CASE OF SCHATSCHASCHWILI v. GERMANY
Hearing: Schatschaschwili v. Germany (no. 9154/10) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2015-03-04 00:00:00)
Application no.: 9154/10
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2015-12-15 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2015:1215JUD000915410
Respondent state: DEU
Articles of the Convention: 6;6+6-3-d;6-1;6-3-d;41
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;András Sajó;André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Ann Power-Forde;Dean Spielmann;Egidijus Kūris;Ganna Yudkivska;Helen Keller;Helena Jäderblom;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Josep Casadevall;Julia Laffranque;Khanlar Hajiyev;Kristina Pardalos;Luis López Guerra;Mark Villiger;Nona Tsotsoria;Päivi Hirvelä;Paul Mahoney
Represented by: MEYER-MEWS H.
Issue: Articles 140 § 1, 141 § 3, 168c §§ 2 and 5, 251 §§ 1 (2) and 2 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure
Strasbourg case-law cited: A.G. v. Sweden (dec.), no. 315/09, 10 January 2012;Aigner v. Austria, no. 28328/03, §§ 41-43, 10 May 2012;Al-Khawaja and Tahery v. the United Kingdom ([GC], nos. 26766/05 and 22228/06, ECHR 2011;Asadbeyli and Others v. Azerbaijan, nos. 3653/05, 14729/05, 20908/05, 26242/05, 36083/05 and 16519/06, § 134, 11 December 2012;Beggs v. the United Kingdom, no. 25133/06, §§ 156-159, 6 November 2012;Bobeş v. Romania, no. 29752/05, §§ 39-40, 9 July 2013;Brzuszczyński v. Poland, no. 23789/09, §§  85 88, 17 September 2013;Cevat Soysal v. Turkey, no. 17362/03, §§ 76-79, 23 September 2014;Chmura v. Poland, no. 18475/05, §§ 50-51, 3 April 2012;D.T. v.  the  Netherlands (dec.), no. 25307/10, § 50, 2 April 2013;Damir Sibgatullin v.  Russia, no. 1413/05, §§ 54-56, 24 April 2012;Fąfrowicz v. Poland, no. 43609/07, §§  56 63, 17 April 2012;Gabrielyan v. Armenia, no. 8088/05, 10 April 2012;Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no. 22978/05, §§ 163 and 175, ECHR 2010;Gani v. Spain, no. 61800/08, 19 February 2013;Garofolo v. Switzerland (dec.), no. 4380/09, §§ 52-53 and 56-57, 2 April 2013;Gonzáles Nájera v. Spain (dec.), no. 61047/13, §§ 54-56, 11 February 2014;Heglas v. the Czech Republic, no. 5935/02, § 84, 1 March 2007;Horncastle and Others v. the United Kingdom, no. 4184/10, §§ 150-151, 16 December 2014;Hümmer v. Germany, no. 26171/07, 19 July 2012;Imbrioscia v. Switzerland, 24 November 1993, § 36, Series A no. 275;Jalloh v. Germany [GC], no. 54810/00, § 94, ECHR 2006 IX;Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v. Russia, nos. 11082/06 and 13772/05, §§ 709-16, 25 July 2013;Kostecki v. Poland, no. 14932/09, §§ 65-67, 4 June 2013;Lučić v. Croatia, no. 5699/11, §§ 79-80, 27 February 2014;Lüdi v. Switzerland, 15 June 1992, § 43, Series A no. 238;Matytsina v. Russia, no. 58428/10, §§ 163-65, 27 March 2014;McGlynn v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 40612/11, §§ 23-24, 16 October 2012;Mitkus v. Latvia, no. 7259/03, §§ 101-102 and 106, 2 October 2012;N.C. v. Italy [GC], no. 24952/94, § 56, ECHR 2002 X;Nechto v. Russia, no. 24893/05, §§ 119-127, 24 January 2012;Nikolitsas v. Greece, no. 63117/09, §§ 35-37, 3 July 2014;Pichugin v. Russia, no. 38623/03, §§ 196-200, 23 October 2012;Prăjină v. Romania, no. 5592/05, 7 January 2014;Rosin v. Estonia, no. 26540/08, 19  December 2013;Rudnichenko v. Ukraine, no. 2775/07, §§ 105-110, 11 July 2013;Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, ECHR 2008;Salikhov v. Russia, no. 23880/05, §§ 1165-118 et seq., 3 May 2012;Şandru v. Romania, no. 33882/05, §§ 62-70, 15 October 2013;Sarkizov and Others v. Bulgaria, nos. 37981/06, 38022/06, 39122/06 and 44278/06, § 58, 17 April 2012;Schenk v. Switzerland, 12 July 1988, § 45, Series A no. 140;Scholer v. Germany, no. 14212/10, § 60, 18 December 2014;Sellick and Sellick v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 18743/06, §§ 54-55, 16 October 2012;Sică v. Romania, no. 12036/05, §§ 73-77, 9 July 2013;Štefančič v. Slovenia, no. 18027/05, §§ 42-47, 25 October 2012;Suldin v. Russia, no. 20077/04, §§ 56-59, 16 October 2014;Taxquet v. Belgium [GC], no. 926/05, §§ 83-84, ECHR 2010;Trampevski v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, no. 4570/07, §§ 44-45, 10 July 2012;Tseber v. the Czech Republic, no. 46203/08, 22 November 2012;Vronchenko v. Estonia, no. 59632/09, § 58, 18 July 2013;Windisch v. Austria, 27 September 1990, § 23, Series A no. 186;Yevgeniy Ivanov v. Russia, no. 27100/03, §§ 45-50, 25 April 2013
Conclusion: Violation of Article 6+6-3-d - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing) (Article 6-3-d - Examination of witnesses;Article 6 - Right to a fair trial);Just satisfaction dismissed (out of time) (Article 41 - Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: TRUE