Communicated on 25 May 2018
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 68291/17
Ane MUGURUZA BARTOLOME and Elena BARTOLOME LLAMAZARES
against Spain
lodged on 1 September 2017
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the domestic authorities’ refusal to increase the applicants’ compensation for their relative’s death as a result of a terrorist attack, in application of Article 8 § 2 of the Council of Europe Convention on the compensation of victims of violent crimes of 24 November 1983 and Article 3bis § 2 of law 29/2011, of 22 September 2011, on comprehensive recognition and protection of victims of terrorism, on the ground that this relative had belonged to a terrorist organization. This was determined in the absence of a previous criminal conviction.
QUESTION tO THE PARTIES
Were the reasons given by the domestic authorities for refusing to increase the applicants’ compensation in the absence of a previous criminal conviction compatible with the principle of presumption of innocence guaranteed by Article 6 § 2 of the Convention (see, by way of comparison, Tendam v. Spain, no. 25720/05, 13 July 2010)?
ANNEX
No
Firstname LASTNAME
Birth year
Nationality
Place
of residence
Representative
Ane MUGURUZA BARTOLOME
1989
Spanish
Bilbao
I. Altuna Goirizelaia
Elena BARTOLOME LLAMAZARES
1958
Spanish
Bilbao
I. Altuna Goirizelaia
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