CASE OF NICOLAE VIRGILIU TĂNASE v. ROMANIA
Hearing: Nicolae Virgiliu Tănase v. Romania (no. 41720/13) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2017-11-15 00:00:00)
Application no.: 41720/13
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2019-06-25 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2019:0625JUD004172013
Respondent state: ROU
Articles of the Convention: 2;2-1;3;6;6-1;8;8-1;35;35-1;35-3-a
Judges: Angelika Nußberger;Armen Harutyunyan;Egidijus Kūris;Ganna Yudkivska;Guido Raimondi;Helena Jäderblom;Iulia Motoc;Kristina Pardalos;Krzysztof Wojtyczek;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Marko Bošnjak;Nebojša Vučinić;Paul Lemmens;Robert Spano;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Yonko Grozev;Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer;Tim Eicke
Represented by: TANASE D.I.
Strasbourg case-law cited: A. v. the United Kingdom, 23 September 1998, § 22, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-VI;Al Fayed v. France (dec.), no. 38501/02, 27 September 2007;Al-Dulimi and Montana Management Inc. v. Switzerland [GC], no. 5809/08, 21 June 2016;Anna Todorova v. Bulgaria, no. 23302/03, 24 May 2011;Aquilina v. Malta [GC], no. 25642/94, § 39, ECHR 1999 III;Armani Da Silva v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 5878/08, § 233, 30 March 2016;Ashingdane v. the United Kingdom, 28 May 1985, § 57, Series A no. 93;Asiye Genc v. Turkey, no. 24109/07, § 73, 27 January 2015;Assenov and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 24760/94, 28 October 1998, Reports 1998-VIII;Association of the Victims of S.C. Rompetrol S.A. and S.C. Geomin S.A. and Others v. Romania, no. 24133/03, § 65, 25 June 2013;Bajić v. Croatia, no. 41108/10, § 90, 13 November 2012;Balogh v. Hungary, no. 47940/99, § 72, 20 July 2004;Banel v. Lithuania, no. 14326/11, § 65, 18 June 2013;Bărbulescu v. Romania [GC], no. 61496/08, § 70, 5 September 2017 (extracts);Beganović v. Croatia, no. 46423/06, 25 June 2009;Bensaid v. the United Kingdom, no. 44599/98, ECHR 2001 I;Besen v. Turkey (dec.), no. 48915/09, § 38, 19 June 2012;Biser Kostov v. Bulgaria, no. 32662/06, 10 January 2012;Bone v. France (dec.), no. 69869/01, 1 March 2005;Borobar and Others v. Romania, no. 5663/04, § 56, 29 January 2013;Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, ECHR 2015;Budayeva and Others v. Russia, nos. 15339/02 and 4 others, ECHR 2008 (extracts);Byrzykowski v. Poland, no. 11562/05, §§ 106-07, 27 June 2006;Çakıcı v. Turkey [GC], no. 23657/94, ECHR 1999-IV;Calvelli and Ciglio v. Italy [GC], no. 32967/96, ECHR 2002 I;Cavit Tınarlıoğlu v. Turkey, no. 3648/04, 2 February 2016;Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu v. Romania [GC], no. 47848/08, § 130, ECHR 2014;Cevrioğlu v. Turkey, no. 69546/12, 4 October 2016;Ciechońska v. Poland, no. 19776/04, 14 June 2011;Codarcea v. 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France [GC], no. 30979/96, § 43, ECHR 2000 VII;G.N. and Others v. Italy, no. 43134/05, 1 December 2009;Golder v. the United Kingdom, 21 February 1975, Series A no. 18;Gorgiev v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, no. 26984/05, § 64, 19 April 2012;Gorou v. Greece (no. 2) [GC], no. 12686/03, 20 March 2009;Haas v. Switzerland, no. 31322/07, § 54, ECHR 2011;I.G. and Others v. Slovakia, no. 15966/04, § 129, 13 November 2012;Igor Shevchenko v. Ukraine, no. 22737/04, 12 January 2012;Ilbeyi Kemaloğlu and Meriye Kemaloğlu v. Turkey, no. 19986/06, 10 April 2012;Jurica v. Croatia, no. 30376/13, § 84, 2 May 2017;Kalender v. Turkey, no. 4314/02, 15 December 2009;Kamenova v. Bulgaria, no. 62784/09, § 41, 12 July 2018;Khlaifia and Others v. Italy [GC], no. 16483/12, 15 December 2016;Koceski v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (dec.), no. 41107/07, 22 October 2013;Kolyadenko and Others v. Russia, nos. 17423/05 and 5 others, 28 February 2012;Kotelnikov v. Russia, no. 45104/05, 12 July 2016;Kozacıoğlu v. Turkey [GC], no. 2334/03, § 40, 19 February 2009;Kraulaidis v. Lithuania, no. 76805/11, § 57, 8 November 2016;Krivova v. Ukraine, no. 25732/05, 9 November 2010;Kurt v. Turkey, 25 May 1998, Reports 1998 III;L.C.B. v. the United Kingdom, 9 June 1998, § 36, Reports 1998-III;Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 131, ECHR 2000 IV;Lambert and Others v. France [GC], no. 46043/14, § 140, ECHR 2015 (extracts);Leray and Others v. France (dec.), no. 44617/98, 16 January 2001;Lopes de Sousa Fernandes v. Portugal [GC], no. 56080/13, 19 December 2017;Lupeni Greek Catholic Parish and Others v. Romania [GC], no. 76943/11, § 89, 29 November 2016;M. and M. v. Croatia, no. 10161/13, ECHR 2015 (extracts);M.C. v. Bulgaria, no. 39272/98, ECHR 2003 XII;M.P. and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 22457/08, 15 November 2011;Makaratzis v. Greece [GC], no. 50385/99, ECHR 2004 XI;Mažukna v. Lithuania, no. 72092/12, § 81, 11 April 2017;McCann and Others v. the United Kingdom, 27 September 1995, § 151, Series A no. 324;McKerr v. the United Kingdom, no. 28883/95, ECHR 2001 III;Medžlis Islamske Zajednice Brčko and Others v. Bosnia and Herzegovina [GC], no. 17224/11, § 76, 27 June 2017;Micallef v. Malta [GC], no. 17056/06, § 58, ECHR 2009;Mocanu and Others v. Romania [GC], nos. 10865/09 and 2 others, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Moldovan and Others v. Romania (no. 2), nos. 41138/98 and 64320/01, §§ 119-22, ECHR 2005 VII (extracts);Mubilanzila Mayeka and Kaniki Mitunga v. Belgium, no. 13178/03, ECHR 2006 XI;Muršić v. Croatia [GC], no. 7334/13, § 97, 20 October 2016;Mustafa Tunç and Fecire Tunç v. Turkey [GC], no. 24014/05, § 170, 14 April 2015;Muta v. Ukraine, no. 37246/06, § 58, 31 July 2012;N.B. v. Slovakia, no. 29518/10, § 84, 12 June 2012;Naït-Liman v. Switzerland [GC], no. 51357/07, 15 March 2018;Öneryıldız v. Turkey [GC], no. 48939/99, ECHR 2004-XII;Oruk v. Turkey, no. 33647/04, §§ 56-65, 4 February 2014;Osman v. the United Kingdom, 28 October 1998, Reports 1998 VIII;Paposhvili v. Belgium [GC], no. 41738/10, § 174, 13 December 2016;Peck v. the United Kingdom, no. 44647/98, § 62, ECHR 2003 I;Pereira Henriques v. Luxembourg, no. 60255/00, 9 May 2006;Perez v. France [GC], no. 47287/99, ECHR 2004 I;Perişan and Others v. Turkey, no. 12336/03, § 85, 20 May 2010;Prynda v. Ukraine, no. 10904/05, 31 July 2012;R.R. and Others v. Hungary, no. 19400/11, § 32, 4 December 2012;R.Š. v. Latvia, no. 44154/14, § 79, 8 March 2018;Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], nos. 37685/10 and 22768/12, § 126, 20 March 2018;Railean v. Moldova, no. 23401/04, § 28, 5 January 2010;Ramsahai and Others v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 52391/99, § 324, ECHR 2007 II;Renolde v. France, no. 5608/05, § 81, ECHR 2008 (extracts);S.Z. v. Bulgaria, no. 29263/12, 3 March 2015;Sabanchiyeva and Others v. Russia, no. 38450/05, ECHR 2013 (extracts);Sakir v. Greece, no. 48475/09, 24 March 2016).;Salakhov and Islyamova v. Ukraine, no. 28005/08, 14 March 2013;Şerife Yiğit v. Turkey [GC], no. 3976/05, § 50, 2 November 2010;Sıdıka İmren v. Turkey, no. 47384/11, § 58, 13 September 2016;Šilih v. Slovenia [GC], no. 71463/01, §§ 155 and 192, 9 April 2009;Sinim v. Turkey, no. 9441/10, § 63, 6 June 2017;Söderman v. Sweden [GC], no. 5786/08, ECHR 2013;Soering v. the United Kingdom, 7 July 1989, § 120, Series A no. 161;Sürmeli v. Germany [GC], no. 75529/01, ECHR 2006-VII;Taş v. Turkey, no. 24396/94, 14 November 2000;Tonchev v. Bulgaria, no. 18527/02, 19 November 2009;V.C. v. Slovakia, no. 18968/07, §§ 125-26, ECHR 2011 (extracts);Varnava and Others v. Turkey [GC], nos. 16064/90 and 8 others, § 200, ECHR 2009;Vasileva v. Bulgaria, no. 23796/10, § 63, 17 March 2016;Vilnes and Others v. Norway, nos. 52806/09 and 22703/10, 5 December 2013;Vo v. France [GC], no. 53924/00, ECHR 2004 VIII;X and Y v. the Netherlands, 26 March 1985, Series A no. 91;Y. v. Slovenia, no. 41107/10, ECHR 2015 (extracts);Y.F. v. Turkey, no. 24209/94, § 33, ECHR 2003 IX;Z. and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 29392/95, §§ 73-75, ECHR 2001 V;Zavoloka v. Latvia, no. 58447/00, §§ 36 and 39, 7 July 2009;Zubac v. Croatia [GC], no. 40160/12, § 78, 5 April 2018
Conclusion: Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded;(Art. 35-3-a) Ratione materiae;No violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Access to court);No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)
Separate opinion: TRUE