Published on 25 May 2021
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 8701/21
Emil PINKAS and Others
against Bosnia and Herzegovina
lodged on 17 December 2020
communicated on 6 May 2021
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
In 2013 the Constitutional Court declared the State-Level Judicial and Prosecutorial Institutions Salaries Act 2005 unconstitutional in so far as it did not provide for certain work-related benefits. The applicants were at the relevant time, and some of them still are, judicial clerks at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following their civil action, the applicants got the impugned benefits for the period after the Constitutional Court’s decision of 2013. On 20 May 2020 the Constitutional Court upheld the decision of the civil courts in their case, finding that its decision of 2013 mentioned above had not had retroactive effect. The applicants complain under various articles about the outcome of their case, because the same civil courts have granted the impugned benefits to the judges of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina also for the period before the Constitutional Court’s decision of 2013.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Were the decisions rendered in this case arbitrary and for that reason contrary to Article 6 § 1 (see, for example, Bochan v. Ukraine (no. 2) [GC], no. 22251/08, §§ 60-65, ECHR 2015)?
2. If so, has there also been a violation of Article 14 of the Convention, Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 or Article 1 of Protocol No. 12?
The Government are requested to inform the Court whether the State lodged a constitutional appeal against the decision to which the applicants refer, granting the impugned benefits to the judges of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina also for the period before the Constitutional Court’s decision of 2013.
APPENDIX
No.
Applicant’s Name
Year of birth
Nationality
Place of residence
1.
Emil PINKAS
1984
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
2.
Dženita AGIĆ
1976
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
3.
Sanela AVDIBEGOVIĆ
1969
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
4.
Lamija AVDIĆ
1983
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
5.
Bojan AVRAMOVIĆ
1976
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
6.
Selma BEGIĆ
1976
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
7.
Gordana BOŽIĆ
1953
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Banja Luka
8.
Feđa BULJEVIĆ
1980
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar
9.
Belma ČANO SEJFOVIĆ
1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
10.
Davor CILENŠEK
1983
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kiseljak
11.
Elma ČORBADŽIĆ
1981
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
12.
Muhamed ČUČAK
1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
13.
Tanja CUROVIĆ
1979
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Istočno Sarajevo
14.
Ana CVJETANOVIĆ
1984
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pale
15.
Dženana DELJKIĆ BLAGOJEVIĆ
1977
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
16.
Igor DUBAK
1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
17.
Lejla DŽAFERBEGOVIĆ
1979
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
18.
Medina DŽERAHOVIĆ
1981
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
19.
Amir DŽONLIĆ
1959
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
20.
Zlata EKERT
1954
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
21.
Šaćir HADŽIĆ
1960
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bugojno
22.
Manuela HODŽIĆ
1977
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
23.
Erna HODŽIĆ ČUČAK
1985
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
24.
Amra HODŽIĆ ZEĆO
1977
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vogošća
25.
Sabina HOTA ĆATOVIĆ
1981
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ilidža
26.
Krunoslav JELIĆ
1954
Bosnia and Herzegovina + Croatia
Sarajevo
27.
Vahida JEVTIĆ
1962
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
28.
Maja KAPETANOVIĆ
1981
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
29.
Mirela KAROVIĆ
1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
30.
Snježana KOMADAN
1972
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pale
31.
Zijada KONJHODŽIĆ
1970
Bosnia and Herzegovina + Norway
Sarajevo
32.
Lejla KURTANOVIĆ
1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
33.
Srđan MARKOVIĆ
1985
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
34.
Bojan MESIĆ
1983
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
35.
Amila MILANOV
1977
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
36.
Melika MURTEZIĆ
1980
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
37.
Danijela NOVAK
1974
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
38.
Ivana PETKOVIĆ
1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Istočno Sarajevo
39.
Amir PJANO
1973
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
40.
Denis PODŽIĆ
1981
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
41.
Milica PRANJIĆ
1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Konjic
42.
Dženan PUŠINA
1972
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
43.
Stanislava RADIVOJEVIĆ
1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina + Croatia
Sarajevo
44.
Sanida RAMIĆ-VAHIDA
1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
45.
Nermina ŠAKOVIĆ
1967
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
46.
Anida SARAČEVIĆ
1985
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
47.
Amela SMAILAGIĆ ČAMDŽIĆ
1981
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
48.
Berina SMAJIĆ
1971
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
49.
Neira TATLIĆ
1981
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
50.
Mirela ZUKA
1977
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
51.
Dražen ZUPANC
1975
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
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