CASE OF ALIŠIĆ AND OTHERS v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, CROATIA, SERBIA, SLOVENIA AND "THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA"
Hearing: Ališić and Others v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and “the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (no. 60642/08) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2013-07-10 00:00:00)
Application no.: 60642/08
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2014-07-16 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2014:0716JUD006064208
Respondent state: BIH;HRV;MKD;SRB;SVN
Articles of the Convention: 13;35;35-3;41;46;P1-1;P1-1-1
Judges: André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Dean Spielmann;Ganna Yudkivska;Guido Raimondi;Ineta Ziemele;Josep Casadevall;Lech Garlicki;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Mark Villiger;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Nicolas Bratza;Päivi Hirvelä;Ksenija Turković
Represented by: MUJCIN B.
Issue: 1991 Constitutional Act of Slovenia, as amended in 1994 ; Succession Fund of the Republic of Slovenia Act 1993, as amended in 1997 ; Old Foreign-Currency Savings Act 2002 of Serbia ; Section 2 of the Old Foreign-Currency Savings Act 2006 of Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Section 23 of the Succession Fund and the Senior Representative for Succession of the Republic of Slovenia Act 2006

Strasbourg case-law cited: A. and B. v. Montenegro, no. 37571/05, § 68, 5 March 2013;Anokhin v. Russia (dec.), no. 25867/02, 31 May 2007;Beyeler v. Italy [GC], no. 33202/96, § 106, ECHR 2000 I;Boyajyan v. Armenia, no. 38003/04, § 54, 22 March 2011;Broniowski v. Poland [GC], no. 31443/96, ECHR 2004 V;Burdov v. Russia (no. 2), no. 33509/04, § 127, ECHR 2009;Cooperativa Agricola Slobozia-Hanesei v. Moldova, no. 39745/02, §§ 17-19, 3 April 2007;E.G. v. Poland (dec.), no. 50425/99, § 28, ECHR 2008;Gayduk and Others v. Ukraine (dec.), no. 45526/99, decision of 2 July 2002;Hutten-Czapska v. Poland [GC], no. 35014/97, § 248, ECHR 2006 VIII;Iatridis v. Greece [GC], no. 31107/96, § 55, ECHR 1999-II;Immobiliare Saffi v. Italy [GC], no. 22774/93, ECHR 1999 V;Khachatryan v. Armenia, §§ 51-55, no. 31761/04, 1 December 2009;Kotov v. Russia [GC], no. 54522/00, 3 April 2012;Kudła v. Poland [GC], no. 30210/96, § 157, ECHR 2000 XI;Kurić and Others v. Slovenia (just satisfaction) [GC], no. 26828/06, § 136, ECHR 2014;Likvidējamā p/s Selga and Vasiļevska v. Latvia (dec.), nos. 17126/02 and 24991/02, §§ 94-113, 1 October 2013;Lukenda v. Slovenia, no. 23032/02, § 94, ECHR 2005 X;Merzhoyev v. Russia, no. 68444/01, 8 October 2009;Mykhaylenky and Others v. Ukraine, nos. 35091/02 et al., §§ 43-46, ECHR 2004 XII;Nejdet Şahin and Perihan Şahin v. Turkey [GC], no. 13279/05, § 49, 20 October 2011;Odièvre v. France [GC], no. 42326/98, § 22, ECHR 2003 III;Paksas v. Lithuania [GC], no. 34932/04, § 114, ECHR 2011;R. Kačapor and Others v. Serbia, nos. 2269/06, 3041/06, 3042/06, 3043/06, 3045/06 and 3046/06, 15 January 2008;Roche v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 32555/96, § 137, ECHR 2005 X;Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina [GC], nos. 27996/06 and 34836/06, § 60, ECHR 2009;Sporrong and Lönnroth v. Sweden, 23 September 1982, § 61, Series A no. 52;Suljagić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. 27912/02, 3 November 2009;Vistiņš and Perepjolkins v. Latvia [GC], no. 71243/01, § 93, 25 October 2012;Vučković and Others v. Serbia [GC], no. 17153/11, § 80, 25 March 2014;Waite and Kennedy v. Germany [GC], no. 26083/94, § 54, ECHR 1999 I;Wolkenberg and Others v. Poland (dec.), no. 50003/99, § 34, ECHR 2007 XIV;Yershova v. Russia, no. 1387/04, §§ 54-63, 8 April 2010;Zastava It Turs v. Serbia (dec.), no. 24922/12, §§ 19-23, 9 April 2013;Zolotas v. Greece (no. 2), no. 66610/09, ECHR 2013
External sources: 2001 Resolution on State Succession in Matters of Property and Debts of the Institute of International Law
Conclusion: Preliminary objections dismissed (Article 35-3 - Ratione materiae);Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions) (Serbia);Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions) (Slovenia);No violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Croatia) (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia);Violation of Article 13 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Serbia);Violation of Article 13 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Slovenia);No violation of Article 13 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Croatia) (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia);Respondent State to take measures of a general character (Article 46 - Pilot judgment;Systemic problem;General measures) (Serbia);Respondent State to take measures of a general character (Article 46 - Pilot judgment;Systemic problem;General measures) (Slovenia);Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed;Non-pecuniary damage - award
Separate opinion: TRUE