THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Applications nos. 70716/16 and 4125/17
Ivana STOJANOVIĆ against Serbia
and Dragan MILENOVIĆ against Serbia
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 12 September 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Dmitry Dedov, President,
Alena Poláčková,
Gilberto Felici, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the parties,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Ms T. Stojiljković, a lawyer practising in Leskovac.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”).
THE LAWJoinder of the applications
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.Complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies)
In the present applications, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that the respondent Government cannot be held liable for the non-enforcement of the domestic decisions since the applicants failed to properly raise their complaints before the Constitutional Court.
In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints are inadmissible for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Declares the applications inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 3 October 2019.
Liv TigerstedtDmitry Dedov
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
(non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date of birth
Relevant domestic decision
Start date of non-enforcement period
End date of non-enforcement period
Length of enforcement proceedings
70716/16
14/11/2016
Ivana Stojanović
23/09/1971
Municipal Court in Leskovac, 20/01/1999
Municipal Court in Leskovac, 07/12/2001
24/11/2004
02/12/2005
pending
More than 14 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 17 day(s)
pending
More than 13 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 9 day(s)
4125/17
29/12/2016
Dragan Milenović
29/09/1965
Municipal Court in Leskovac, 01/11/2005
26/01/2006
pending
More than 13 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 15 day(s)
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