Resolution ResDH(2003)86
concerning the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (Friendly settlements)
of 22 June 2000
in 43 cases against Italy (see Appendix) relating to the excessive length of proceedings concerning civil rights and obligations before the Benevento labour court
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 April 2003
at the 834th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as amended by Protocol No. 11 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”),
Having regard to the final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the 43 cases listed in the Appendix to this Resolution, which were delivered on 22 June 2000 and transmitted the same day to the Committee of Ministers under Article 46 of the Convention;
Recalling that these cases originated in applications (see Appendix) against Italy, lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights between 16 March 1994 and 18 April 1998 under former Article 25 of the Convention by 50 Italian nationals, and that the Court, seised of the cases under Article 5, paragraph 2, of Protocol No. 11, declared admissible the complaints related to the excessive length of certain proceedings concerning civil rights and obligations before the Benevento labour court;
Whereas in its judgments of 22 June 2000 concerning these cases the Court, after having taken formal note of friendly settlements reached by the government of the respondent state and the applicants, and having been satisfied that the settlements were based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention or its Protocols, decided unanimously to strike these cases out of its list and took note of the parties’ undertaking not to request a re-hearing of the cases before the Grand Chamber;
Whereas under the above-mentioned friendly settlements it was agreed that the Italian Government would pay the applicants certain sums (see Appendix), within three months as from the notification of the judgments;
Recalling that Rule 44, paragraph 2, of the Rules of the Court provides that the striking out of a case shall be effected by means of a judgment which the President shall forward to the Committee of Ministers once it has become final in order to allow it to supervise, in accordance with Article 46, paragraph 2 of the Convention, the execution of any undertakings which may have been attached to the discontinuance or solution of the matter;
Having regard to the Rules adopted by the Committee of Ministers concerning the application of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention;
Having satisfied itself that on 25 and 28 September 2000, a few days after the expiry of the time-limit set, the government of the respondent state had paid the applicants the sums provided for in the friendly settlement and having taken note of the fact that, in view of the minimal sums involved, the applicants waived their right to default interest, and that no other measure was required in the present case to comply with the Court’s judgment,
Recalling that, as regards the applicants’ complaints declared admissible in these cases, the Committee of Ministers is at present supervising the execution of several judgments of the Court and of a considerable number of Committee of Ministers' decisions under former Article 32 of the Convention, finding a violation of Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Convention on account of the excessive length of proceedings before the Italian labour courts;
Whereas, in this connection, the Italian authorities informed the Committee of Ministers that they were drafting and adopting new general measures in order to put an end to the serious problem of excessive length of proceedings, so as to prevent new violations similar to those already found in the above-mentioned cases (see Resolutions DH(97)336, DH(99)437 and ResDH(2000)135),
Declares, after having taken note of the information supplied by the Government of Italy, that the Committee of Ministers has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention with respect to the commitments subscribed to in these cases.
Appendix to Resolution ResDH(2003)86
Details of just satisfaction awarded to the applicants
Case
Non-pecuniary damage
Costs and expenses
Total
Payment on
A.S. II 43077/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
ASCIERTO Pietro 43092/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
BERNARDO Vittoria 43048/98
15 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
18 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
BIANCHI Michele 43005/98
19 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
22 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
BORRILLO Marco 38973/97
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
C.S. 43082/98
19 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
22 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
C.T. 43081/98
19 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
22 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
CAMERLENGO Palmira 43073/98
15 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
18 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
CAPASSO Teresa 43007/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
CATILLO Tommaso 43008/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
CIRCELLI Maria Carmela 43107/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
COSTANTINI Rosa 42989/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
D’ERRICO Maria 43014/98
15 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
18 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
DE CICCO Giuseppe 43044/98
15 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
18 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
DE FIORE Italo 43003/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
DE NUNZIO Rosina 43013/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
DEL GROSSO Maria 42992/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
DEL VECCHIO Edvige 43047/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
DI BIASE Maria 43009/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
FALZARANO Salvatore 42991/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
FORGIONE Annamaria 43045/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
FUSCO Adelia 43049/98
19 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
22 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
GALIETTI Margherita 43104/98
23 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
26 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
GIORGIO Nicola 43002/98
15 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
18 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
INTORCIA Maria Pia 43105/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
LA VISTA Assunta 43006/98
15 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
18 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
LOMBARDI Gianfranco 43103/98
3 750 000 Italian lire
375 000 Italian lire
4 125 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
LOMBARDI Maurizio 43103/98
3 750 000 Italian lire
375 000 Italian lire
4 125 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
LOMBARDI Massimiliano 43103/98
3 750 000 Italian lire
375 000 Italian lire
4 125 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
LOMBARDI Roberto 43103/98
3 750 000 Italian lire
375 000 Italian lire
4 125 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
LOMBARDI Pietro 43103/98
3 750 000 Italian lire
375 000 Italian lire
4 125 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
LOMBARDI Paolo 43103/98
3 750 000 Italian lire
375 000 Italian lire
4 125 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
LOMBARDI Rosina 43103/98
3 750 000 Italian lire
375 000 Italian lire
4 125 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
MERCURIO Teresa 43103/98
3 750 000 Italian lire
375 000 Italian lire
4 125 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
M.A. P. 43080/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
MANGANIELLO Carmine 42990/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
MAROTTA Pasqualina 40722/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
MARUCCI Maria Luigia 42988/98
19 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
22 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
MASCOLO Tommaso 42994/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
MASELLA Angelo 43046/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
MASUCCIO Domenico 43001/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
MIRRA Luisa 42995/98
8 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
11 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
NARCISO Luigi 43071/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
P.C. IV 43079/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
PERUGINI Brigida 43090/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
ROSSI Lina 43106/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
ROSSI Pellegrino 43089/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
SELVAGGIO Orsola 43108/98
13 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
16 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
VERZINO Antonia 43004/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
28/09/2000
Z. 43078/98
11 000 000 Italian lire
3 000 000 Italian lire
14 000 000 Italian lire
25/09/2000
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