THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 23583/16
Yelena Iosifovna SHAPIRO
against Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 16 March 2017 as a Committee composed of:
Luis López Guerra, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Branko Lubarda, judges,
and Karen Reid, Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 9 April 2014,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The case originated in an application (no. 23853/16) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by a Russian national, Ms Yelena Shapiro (“the applicant”), on 9 April 2014.
The applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings was communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”).
THE LAW
Complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
In the present applications, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the respondent Government cannot be held liable for delays which occurred in the process of the examination of the applicant’s criminal case.
In particular, the Court notes that having regard to the overall length of the proceedings, the relevant complexity of the case, the applicant’s conduct and that of the authorities, including the diligence they displayed while dealing with the case, and the levels of jurisdiction involved, the length of the proceedings was not excessive and met the “reasonable time” requirement (see, among other authorities, Girolami v. Italy, 19 February 1991, § 13, Series A no. 196‑E; Borisenko v. Ukraine, no. 25725/02, § 57, 12 January 2012).
In view of the above, the Court finds that the complaint is manifestly ill‑founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Declares the application inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 6 April 2017.
Karen ReidLuis López Guerra
RegistrarPresident
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