CASE OF MOZER v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA
Hearing: Mozer v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia (no. 11138/10)  (Grand Chamber hearing, 2015-02-04 00:00:00)
Application no.: 11138/10
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2016-02-23 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2016:0223JUD001113810
Respondent state: MDA;RUS
Articles of the Convention: 1;3;5;5-1;8;8-1;8-2;9;9-1;9-2;13;13+3;13+8-1;13+9-1;35;35-1;35-3;41
Judges: Dean Spielmann;Dmitry Dedov;Erik Møse;George Nicolaou;Guido Raimondi;Ján Šikuta;Johannes Silvis;Josep Casadevall;Kristina Pardalos;Luis López Guerra;Mark Villiger;Mihai Poalelungi;Nebojša Vučinić;Paul Lemmens;Paul Mahoney;Ksenija Turković
Represented by: POSTICA A. ; STRAISTEANU D. ; POSTICA P.
Issue: Law of the Republic of Moldova no. 1545 (1998) on compensation for damage caused by illegal acts of the criminal investigation bodies


Strasbourg case-law cited: Airey v. Ireland, 9 October 1979, § 24, Series A no. 32;Akdivar and Others v. Turkey, 16 September 1996, §§ 65-66, Reports 1996 IV;Al-Skeini and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 55721/07, §§ 136 and 149, ECHR 2011;Asproftas v. Turkey, no. 16079/90, § 72, 27 May 2010;Banković and Others v. Belgium and Others (dec.) [GC], no. 52207/99, § 70, ECHR 2001 XII;Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, § 86, ECHR 2015;Catan and Others v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia [GC], nos. 43370/04, 8252/05 and 18454/06, § 114, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu v. Romania [GC], no. 47848/08, § 148, ECHR 2014;Chahal v. the United Kingdom, 15 November 1996, § 145, Reports 1996 V;Chiragov and Others v. Armenia [GC], no. 13216/05, § 168, ECHR 2015;Cyprus v. Turkey [GC], no. 25781/94, ECHR 2001 IV;De Souza Ribeiro v. France [GC], no. 22689/07, § 78, ECHR 2012;Del Río Prada v. Spain [GC], no. 42750/09, § 125, ECHR 2013;Demopoulos and Others v. Turkey (dec.) [GC], nos. 46113/99, 3843/02, 13751/02, 13466/03, 10200/04, 14163/04, 19993/04 and 21819/04, § 95, ECHR 2010-I;Enea v. Italy [GC], no. 74912/01, § 55, ECHR 2009;Engel and Others v. the Netherlands, 8 June 1976, § 104, Series A no. 22;Foka v. Turkey, no. 28940/95, 24 June 2008;Gherghina v. Romania [GC] (dec.), no. 42219/07, §§ 84-85, 9 July 2015;Gladkiy v. Russia, no. 3242/03, § 83, 21 December 2010;Idalov v. Russia [GC], no. 5826/03, § 93, 22 May 2012;Ilaşcu and Others v. Moldova and Russia [GC], no. 48787/99, ECHR 2004 VII;Ivanţoc and Others v. Moldova and Russia, no. 23687/05, 15 November 2011;Khoroshenko v. Russia [GC], no. 41418/04, § 106, ECHR 2015;Kudła v. Poland [GC], no. 30210/96, ECHR 2000 XI;L.C.B. v. the United Kingdom, 9 June 1998, §§ 36-41, Reports 1998 III;Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 119, ECHR 2000-IV;Lavents v. Latvia, no. 58442/00, § 139, 28 November 2002;Lawless v. Ireland (merits), 1 July 1961, § 7, Series A no. 3;Loizidou v. Turkey (preliminary objections), 23 March 1995, § 62, Series A no. 310;Loizidou v. Turkey (merits), 18 December 1996, § 52, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 VI;Makaratzis v. Greece [GC], no. 50385/99, § 51, ECHR 2004 XI;Messina v. Italy (no. 2), no. 25498/94, §§ 61-62, ECHR 2000 X;Orban and Others v. France, no. 20985/05, § 33, 15 January 2009;Osman v. the United Kingdom, 28 October 1998, §§ 115-122, Reports 1998 VIII;Pakhomov v. Russia, no. 44917/08, § 61, 30 September 2010;Peers v. Greece, no. 28524/95, § 67, ECHR 2001-III;Petrakidou v. Turkey, no. 16081/90, § 71, 27 May 2010;Poltoratskiy v. Ukraine, no. 38812/97, § 167, ECHR 2003 V;Protopapa v. Turkey, no. 16084/90, 24 February 2009;Sargsyan v. Azerbaijan [GC], no. 40167/06, § 128, ECHR 2015;Sejdovic v. Italy [GC], no. 56581/00, § 46, ECHR 2006 II;Svinarenko and Slyadnev v. Russia [GC], nos. 32541/08 and 43441/08, § 116, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Union européenne des droits de l’homme and Josephides v. Turkey (dec.), no. 7116/10, § 9, 2 April 2013;Vučković and Others v. Serbia (preliminary objection) [GC], nos. 17153/11 and 29 others, § 70, 25 March 2014;Vučković and Others v. Serbia, nos. 17153/11 and 29 others, 28 August 2012;Yaşa v. Turkey, 2 September 1998, §§ 92-108, Reports 1998 VI 

External sources: Opinion No. 188 (1995) of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on the application by Moldova for membership of the Council of Europe


Conclusion: Preliminary objections dismissed (Article 35-3 - Ratione loci;Ratione personae) (Russia);Preliminary objection dismissed (Article 35-1 - Exhaustion of domestic remedies) (the Republic of Moldova);Remainder inadmissible;Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect) (Russia);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention) (Russia);Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for family life) (Russia);Violation of Article 9 - Freedom of thought conscience and religion (Article 9-1 - Freedom of religion) (Russia);Violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture;Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Russia);Violation of Article 13+8-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life;Article 8-1 - Respect for family life) (Russia);Violation of Article 13+9-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 9 - Freedom of thought conscience and religion;Article 9-1 - Freedom of religion) (Russia);No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect) (the Republic of Moldova);No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention) (the Republic of Moldova);No violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for family life) (the Republic of Moldova);No violation of Article 9 - Freedom of thought conscience and religion (Article 9-1 - Freedom of religion) (the Republic of Moldova);No violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture;Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (the Republic of Moldova);No violation of Article 13+8-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life;Article 8-1 - Respect for family life) (the Republic of Moldova);No violation of Article 13+9-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 9 - Freedom of thought conscience and religion;Article 9-1 - Freedom of religion) (the Republic of Moldova);Pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction) (Russia);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction) (Russia)
Separate opinion: TRUE