Published on 9 January 2023
SECOND SECTION
Applications nos. 54199/20 and 54501/20
Miloš MATIJEVIĆ and Vesna STOJAKOVIĆ against Croatia
and Dušan TRIFUNOVIĆ against Croatia
both lodged on 1 December 2020
communicated on 14 December 2022
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the domestic courts’ decisions ordering the applicants to pay the costs of the State’s representation in the civil proceedings in which they sought damages in connection with the killing of their family members in 1995.
The applicants complain that the impugned decisions concerning the costs of proceedings violated their right of access to a court guaranteed under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and their right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Have the decisions concerning the costs of proceedings in the applicants’ cases violated their right of access to a court guaranteed under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and/or their right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention (see Bursać and Others v. Croatia, no. 78836/16, §§ 67-106, 28 April 2022; and Cindrić and Bešlić v. Croatia, no. 72152/13, §§ 81-123, 6 September 2016)?
Appendix
List of applications
No.
Applicationno.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Place of Residence
Nationality
Represented by
1.
54199/20
Matijević and Stojaković v. Croatia
01/12/2020
Miloš MATIJEVIĆ
1956
Krnjak
Croatian
Vesna STOJAKOVIĆ
1974
Karlovac
Croatian
Slađana ČANKOVIĆ
2.
54501/20
Trifunović v. Croatia
01/12/2020
Dušan TRIFUNOVIĆ
1961
Inđija
Croatian
Slađana ČANKOVIĆ