Resolution CM/ResDH(2017)426
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
103 cases against Poland
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 7 December 2017
at the 1302nd 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, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),
Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations established concerning the excessive length of civil and criminal proceedings and the lack of an effective remedy in this respect (violations of Articles 6 and 13), as well as the lengthy pre-trial detention of certain applicants (violations of Article 5 § 3);
Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:
- of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and
- of general measures preventing similar violations;
Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;
Having examined the action plan provided by the government indicating the individual measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgments including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2017)1102);
Considering that the question of the individual measures has been resolved as the domestic judicial proceedings have come to an end and/or the authorities have adopted measures to accelerate the pending proceedings and that the applicants whose pre-trial detention was criticised by the Court are no longer detained on this ground;
Having noted that the measures adopted to prevent excessively lengthy pre-trial detentions have been examined by the Committee in the Trzaska group of cases and in the Matczak case (see Final Resolutions CM/ResDH(2014)268 and CM/ResDH(2017)163);
Recalling that the question of the general measures required to respond to the shortcomings established by the Court in the present judgments continues to be examined in the context of the Bąk, Majewski, Rutkowski and Załuska cases and that the closure of these judgments is without prejudice in any way to the Committee’s assessment of the general measures necessary to ensure the expeditiousness of civil and criminal proceedings and the effectiveness of the domestic remedy,
DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases and
DECIDES to close the examination thereof.
Appendix – List of cases
Cases concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings (Bak group)
Application
Case
Judgment of
Final on
28836/04
ABRAMCZYK
12/06/2007
12/09/2007
8174/02
AMURCHANIAN
19/06/2007
19/09/2007
40807/07
ANDRULEWICZ No. 2
20/10/2009
20/01/2010
3360/09
ANTCZAK
09/11/2010
09/11/2010
20920/09
BAŃCZYK AND SZTUKA
13/11/2012
13/11/2012
7589/12
BRAJER
13/01/2015
13/01/2015
7147/06
BROŻYNA
02/02/2010
28/06/2010
32287/09
CHYŻYŃSKI
24/07/2012
24/10/2012
39489/08
DEEG
21/09/2010
21/09/2010
36262/08
FLIEGER
22/06/2010
22/09/2010
15915/07
GĘŚLA
12/01/2010
12/04/2010
29130/10
GIL
20/12/2011
20/12/2011
32440/08
GUT
18/01/2011
07/02/2012
18/01/2011
07/02/2012
17602/07
JELITTO
21/04/2009
21/07/2009
18500/10
JUREWICZ (V)
05/07/2011
05/07/2011
45668/06
KASZA
13/10/2009
13/01/2010
44537/05
KLIMKIEWICZ
28/04/2009
21/12/2010
28/07/2009
21/03/2011
33734/06
KOWALSKI WOJCIECH
13/10/2009
13/01/2010
35615/03
KRZYCH AND GURBIERZ
13/02/2007
09/07/2007
9635/12
KUROWSKI
13/01/2015
13/01/2015
46887/06
LESZEK PAWLAK
16/12/2008
16/03/2009
15154/03
MALIKOWSKI
16/10/2007
16/01/2008
7626/12
MASŁOWSKI
13/01/2015
13/01/2015
30279/07
MATOŃ
09/06/2009
09/09/2009
13732/03
OSIŃSKI
16/10/2007
16/01/2008
28237/10
PAWLAK
13/01/2015
13/01/2015
40219/08
POTONIEC
01/12/2009
01/03/2010
34653/08
RAFAŁ ORZECHOWSKI
27/07/2010
27/07/2010
51219/09
RUPRECHT
22/01/2013
22/01/2013
30072/04
STEFAN KOZŁOWSKI
22/04/2008
22/07/2008
7708/12
TOMCZYK
13/01/2015
13/01/2015
20315/04
WIERZBA
13/11/2008
13/02/2009
4382/10
WINEROWICZ
21/06/2011
21/06/2011
29345/09
WRONA
10/03/2015
10/03/2015
473/07
WROŃSKI
23/06/2009
23/09/2009
9382/05
ŻELASKO
04/03/2008
04/06/2008
Cases concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings (Majewski group)
Application
Case
Judgment of
Final on
30523/07
ADAMCZUK
17/07/2008
04/10/2010
18036/03
CICHLA
10/10/2006
10/01/2007
40748/09
CICHOCKI
30/11/2010
28/02/2011
18026/03
CZAUS
22/01/2008
22/04/2008
20334/04
FLOREK
20/05/2008
29/09/2008
23789/04
GNATOWSKA
07/10/2008
07/01/2009
32327/10
GOŁAWSKI AND PISAREK
27/05/2014
27/05/2014
5943/07
GORDON-KRAJCER
07/07/2009
07/10/2009
41663/04
GÓRKIEWICZ
13/01/2009
05/05/2009
05/06/2009
05/05/2009
3206/09
GRZONA
24/06/2014
24/06/2014
40988/09
HOSZOWSKI
27/05/2014
27/05/2014
6433/09
IWANKIEWICZ
07/12/2010
07/12/2010
8934/05
JAGIEŁŁO NO. 2
02/12/2008
06/04/2009
29360/06
JERZAK
07/10/2008
07/01/2009
8518/08
KANIEWSKA
18/05/2010
18/08/2010
49788/06
KRZYSTOF KANIEWSKI
30/09/2008
30/12/2008
3429/03
KARPOW
26/02/2008
01/12/2008
1564/02
KĘDRA
10/10/2006
10/01/2007
13933/04
KĘSICCY
16/06/2009
06/11/2009
39836/09
KLIK
07/12/2010
07/12/2010
Application
Case
Judgment of
Final on
17731/03
HENRYK KOZŁOWSKI
09/06/2009
09/09/2009
47611/07
JANUSZ LESZEK KOZLOWSKI
08/06/2010
22/11/2010
46601/06
ROMUALD KOZŁOWSKI
20/01/2009
20/04/2009
31193/04
KRYSTINA MISIAK AND JEAN MISIAK
09/11/2010
11/04/2011
45097/05
ARKADIUSZ KUBIK
13/01/2009
13/04/2009
3464/06
KUCHARCZYK
08/12/2009
08/03/2010
2311/04
KUCZKOWSKA
22/07/2008
22/10/2008
50424/99
KUSIAK
21/09/2004
21/12/2004
4560/04
KWIATHOWSKI
17/10/2006
17/01/2007
24203/05
KYZIOŁ
12/02/2008
07/07/2008
28140/05
ŁAKOMIAK
21/10/2008
21/01/2009
31748/06
LUDWIECZAK
16/12/2008
16/03/2009
29539/07
MAGOCH
02/02/2010
02/05/2010
35556/05
MAKUSZEWSKI
13/01/2009
05/06/2009
17904/04
DOROTA AND ZBIGNIEW NOWAK
24/03/2009
14/09/2009
38426/03
LIDIA NOWAK
21/10/2008
21/01/2009
4064/03
OPAŁKO
15/01/2008
15/04/2008
7975/07
PALIGA
12/01/2010
12/04/2010
46074/07
PASTUSZENIA
21/09/2010
21/09/2010
35431/05
PIASKOWSKI AND OTHERS
01/07/2008
01/10/2008
20127/08
POLKOWSKA
24/11/2009
24/02/2010
4551/10
POSTEK
11/10/2011
11/10/2011
822/05
POZNAŃSKA
16/12/2008
16/03/2009
42778/07
PRZYBYŁA
07/07/2009
07/10/2009
49490/08
PRZYBYLSKA-CONROY
18/05/2010
18/08/2010
2311/10
PURPIAN SP. Z O.O.
18/12/2012
18/12/2012
42205/08
REJZMUND
06/07/2010
06/10/2010
35382/06
SADURA
01/07/2008
01/10/2008
33582/08
SEWERYN
15/06/2010
15/09/2010
19616/08
SIKORSKA
28/06/2011
28/11/2011
40063/06
ŚLIWIŃSKI
05/01/2010
05/04/2010
23128/03
SOBCZYŃSKI
27/11/2007
27/02/2008
7743/06
SOKOŁOWSKA
13/01/2009
13/04/2009
20166/07
SUCHECKI No. 1
16/07/2009
16/10/2009
13545/03
SWAT
18/12/2007
18/03/2008
21695/05
TUR
23/10/2007
23/01/2008
28309/06+
WALTOŚ AND PAWLICZ
07/07/2009
07/10/2009
7258/12
WASIAK
14/06/2016
14/06/2016
73192/01
WAWRZYNOWICZ
17/07/2007
17/10/2007
56026/00
WENDE AND KUKÓWKA
10/05/2007
24/09/2007
35840/05
ROMAN WILCZYŃSKI
17/07/2008
01/12/2008
42401/08
WIŚNIEWSKA
20/04/2010
20/07/2010
18414/03
WOLNICKA
10/03/2009
10/06/2009
72161/01
WYSZCZELSKI
29/11/2005
28/02/2006
19817/04
ZAJĄC
29/07/2008
29/10/2008
49927/06
ZAKRZEWSKA
16/12/2008
16/03/2009
41701/07
ZAŁUSKA
13/01/2009
13/04/2009
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