SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 31388/09
by Metin HALICI
against Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 21 June 2011 as a Committee composed of:
David Thór Björgvinsson, President,
Giorgio Malinverni,
Guido Raimondi, judges,
and Françoise Elens-Passos, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 May 2009,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Metin Halıcı, is a Turkish national, who was born in 1967 and lives in Malatya. He was represented before the Court by Mr İ. Akmeşe, a lawyer practising in İstanbul. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.
On 14 September 2010 the Court decided to communicate the applicant’ complaints under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3(c) and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the absence of legal assistance in police custody, the length of criminal proceedings, which started on 27 July 1999 and ended on 27 April 2010, and the lack of an effective domestic remedy in that respect.
On 27 January 2011 and 8 April 2011 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Turkey in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 9,000 (nine thousand) euros to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into Turkish liras at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. It will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.
THE LAW
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Françoise Elens-PassosDavid Thór Björgvinsson
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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