FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 31192/06
Vladimir Alekseyevich RODIONOV against Russia
and 5 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 17 September 2013 as a Committee composed of:
Khanlar Hajiyev, President,
Julia Laffranque,
Erik Møse, judges,
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the dates listed in the appendix,
Having regard to the declarations submitted by the Government and the applicants’ acceptance of their terms,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
1. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
2. The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
3. The applicants complained, in particular, about the conditions of their detention in Russian penitentiary facilities.
4. By their letters dated 19 and 26 March and 10 April 2013, the Government informed the Court that they proposed to make a declaration with a view to resolving the issue raised by the applications. They acknowledged that the applicants had been “detained in the conditions which did not comply with the requirements of Article 3 of the Convention” and stated their readiness to pay the following amounts to the applicants as just satisfaction: 8,260 euros (EUR) to Mr Rodionov, EUR 10,375 to Mr Glukharev, EUR 6,250 to Mr Zhirko, EUR 4,675 to Mr Kondyrin, EUR 4,050 to Mr Belyayev, and EUR 4,100 to Mr Golubov. The payment was to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage, together with any costs and expenses incurred, as well as any tax that may be chargeable. It would be effected within a period of three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay within that period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from 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 would constitute the final resolution of the cases.
5. In their letters of 30 April, 26 and 27 May, 4 June and 1 July 2013, the applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the Government’s declarations.
THE LAW
6. Having regard to the similarity of the main issues under the Convention in the above cases, the Court decides to join the applications and examine them in a single decision.
7. The Court considers that the applicants’ agreement to the terms of the declarations made by the Government shall be considered as a friendly settlement between the parties (see Cēsnieks v. Latvia (dec.), no. 9278/06, § 34, 6 March 2012, and Bakal and Others v. Turkey (dec.), no. 8243/08, 5 June 2012).
8. The Court therefore 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 applications.
9. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to join the applications,
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
André WampachKhanlar Hajiyev
Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
31192/06
12/06/2006
Vladimir Alekseyevich RODIONOV
17/09/1953
Volgograd
Anton Aleksandrovich KOPYLOV
28648/09
23/04/2009
Mikhail Yuryevich GLUKHAREV
28/12/1972
Metallistov
31824/09
18/05/2009
Dmitriy Vasilyevich ZHIRKO
25/10/1980
Artem
63850/09
07/11/2009
Boris Gennadyevich KONDYRIN
03/03/1979
Astrakhan
59390/10
15/09/2010
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich BELYAYEV
02/06/1979
Mikhaylovskoye
78719/11
01/12/2011
Andrey Viktorovich GOLUBOV
19/05/1972
Bataysk
Vadim DEMICHEV
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