Résolution CM/ResDH(2013)92
Wojciechowski et Kazimierczak contre Pologne
Exécution des arrêts de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme
(Requête no 5422/04, arrêt du 09/12/2008, définitif le 05/06/2009
Requête no 4317/04, arrêt du 10/03/2009, définitif le 10/06/2009)
(adoptée par le Comité des Ministres le 29 mai 2013, lors de la 1171e réunion des Délégués des Ministres)
Le Comité des Ministres, en vertu de l’article 46, paragraphe 2, de la Convention de sauvegarde des droits de l’homme et des libertés fondamentales, qui prévoit que le Comité surveille l’exécution des arrêts définitifs de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (ci-après nommées « la Convention » et « la Cour »),
Vu les arrêts définitifs qui ont été transmis par la Cour au Comité dans les affaires ci-dessus et les violations constatées ;
Rappelant l’obligation de l’Etat défendeur, en vertu de l’article 46, paragraphe 1, de la Convention, de se conformer aux arrêts définitifs dans les litiges auxquels il est partie et que cette obligation implique, outre le paiement de la satisfaction équitable octroyée par la Cour, l’adoption par les autorités de l’Etat défendeur, si nécessaire :
- de mesures individuelles pour mettre fin aux violations constatées et en effacer les conséquences, dans la mesure du possible par restitutio in integrum ; et
- de mesures générales permettant de prévenir des violations semblables ;
Ayant invité le gouvernement de l’Etat défendeur à informer le Comité des mesures prises pour se conformer à l’obligation susmentionnée ;
Ayant examiné le bilan d’action fourni par le gouvernement indiquant les mesures adoptées afin d’exécuter les arrêts, y compris les informations fournies en ce qui concerne le paiement de la satisfaction équitable octroyée par la Cour (voir document DH-DD(2011)1009) ;
S’étant assuré que toutes les mesures requises par l’article 46, paragraphe 1, ont été adoptées,
DECLARE qu’il a rempli ses fonctions en vertu de l’article 46, paragraphe 2, de la Convention dans ces affaires ; et
DECIDE d’en clore l’examen.
Action report[1]
Information about the measures to comply with the judgment in the cases of
Wojciechowski against Poland and Kazmierczak against Poland
(Anglais seulement)
Case description
Wojciechowski, Application No. 5422/04, judgment of 09/12/2008, final on 05/06/2009.
Kairmierczak, Application No. 4317/04, judgment of 10/03/2009, final on 10/06/2009.
Both cases concern the violation of the presumption of innocence due to the domestic courts’ grounds for their decisions on the prolongation of the applicants’ detention (violation of Article 6 § 2 of the Convention).
In the case of Kazmierczak the Wrocław Regional Court in its decision of 03/11/2003 and in the case of Wojciechowski the Lublin Regional Court in its decision of 3/09/2002 stated, before their guilt had been proved according to law, that the evidence against the applicants indicated that they had committed the offences with which they had been charged.
The European Court of Human Rights has emphasised that there is a fundamental distinction to be made between a statement that someone is merely suspected of having committed a crime and a clear judicial declaration, in the absence of a final conviction, that the individual has committed the crime in question. The Court has underlined that there can be no justification for a court of law to make a premature pronouncement of this kind.
The case of Wojciechowski also concerns the excessive length of detention on remand of the applicant from October 2001 to December 2004, when he was convicted of participation in an organised criminal group, deriving profits from prostitution and extortion (violation of Article 5 § 3).
I.Payment of just satisfaction and individual measures
1. Details of just satisfaction
Case
Pecuniary damage
Non-pecuniary damage
Cost and expenses
Total
Wojciechowski
-
1 500 EUR
-
1 500 EUR
Paid on 20/10/2009
2. Individual measures
In the case of Wojciechowski, the applicant was convicted and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and a fine in December 2004. The Court awarded him just satisfaction for non-pecuniary damage.
In the case of Kazmierczak the applicant was released on bail in March 2004. The Court held that the finding of a violation constituted in itself sufficient just satisfaction for any moral damage suffered by the applicant.
In these circumstances, no other individual measure appears necessary.
II.General measures
1.Violation of Article 6 § 2 of the Convention
The violation of Article 6 § 2 of the Convention in the present cases was rather of an isolated nature and resulted from failure of specific national courts. Therefore, it seems that the publication and dissemination of the Court’s judgment would be appropriated in order to avoid similar violations in the future.
In this context, it should be noted that the Court’s judgments were translated into Polish and published on the website of the Ministry of Justice ( ). They were sent to all courts of appeal and the General Prosecutor’s Office with request to disseminate them among judges and prosecutors. The judgments were also sent to the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution with request to include them in the training programme addressed to judges and prosecutors.
In these circumstances, no other general measure appears necessary.
2. Violation of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention
General measures are examined in the context of the Trzaska group of cases (Application No. 25792/94).
III.Conclusions of the responding State
The government considers that other individual measures are not necessary in the present cases and that the general measures adopted, in particular publication and dissemination of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, will be sufficient to conclude that Poland has complied with its obligations under Article 46, paragraph 1 of the Convention with respect to the breach of Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Convention.
[1] Information submitted by the Polish authorities on 14 October 2011.
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