SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 27011/08
Metin SEVİNDİK
against Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 17 February 2015 as a Committee composed of:
András Sajó, President,
Helen Keller,
Robert Spano, judges,
and Abel Campos, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 30 May 2008,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Metin Sevindik, is a Turkish national, who was born in 1963 and lives in Samsun. He was represented before the Court by Mr M. Toprak, a lawyer practising in Samsun. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.
The applicant complained under Articles 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Convention about the ill-treatment inflicted on him during his police custody and the ineffectiveness of the subsequent criminal proceedings brought against the perpetrators.
On 15 September 2014 and 12 November 2014 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Turkey in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 21,000 euros (EUR) (twenty one thousand euros) to cover all pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into the national currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. It 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 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 19 March 2015.
Abel CamposAndrás Sajó
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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