CASE OF KHOROSHENKO v. RUSSIA
Hearing: Khoroshenko v. Russia (no. 41418/04) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2014-09-03 00:00:00)
Application no.: 41418/04
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2015-06-30 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2015:0630JUD004141804
Respondent state: RUS
Articles of the Convention: 5;5-1;5-1-a;8;8-1;8-2;35;41
Judges: Dean Spielmann;Dmitry Dedov;Egidijus Kūris;Elisabeth Steiner;Erik Møse;Guido Raimondi;Ineta Ziemele;Josep Casadevall;Julia Laffranque;Khanlar Hajiyev;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Mark Villiger;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Paul Mahoney;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Ksenija Turković
Represented by: PREOBRAZHENSKAYA O.V. ; MAKAROVA M.
Issue: Articles 79, 125 § 3, 126 and 127 § 3 of the Code of Execution of Criminal Sentences ; Article 55 § 3 of the Constitution

Strasbourg case-law cited: Aleksandr Matveyev v. Russia, no 14797/02, §§ 67-68, 8 July 2010;Aleksandra Dmitriyeva v. Russia, no 9390/05, §§ 104-107, 3 November 2011;Aliev v. Ukraine, no 41220/98, § 187, 29 April 2003;Bastone v. Italy (dec.), no 59638/00, § 2, ECHR 2005 II (extracts);Benediktov v. Russia, no 106/02, § 12, 10 May 2007;Boulois v. Luxembourg [GC], no 37575/04, § 82, ECHR 2012;Boyle and Rice v. the United Kingdom, 27 April 1988, § 34, Series A no 131;Dickson v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 44362/04, ECHR 2007 V;Enea v. Italy [GC], no 74912/01, §§ 125-131, ECHR 2009;Epners Gefners v. Latvia, no 37862/02, §§ 60-66, 29 May 2012;Estrikh v. Latvia, no 73819/01, § 166, 18 January 2007;Gouliyev v. Russia, no 24650/02, § 31, 19 June 2008;Hagyó v. Hungary, no 52624/10, § 84, 23 April 2013;Harakchiev and Tolumov v. Bulgaria, nos. 15018/11 and 61199/12, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Hirst v. the United Kingdom (no 2) [GC], no 74025/01, § 69, ECHR 2005 IX;Horych v. Poland, no 13621/08, §§ 117-132, 17 April 2012;Igor Ivanov v. Russia, no 34000/02, § 30, 7 June 2007;Indelicato v. Italy (dec.), no 31143/96, § 2, 6 July 2000;Iorgov v. Bulgaria, no 40653/98, §§ 83-84, 11 March 2004;Kalashnikov v. Russia (dec.), no 47095/99, § 7, ECHR 2001 XI (extracts);Klamecki v. Poland (no 2), no 31583/96, § 144, 3 April 2003;Kučera v. Slovakia, no 48666/99, § 127, 17 July 2007;Laduna v. Slovakia, no 31827/02, § 59, ECHR 2011;Lavents v. Latvia, no 58442/00, § 139, 28 November 2002;Lorsé and Others v. the Netherlands, no 52750/99, §§ 83-86, 4 February 2003;Maiorano and Others v. Italy, no 28634/06, § 108, 15 December 2009;Maltabar and Maltabar v. Russia, no 6954/02, §§ 82-84, 29 January 2009;Mastromatteo v. Italy [GC], no 37703/97, § 72, ECHR 2002 VIII;Messina v. Italy (no 2), no 25498/94, §§ 61-74, ECHR 2000 X;Moiseyev v. Russia, no 62936/00, §§ 254-255, 9 October 2008;Nazarenko v. Latvia, no 76843/01, § 25, 1 February 2007;Nowicka v. Poland, no 30218/96, §§ 69-70, 3 December 2002;Öcalan v. Turkey (no 2), nos. 24069/03, 197/04, 6201/06 and 10464/07, §§ 108-149 and §§ 154-164, 18 March 2014;Ospina Vargas v. Italy, no 40750/98, § 3, 14 October 2004;Piechowicz v. Poland, no 20071/07, §§ 205-222, 17 April 2012;Płoski v. Poland, no 26761/95, §§ 32 and 35, 12 November 2002;Rotaru v. Romania [GC], no 28341/95, § 52, ECHR 2000 V;Schemkamper v. France, no 75833/01, § 31, 18 October 2005;Trosin v. Ukraine, no 39758/05, 23 February 2012;Valeriy Lopata v. Russia, no 19936/04, §§ 104-106, 30 October 2012;Van der Ven v. the Netherlands, no 50901/99, §§ 69-72, ECHR 2003 II;Vinter and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 66069/09, 130/10 and 3896/10, §§ 111-116, ECHR 2013 (extracts)
External sources: Articles 6, 24.1, 24.2, 24.4, 24.5, 102.1 and 102.2 of the European Prison Rules;Recommendation Rec(2006)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the European Prison Rules;Resolution 76(2) of the Committee of Ministers of 17 February 1976 “On the treatment of long-term prisoners”;Recommendation Rec(2003)23 of the Committee of Ministers on the management by prison administrations of life sentence and other long-term prisoners;Memorandum of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 27 June 2007 (CPT (2007) 55) “Actual/real life sentences”;CPT 2nd General Report – CPT/Inf (92) 3;CPT 11th General Report –  CPT/Inf (2001) 16;Rules 37 and 57 of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners;Principle 19 of the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment;Rule 61 (A) International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s Rules Governing the Detention of Persons Awaiting Trial or Appeal before the Tribunal or Otherwise Detained on the Authority of the Tribunal;Article 10 § 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Conclusion: Remainder inadmissible;Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for family life;Respect for private life);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: TRUE