CASE OF MOLLA SALI v. GREECE
Hearing: Molla Sali v. Greece (no. 20452/14) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2017-12-06 00:00:00)
Application no.: 20452/14
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2018-12-19 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2018:1219JUD002045214
Respondent state: GRC
Articles of the Convention: 14;14+P1-1;34;35;35-1;41;P1-1;P1-1-1
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;Angelika Nußberger;Armen Harutyunyan;Branko Lubarda;Carlo Ranzoni;Egidijus Kūris;Ganna Yudkivska;Guido Raimondi;Julia Laffranque;Kristina Pardalos;Ledi Bianku;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Mārtiņš Mits;Paul Lemmens;Pauliine Koskelo;Robert Spano;Tim Eicke
Represented by: KTISTAKIS Y. ; TSITSELIKIS K.
Issue: Article 1724 of the Civil Code ; Article 11 of the 1913 Treaty of Athens ; Section 4 of Law no. 147/1914 ; Section 10 of Law no. 2345/1920 ; Section 5(2) of Law no. 1920/1991

Strasbourg case-law cited: Akdivar and Others v. Turkey, 16 September 1996, § 68, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 IV;Baranowski v. Poland, no. 28358/95, § 56, ECHR 2000 III;Beian v. Romania (no. 1), no. 30658/05, § 39, ECHR 2007-V (extracts);Beyeler v. Italy [GC], no. 33202/96, § 105, ECHR 2000 I;Biao v. Denmark [GC], no. 38590/10, § 88, 24 May 2016;Brosset-Triboulet v. France [GC] no. 34078/02, 29 March 2010;Carson and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 42184/05, ECHR 2010;Clift v. the United Kingdom, no. 7205/07, §§ 56-59, 13 July 2010;D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 57325/00, § 177, ECHR 2007 IV;E.B. v. France [GC], no. 43546/02, §§ 47-48, 22 January 2008;Efe v. Austria, no. 9134/06, § 48, 8 January 2013;Fábián v. Hungary [GC], no. 78117/13, §§ 112-113, 5 September 2017;Fabris v. France [GC], no. 16574/08, §§ 51-56, ECHR 2013;Gherghina v. Romania [GC] (dec.), no. 42219/07, § 85, 9 July 2015;Guberina v. Croatia, no. 23682/13, § 78, ECHR 2016;İzzettin Doğan and Others v. Turkey [GC], no. 62649/10, 26 April 2016;Karoussiotis v. Portugal, no. 23205/08, § 57, 1 February 2011;Khamtokhu and Aksenchik v. Russia [GC], nos. 60367/08 and 961/11, §§ 64-65, 24 January 2017;Konstantin Markin v. Russia [GC], no. 30078/06, ECHR 2012;Korbely v. Hungary [GC], no. 9174/02, § 72, ECHR 2008;Leyla Şahin v. Turkey [GC], no. 44774/98, §§ 108-10, ECHR 2005 XI;Lombardi Vallauri v. Italy, no. 39128/02, 20 October 2009;Mazurek v. France, no. 34406/97, § 42, ECHR 2000-II;Merger and Cros v. France, no. 68864/01, § 32, 22 November 2004;Negrepontis-Giannisis v. Greece, no. 56759/08, 3 May 2011;Parrillo v. Italy [GC], no. 46470/11, § 211, CEDH 2015;Pellegrini v. Italy, no. 30882/96, ECHR 2001-VIII;Pla and Puncernau v. Andorra, ECHR 2004-VIII, § 46;Prencipe v. Monaco, no. 43376/06, § 93, 16 July 2009;Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], nos. 37685/10 and 22768/10, 20 March 2018;Sejdovic v. Italy [GC], no. 56581/00, § 46, ECHR 2006-II;Selmouni v. France [GC], no. 25803/94, § 76, ECHR 1999 V;Serif v. Greece, no. 38178/97, § 40, ECHR 1999-IX;Şerife Yiğit v. Turkey [GC], no. 3976/05, § 52, 2 November 2010;Škorjanec v. Croatia, no. 25536/14, § 55, 28 March 2017;Söderman v. Sweden [GC], no. 5786/08, § 107, ECHR 2013;Stec and Others v. the United Kingdom (dec.) [GC], nos. 65731/01 and 65900/01, § 55, ECHR 2005-X;Stummer v. Austria [GC], no. 37452/02, § 88, ECHR 2011;Thlimmenos v. Greece [GC], no. 34369/97, ECHR 2000 IV;Vallianatos and Others v. Greece [GC], nos. 29381/09 and 32684/09, § 85, ECHR 2013 (extracts);Vučković and Others v. Serbia (preliminary objection) [GC], no. 17153/11 and 29 others, § 74, 25 March 2014;Waite and Kennedy v. Germany [GC], no. 26083/94, § 54, ECHR 1999-I;Weller v. Hungary, no. 44399/05, § 37, 31 March 2009;X and Others v. Austria [GC], no. 19010/07, § 98, ECHR 2013
External sources: Treaty of Lausanne;Treaty of Sèvres;Article 3 § 1 of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

Conclusion: Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications;(Art. 34) Victim;Violation of Article 14+P1-1 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property;Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Possessions);Just satisfaction reserved (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: TRUE