Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2015)154
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Pilot judgments Finger, Dimitrov and Hamanov and fifty-four cases of length of proceedings against Bulgaria[1]
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 September 2015
at the 1236th 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, and in particular to the indication made by the Court in the pilot judgments Finger and Dimitrov and Hamanov to put in place effective domestic remedies in the area of excessive length of proceedings which comply with the requirements established in its case-law;
Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgments, including the information provided regarding the individual measures and the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2015)664);
Welcoming the response of the Bulgarian authorities to the pilot judgments Finger and Dimitrov and Hamanov with the introduction of a combination of domestic compensatory remedies which has been considered effective by the Court;
Noting, as concerns the 54 other cases, that the general measures adopted have allowed the elimination of the main recurrent causes for delays highlighted in these judgments (namely the high number of hearings and the slowness of the cassation procedure in civil matters, as well as the lengthy intervals between hearings in criminal matters);
Noting in addition the commitment of the Bulgarian authorities to pursue their efforts in the area of length of proceedings (in particular in order to reduce the length of judicial proceedings before the overburdened courts, avoid delays at the stage of the pre-trial investigation and to put in place an effective acceleratory remedy in criminal matters) in the context of the cases of the Kitov and Djangozov groups which remain under the supervision of the Committee,
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
Application
Case
Judgment of
Final on
48059/06+
DIMITROV AND HAMANOV
10/05/2011
10/08/2011
37346/05
FINGER
10/05/2011
10/08/2011
DJANGOZOV GROUP
28899/04
ANTOANETA IVANOVA
24/02/2011
24/02/2011
56793/00
BABICHKIN
10/08/2006
10/11/2006
53988/07
BASHIKAROVA AND OTHERS
05/02/2013
05/02/2013
28583/03
BRATOVANOV
23/04/2009
23/07/2009
2930/04
DEYANOV
30/09/2010
30/12/2010
47829/99
DIMITROV
23/09/2004
23/12/2004
30481/05
DIMOVA AND MINKOVA
19/07/2011
19/07/2011
22381/05
GEORGIEV
27/05/2010
27/08/2010
15154/02
GIVEZOV
22/05/2008
22/08/2008
62722/00
GOSPODINOV
10/05/2007
10/08/2007
58497/00
HADJIBAKALOV
08/06/2006
08/09/2006
24720/04
HADZHINIKOLOV
26/07/2011
26/07/2011
25805/05
HOLEVICH
19/07/2011
19/07/2011
7254/02
ILIEVI
28/05/2009
28/08/2009
41140/05
IVANOV
05/07/2012
05/07/2012
10905/04
IVANOVA MARIA
18/03/2010
18/06/2010
14226/04
IVANOVI
07/01/2010
07/04/2010
55350/00
KAMBOUROV
14/02/2008
14/05/2008
60939/00
KARCHEVA AND SHTARBOVA
28/09/2006
28/12/2006
44626/98
KIURKCHIAN
24/03/2005
24/06/2005
76763/01
KOSTOVA
03/05/2007
03/08/2007
12499/05
KOTSEVA-DENCHEVA
10/06/2010
10/09/2010
9161/02
KOUNCHEVA
03/07/2008
03/10/2008
57641/00
KOVACHEVA AND HADJIILIEVA
29/03/2007
29/06/2007
77147/01
KUIYUMDJIYAN
24/05/2007
24/08/2007
20568/02
MARINOVA AND RADEVA
02/07/2009
02/10/2009
50954/99
MASLENKOVI
08/11/2007
02/06/2008
69316/01
MERDZHANOV
22/05/2008
22/08/2008
15099/04
NACHEV
05/11/2009
05/02/2010
35745/05
NENKOVA‑LALOVA
11/12/2012
29/04/2013
44184/05+
NIKOLOV AND OTHERS
21/02/2012
21/05/2012
4434/05
NIKOVA
21/12/2010
21/12/2010
72855/01
PARASHKEVANOVA
03/05/2007
03/08/2007
3662/06
PAVLOV
06/03/2012
06/03/2012
39855/03
PAVLOVA
14/01/2010
14/04/2010
19532/05
PETROVA
24/04/2012
24/04/2012
32455/05
ROSITSA GEORGIEVA
05/07/2011
05/07/2011
38646/04
GOSPODINOVA
10/02/2011
10/02/2011
59523/00
SIMIZOV
18/10/2007
18/01/2008
39832/98
TODOROV NIKOLAI PETKOV
18/01/2005
18/04/2005
55956/00
VATEVI
28/09/2006
28/12/2006
28936/03
VELIKIN AND OTHERS
02/09/2010
02/12/2010
KITOV GROUP
42983/04
ALEKSANDROVI
22/01/2013
22/01/2013
61662/00
ANGELOV VASIL
12/04/2007
12/07/2007
61596/00
ATANASOV AND OVCHAROV
17/01/2008
17/04/2008
70843/01
BALABANOV
03/07/2008
03/10/2008
11486/04
DINUCCI
24/02/2011
24/02/2011
68356/01
DOINOV
27/09/2007
27/12/2007
16850/04
KANCHEV
24/02/2011
24/02/2011
76965/01
KARMO
06/12/2007
06/03/2008
1509/05
KOSTOV AND YANKOV
22/04/2010
22/07/2010
71605/01
MIRCHEV AND OTHERS
27/11/2008
27/02/2009
37355/97
S.H.K.
23/10/2003
23/01/2004
16880/02
SHEREMETOV
22/05/2008
22/08/2008
[1] See list of cases in the Appendix.
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