Information Note on the Court’s case-law 17
April 2000
Rotondi v. Italy - 38113/97
Judgment 27.4.2000 [Section II]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings following the finding of a violation due to the length: violation
The case concerns the length of proceedings. In an earlier application to the European Commission of Human Rights (no. 24783/94), the Commission had already found a violation of Article 6 because the applicant had not had his case examined within a reasonable time. The present application therefore concerns primarily the period after 13 June 1995. The proceedings therefore lasted more than one year and eight months, for one level of jurisdiction. While this period does not appear excessive in itself, it follows a rather long overall period which had already been found to constitute a violation.
Conclusion: violation (6 votes to 1).
Article 41 - The Court awarded the applicant 5 million lire (ITL) in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
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