Information Note on the Court’s case-law 21
August 2000
Cherakrak v. France - 34075/96
Judgment 2.8.2000 [Section III]
Article 6
Criminal proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of criminal proceedings: violation
The case concerns the length of criminal proceedings (4 years, 9 months and 19 days).
Conclusion: violation (unanimously).
Article 41 – The Court considered that the finding of a violation constituted sufficient just satisfaction in respect of the non-pecuniary damage claimed by the applicant.
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