FINAL RESOLUTION DH (97) 566
HUMAN RIGHTS
APPLICATION No. 18668/91
CALCATERRA AND DE PASQUALE AGAINST ITALY
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 15 December 1997
at the 610th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 32 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),
Having regard to the Interim Resolution DH (96) 205, adopted on 15 May 1996 in the case of Calcaterra and De Pasquale against Italy (Application No. 18668/91) in which the Committee of Ministers decided that there had been in this case a violation of Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Convention and to make public the report of the European Commission of Human Rights;
Whereas the Committee of Ministers examined the proposals made by the Commission when transmitting its report as regards just satisfaction to be awarded to the applicants, proposals supplemented by a letter of the President of the Commission dated 24 May 1996;
Whereas, at the 582nd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies, the Committee of Ministers, agreeing with the Commission's proposals, held, by decision adopted on 28 January 1997, in accordance with Article 32, paragraph 2, of the Convention, that the Government of Italy was to pay as just satisfaction, within three months, to each applicant 28 000 000 Italian lire in respect of non-pecuniary damage and jointly to both applicants 3 000 000 Italian lire in respect of costs and expenses, ie. the total sum of 59 000 000 Italian lire, and that interest should be payable on any unpaid sum, calculated on the basis of each full elapsed month of delay (in accordance with the decision adopted by the Committee of Ministers at its 599th meeting (17 September 1997) on the general principles regarding the payment of default interest) at the statutory rate applicable on the date of this decision, it being understood that the interest would accrue from the expiry of the time-limit until full payment was placed at the disposal of the applicants;
Whereas the Committee of Ministers invited the Government of Italy to inform it of the measures taken following its decisions of 15 May 1996 and 28 January 1997, having regard to Italy's obligation under Article 32, paragraph 4, of the Convention to abide by them;
Whereas, during the examination of the case by the Committee of Ministers, the Government of Italy accordingly recalled that measures had already been taken to prevent the repetition of the violation found in this case, notably through the adoption on 24 October 1989 of the new Code of Criminal Proceedure (see inter alia Resolution DH (92) 54 in the case of Frau against Italy and Resolution DH (94) 15 in the case of Sanfilippo against Italy), and that the Commission's report as well as the Committee of Ministers' decisions had been sent out to the authorities directly concerned;
Whereas the Committee of Ministers satisfied itself that on 28 April 1997, within the time-limit set, the Government of Italy paid the applicants the total sum of 59 000 000 Italian lire as just satisfaction,
Declares, having taken note of the measures taken by the Government of Italy, that it has exercised its functions under Article 32 of the Convention in this case.
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