CASE OF MOCANU AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA
Hearing: Mocanu and Others v. Romania (nos 10865/09, 45886/07 and 32431/08)  (Grand Chamber hearing, 2013-10-02 00:00:00)
Application no.: 32431/08
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2014-09-17 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2014:0917JUD001086509
Respondent state: ROU
Articles of the Convention: 2;2-1;3;6;6-1;35;35-1;35-3;41
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;Alvina Gyulumyan;Ann Power-Forde;Corneliu Bîrsan;Dean Spielmann;Egbert Myjer;Florin Streteanu;Guido Raimondi;Ineta Ziemele;Ján Šikuta;Johannes Silvis;Josep Casadevall;Krzysztof Wojtyczek;Ledi Bianku;Luis López Guerra;Mark Villiger;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Nebojša Vučinić;Nona Tsotsoria;Paul Lemmens;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Peer Lorenzen
Represented by: POPESCU A. ; SFIRAIALA I. ; MATEI I. ; NACEA D. ; HARTNEANU D.O.
Strasbourg case-law cited: Abdülsamet Yaman v. Turkey, no 32446/96, § 55, 2 November 2004;Agache and Others v. Romania, no 2712/02, §§ 70-73, 20 October 2009;Ahmet Özkan and Others v. Turkey, no 21689/93, §§ 310 and 358, 6 April 2004;Akdivar and Others v. Turkey, 16 September 1996, Reports 1996 IV;Akhvlediani and Others v. Georgia (dec.), no 22026/10, §§ 23-29, 9 April 2013;Al-Skeini and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 55721/07, §§ 162-167, ECHR 2011;Assenov and Others v. Bulgaria, 28 October 1998, § 102, Reports 1998 VIII;Association « 21 Decembre 1989 » and Others v. Romania, nos. 33810/07 and 18817/08, 24 May 2011;Atallah v. France (dec.), no 51987/07, 30 August 2011;Aydinlar and Others v. Turkey (dec.), no 3575/05, 9 March 2010;Balogh v. Hungary, no 47940/99, § 30, 20 July 2004;Barbu Anghelescu v. Romania, no 46430/99, § 67, 5 October 2004;Bayram and Yıldırım v. Turkey (dec.), no 38587/97, ECHR 2002-III;Blečić v. Croatia [GC], no 59532/00, § 67, ECHR 2006 III;Brecknell v. the United Kingdom, no 32457/04, § 71, 27 November 2007;Bulut and Yavuz (dec.), no 76065/01, 28 May 2002;Bursuc v. Romania, no 42066/98, § 107, 12 October 2004;Çamdereli v. Turkey, no 28433/02, § 38, 17 July 2008;Chiragov and Others v. Armenia (dec.) [GC], no 13216/05, § 136, 14 December 2011;Crăiniceanu and Frumuşanu v. Romania, no 12442/04, § 92, 24 April 2012;Demopoulos and Others v. Turkey (dec.) [GC], nos. 46113/99 and Others, § 69, ECHR 2010;Dennis and Others v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no 76573/01, 2 July 2002;El-Masri v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [GC], no. 39630/09, ECHR 2012;Er and Others v. Turkey, no 23016/04, § 52, 31 July 2012;Frandes v. Romania (dec.), no. 35802/05, 17 May 2011;Frydlender v. France [GC], no 30979/96, § 46, ECHR 2000 VII;Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no 22978/05, § 117, ECHR 2010;Gheorghe and Maria Mihaela Dumitrescu v. Romania, no 6373, §§ 26-28, 29 July 2008;Gürtekin and Others v. Cyprus (dec.), nos. 60441/13, 68206/13 and 68667/13, 11 March 2014;Gusar v. Moldova (dec.), no  37204/02, §§ 14-17, 30 April 2013;Halat v. Turkey, no 23607/08, § 51, 8 November 2011;Haralambie v. Romania, no 21737/03, § 70, 27 October 2009;Isayeva and Others v. Russia, nos. 57947/00, 57948/00 and 57949/00, § 149, 24 February 2005;Janowiec and Others v. Russia [GC], nos. 55508/07 and 29520/09, §§ 128-151, 21 October 2013;Jularić v. Croatia, no 20106/06, §§ 45-51, 20 January 2011;Kurić and Others v. Slovenia [GC], no 26828/06, § 286, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Lăpuşan and Others v. Romania, nos. 29007/06, 30552/06, 31323/06, 31920/06, 34485/06, 38960/06, 38996/06, 39027/06 and 39067/06, 8 March 2011;M.B. v. Romania, no 43982/06, § 64, 3 November 2011;M.C. v. Bulgaria, no 39272/98, § 150, ECHR 2003 XII;McCann and Others v. the United Kingdom, 27 September 1995, § 161, Series A no 324;McFarlane v. Ireland [GC], no 31333/06, § 107, 10 September 2010;McKerr v. the United Kingdom, no 28883/95, §§ 114-115, ECHR 2001-III;Micu v. Romania, no 29883/06, § 108, 8 February 2011;Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], nos. 43577/98 and 43579/98, §§ 110 and 112-113, ECHR 2005-VII;Narin v. Turkey, no 18907/02, § 51, 15 December 2009;Nasirkhayeva v. Russia (dec.), no 1721/07, 31 May 2011;Paçacı and Others v. Turkey, no 3064/07, §§ 63-66, 8 November 2011;Palić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, no 4704/04, § 52, 15 February 2011;Pastor and Ţiclete v. Romania, nos. 30911/06 and 40967/06, § 58, 19 April 2011;Paul and Audrey Edwards v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no 46477/99, 4 June 2001;Ramsahai and Others v. the Netherlands [GC], no 52391/99, §§ 324-325, ECHR 2007 II;Ringeisen v. Austria, 16 July 1971, § 89, Series A no 13;Röman v. Finland, no 13072/05, § 50, 29 January 2013;Sabri Güneş v. Turkey [GC], no 27396/06, § 39, 29 June 2012;Şandru and Others v. Romania, no 22465/03, §§ 55 59, 8 December 2009;Sargsyan v. Azerbaijan (dec.) [GC], no 40167/06, § 135, 14 December 2011;Scoppola v. Italy (no 2) [GC], no 10249/03, § 70, 17 September 2009;Sejdovic v. Italy [GC], no 56581/00, § 46, ECHR 2006 II;Šilih v. Slovenia [GC], no 71463/01, §§ 159-163, 9 April 2009;Soering v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 7 July 1989, Series A no 161, p. 34, § 88;Varnava and Others v. Turkey [GC], nos. 16064/90, 16065/90, 16066/90, 16068/90, 16069/90, 16070/90, 16071/90, 16072/90 and 16073/90, ECHR 2009;Velev v. Bulgaria, no 43531/08, §§ 59-60, 16 April 2013;Vučković and Others v. Serbia [GC], nos. 17153/11 and Others, 25 March 2014;Walker v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no 34979/97, ECHR 2000 I;Yaşa v. Turkey, 2 September 1998, § 74, Reports 1998 VI;Yeter v. Turkey, no 33750/03, § 70, 13 January 2009;Yetişen and Others v. Turkey, no 21099/06, §§ 72-85, 10 July 2012
External sources: General Comment No. 3 (2012) issued by the United Nations Committee against Torture on the Implementation by States parties of Article 14 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Conclusion: Preliminary objections dismissed (Article 35-1 - Exhaustion of domestic remedies;Six month period;Article 35-3 - Continuing situation);Remainder inadmissible;Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time);Non-pecuniary damage - award;Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed
Separate opinion: TRUE