhaylova v. Russia, no. 46998/08, § 79, 19 November 2015;Morice v.  France [GC], no. 29369/10, § 132-139, ECHR 2015;Nada v.  Switzerland [GC], no. 10593/08, §§ 188 and 194, ECHR 2012;Perinçek v. Switzerland [GC], no. 27510/08, § 136, ECHR 2015 (extracts);Quaranta v. Switzerland, 24 May 1991, §§ 32-36, Series A no. 205;Roman Zakharov v. Russia [GC], no. 47143/06, § 164, ECHR 2015;S.H. and Others v. Austria [GC], no. 57813/00, § 97, ECHR 2011;Sakhnovskiy v. Russia [GC], no. 21272/03, § 95, 2 November 2010;Sejdovic v.  Italy [GC], no. 56581/00, § 86, ECHR 2006 II;Simeonovi v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 21980/04, §§ 110-115, ECHR 2017 (extracts);Thorgeirson v. Iceland, no. 13778/88, Commission decision of 14 March 1990;Vistiņš and Perepjolkins v. Latvia [GC], no. 71243/01, § 98, 25 October 2012;Weber v. Switzerland, no. 24501/94, Commission decision of 17 May 1995;X v. Finland, no. 34806/04, § 182, ECHR 2012 (extracts);X. v. Norway, no.  5923/72, Commission decision of 30 May 1975, Decisions and Reports (DR) 3, p. 44;Zdravko Stanev v. Bulgaria, no. 32238/04, § 38, 6 November 2012
External sources: Article 14 § 3 (d) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR);Article 31 § 3 (c) of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties;Articles 3, paragraph 4 and 9 of the Directive 2013/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of liberty, which entered into force in November 2013 (see OJ 2013 L 294, pp.  1 to 12) and was to be transposed by the EU Member States by 27 November 2016;Articles 47(2) and 48(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Conclusion: No violation of Article 6+6-3-c - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing;Equality of arms;Article 6-3-c - Defence in person) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;Article 6-3-c - Defence in person;Legal assistance of own choosing)
Separate opinion: TRUE