CASE OF JERONOVIČS v. LATVIA
Hearing: Jeronovičs v. Latvia (no. 44898/10) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2015-07-01 00:00:00)
Application no.: 44898/10
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2016-07-05 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2016:0705JUD004489810
Respondent state: LVA
Articles of the Convention: 3;34;35;35-1;35-3;37;37-1;41
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;André Potocki;Dean Spielmann;George Nicolaou;Guido Raimondi;Helen Keller;Ineta Ziemele;Johannes Silvis;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Josep Casadevall;Kristina Pardalos;Krzysztof Wojtyczek;Ledi Bianku;Mark Villiger;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Päivi Hirvelä;Paul Mahoney;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Zdravka Kalaydjieva
Represented by: NIKULCEVA I.
Issue: Sections 393 and 655 to 657 of the Criminal Procedure Law 
Strasbourg case-law cited: Aksoy v. Turkey, 18 December 1996, § 95, Reports 1996 VI;Aleksentseva and Others v. Russia (nos. 75025/01, 75026/01, 75028/01, 75029/01, 75031/01, 75033/01, 75034/01, 75036/01, 76386/01, 77049/01, 77051/01, 77052/01, 77053/01, 3999/02, 5314/02, 5384/02, 5388/02, 5419/02 and 8192/02, decisions of 4 September 2003, 23 March 2006, and judgment of 17 January 2008, §§ 14-17;Assenov and Others v. Bulgaria, 28 October 1998, § 102, Reports 1998 VIII;Baybora and Others v. Cyprus (dec.), no. 77116/01, 22 October 2002;Bochan v. Ukraine (no. 2) [GC], no. 22251/08, § 44, ECHR 2015;Bonomo and Others v. Italy (dec.), nos. 17634/11 and 164 other applications, 9 April 2015;Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, §§ 114-123, 28 September 2015;Brecknell v. the United Kingdom, no. 32457/04, §§ 66-67, 27 November 2007;Bulut and Yavuz v. Turkey, (dec.) no. 73065/01, 28 May 2002;Büyükdağ v. Turkey, no. 28340/95, § 64, 21 December 2000;Canbek v. Turkey (dec.), no. 5286/10, 13 January 2015;Chiragov and Others v. Armenia [GC], no. 13216/05, § 220, ECHR 2015;Denisov v. Russia (dec.), no. 33408/03, 6 May 2004;Egmez v. Cyprus, no. 30873/96, § 70, ECHR 2000 XII;El-Masri v. “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” [GC], no. 39630/09, §§ 182-185, ECHR 2012;Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no. 22978/05, ECHR 2010;Galstyan v. Armenia, no. 26986/03, § 39, 15 November 2007;Giuliani and Gaggio v. Italy [GC], no. 23458/02, § 301, ECHR 2011 (extracts);H. v. Iceland (dec.) no. 29785/07, 27 September 2011;Hackett v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 34698/04, 10 May 2005;Haralambie v. Romania, no. 21737/03, § 70, 27 October 2009;Harrison and Others v. the United Kingdom, nos. 44301/13, 44379/13 and 44384/13, § 51, 25 March 2014;Hazar and Others v. Turkey (dec.), no. 62566/00 et seq., 10 January 2002;Ielcean v. Romania (dec.), no. 76048/11, 7 October 2014;Josipović v. Serbia (dec.), no. 18369/07, 4 March 2008;Kelly v. the United Kingdom, no. 10626/83, Commission decision of 7 May 1985, Decisions and Reports (DR) 42, p. 205;Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 131, ECHR 2000 IV;Mocanu and Others v. Romania [GC], nos. 10865/09, 45886/07 and 32431/08, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Musayeva and Others v. Russia (dec.), no. 74239/01, 1 June 2006;Mustafa Tunç and Fecire Tunç v. Turkey [GC], no. 24014/05, § 172, 14 April 2015;Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], nos. 43577/98 and 43579/98, § 123, ECHR 2005 VII;Prystavska v. Ukraine (dec.), no. 21287/02, 17 December 2002;Ramsahai and Others v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 52391/99, § 324, ECHR 2007 II;Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia, no. 25965/04, § 197, ECHR 2010 (extracts);Rezgui v. France (dec.), no. 49859/99, ECHR 2000-XI;Sapeyan v. Armenia, no. 35738/03, § 21, 13 January 2009;Schulz v. Germany (dec.), no. 4800/12, 31 March 2015;Sroka v. Poland (dec.), no. 42801/07, 6 March 2012;Stanev v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 36760/06, § 252, ECHR 2012;Stanimirović v. Serbia, no. 26088/06, § 29, 18 October 2011;Tahsin Acar v. Turkey (preliminary objection) [GC], no. 26307/95, §§ 75-77, ECHR 2003 VI;Tucka v. the United Kingdom (no. 1) (dec.), no. 34586/10, § 14, 18 January 2010;Tuna v. Turkey, no. 22339/03, §§ 58-63, 19 January 2010;Union of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Others v. Georgia (dec.), no. 72874/01, 21 April 2015;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, § 157, ECHR 2009;Volokhy v. Ukraine, no. 23543/02, § 37, 2 November 2006;Williams v. the United Kingdom (dec.) no. 32567/06, 17 February 2009;Withey v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 59493/00, ECHR 2003-X;Yaşa v. Turkey, 2 September 1998, § 74, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998 VI;Younger v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 57420/00, ECHR 2003-I;Žarković and Others v. Croatia (dec.), no. 75187/12, 9 June 2015;Žarskis v. Latvia (dec.), no. 33695/03, § 38, 17 March 2009
Conclusion: Preliminary objections joined to merits and dismissed (Article 34 - Victim);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: TRUE