SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 62907/16
Rinaldo MYRTAJ and others
against Albania
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 5 March 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Valeriu Griţco, President,
Ivana Jelić,
Darian Pavli, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 25 October 2016,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The Albanian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their then Agent, Ms A. Hicka, of the State Advocate’s Office.
The applicants complained under Article 2 of the Convention that their family members’ right to life was breached as a consequence of the actions of the National Guard during the protest which took place on 21 January 2011. They also complained that use of lethal force was not absolutely necessary and that the authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into the death of their family members.
The application was communicated to the Government on 20 November 2017.
On 30 July 2018 and on 14 December 2018 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by all the parties.
The Declaration reads as follows:
“The applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Albania in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay them:
Rinaldo Myrtaj, EUR 39,000 (thirty-nine thousand euros)
Mamude Myrtaj EUR 39,000 (thirty-nine thousand euros)
Ilmi Deda EUR 15,600 (fifteen thousand six hundred euros)
Alma Rredhi EUR 10,000 (ten thousand euros).
to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be into the local currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. 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 the 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 Government further accepts that the investigation carried out into the circumstances surrounding the death of the applicants’ relatives was not compatible with Article 2 of the Convention and that these matters were not addressed in the above mentioned criminal proceedings that were held.
The Government furthermore undertakes to reopen the domestic criminal proceedings in this case in view of the including the victims’ next of kin in these proceedings.”
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. 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 in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 28 March 2019.
Hasan BakırcıValeriu Griţco
Deputy RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No.
Firstname LASTNAME
Birth year
Nationality
Place of residence
Representative
Rinaldo MYRTAJ
1986
Albanian
Fier
D. Matlija
Ilmi DEDA
1976
Albanian
Tirana
D. Matlija
Zabit DEDA*[1]
1970
Albanian
TIRANA
D. Matlija
Mamude MYRTAJ
1963
Albanian
Fier
D. Matlija
Alma RREDHI
1975
Albanian
Fier
D. Matlija
Ana VEIZI*
1999
Albanian
Fier
D. Matlija
Klajdi VEIZI*
1996
Albanian
Fier
D. Matlija
[1]. Complaints in respect of the applicants indicated by an asterisk were rejected as inadmissible for being essentially the same with those in the application no. 16191/13.
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