Communicated on 17 January 2018
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 74444/11
Andrei NĂSTASE
against the Republic of Moldova
lodged on 10 November 2011
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the applicant’s final conviction in criminal proceedings in his absence while he was in the Russian Federation awaiting extradition to Moldova at the request of the Moldovan authorities. No retrial took place upon the applicant’s return to the Republic of Moldova.
The applicant complains under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention that he did not have a fair hearing within the meaning of that article because the proceedings took place in his absence.
QUESTION tO THE PARTIES
Did the applicant have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charge(s) against him, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, was the applicant’s trial in absentia contrary to that provision (see Sejdovic v. Italy [GC], no. 56581/00, § 82, ECHR 2006‑II)?
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