Information Note on the Court’s case-law 21
August 2000
Ikanga v. France - 32675/96
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 (over six years and still pending at the investigation stage).
Conclusion: violation (unanimously).
Article 41 – The Court rejected the applicant’s claims in respect of pecuniary damage, in the absence of any causal link. It awarded him 30,000 francs (FRF) in respect of non-pecuniary damage and 1,500 francs in respect of expenses.
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