Resolution ResDH(2004)6
concerning the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights
of 6 February 2003 (final on 21 May 2003)
in the case of Hesse-Anger against Germany
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 February 2004
at the 871st 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 judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Hesse-Anger case delivered on 6 February 2003 and transmitted to the Committee of Ministers once it had become final under Articles 44 and 46 of the Convention;
Recalling that the judgment of the Court became final on 21 May 2003 since, at this date, the government of the respondent state was informed that the request for a re-hearing before the Grand Chamber had been dismissed;
Recalling that the case originated in an application (No. 45835/99) against Germany, lodged with the European Court of Human Rights on 21 December 1998 under Article 34 of the Convention by Ms Brigitte Hesse-Anger, a German national, and that the Court declared admissible the complaint related to the excessive length of certain proceedings concerning civil rights and obligations before the Federal Constitutional Court;
Whereas in its judgment of 6 February 2003 the Court unanimously:
- held that there had been a violation of Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Convention;
- held that the government of the respondent state was to pay the applicant, within three months from the date at which the judgment became final, 7 000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage, plus any tax that may be chargeable, and that simple interest at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank, plus three percentage points, should be payable from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement;
- dismissed the remainder of the applicant’s claim for just satisfaction;
Having regard to the Rules adopted by the Committee of Ministers concerning the application of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention;
Having invited the government of the respondent state to inform it of the measures which had been taken in consequence of the judgment of 6 February 2003, having regard to Germany’s obligation under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention to abide by it;
Whereas during the examination of the case by the Committee of Ministers, the government of the respondent state recalled that measures had already been taken to avoid new violations of the same kind as that found in this case (see Resolution ResDH(2001)6 in the Pammel case) and indicated that the Court’s judgment had been sent out to the authorities directly concerned;
Having satisfied itself that on 10 July 2003, within the time-limit set, the government of the respondent state had paid the applicant the sum provided for in the judgment of 6 February 2003,
Declares, after having examined the information supplied by the Government of Germany, that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in this case.
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