THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 9789/20
Fotios TZIOTZIS against Greece
and 55 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 6 April 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Darian Pavli, President,
Ioannis Ktistakis,
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants’ replies to these declarations,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Greek Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under Article 13 of the Convention.
The Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.
The Government acknowledged the inadequate conditions of detention. They further acknowledged that in some of the applications, there has been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, 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 cases.
The applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.
It 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 the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify the continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
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.
Done in English and notified in writing on 11 May 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Darian Pavli
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under well-established case-law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
9789/20
12/02/2020
Fotios TZIOTZIS
1988
Kakarnias Georgios
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/09/2022
10/10/2022
11,000
24996/20
29/05/2020
Ikhlas AHMAD
1973
Tsiatsios Theodoros
Thessaloniki
19/05/2022
17/06/2022
4,700
1287/21
31/12/2020
Waseem HAYAT
1998
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/09/2022
21/10/2022
4,000
1294/21
31/12/2020
Tasho TASHULOV
1976
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/09/2022
21/10/2022
9,800
1299/21
31/12/2020
Tabassum MUHAMMAD
1992
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/09/2022
21/10/2022
6,300
6936/21
19/01/2021
Ali/Raza RAZA/ALI
2001
Tsiatsios Theodoros
Thessaloniki
26/04/2022
17/06/2022
4,000
6961/21
19/01/2021
Abadat/Abdat ALI/ABDAT ALI
1990
Tsiatsios Theodoros
Thessaloniki
26/04/2022
17/06/2022
4,500
14338/21
08/03/2021
Najdat ALKHALAF
1976
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
16/02/2022
04/04/2022
5,300
15823/21
17/03/2021
Artur ABGARYAN
1987
Tsiatsios Theodoros
Thessaloniki
26/04/2022
17/06/2022
4,500
31062/21
28/04/2021
Rizwan MUKHTAR
1986
Papoutsis Ermolaos
Patra
24/03/2022
15/04/2022
5,300
31064/21
28/04/2021
Khalid NADEEM
1970
Papoutsis Ermolaos
Patra
24/03/2022
15/04/2022
7,500
31065/21
28/04/2021
Fotios NTAOULAS
1979
Papoutsis Ermolaos
Patra
24/03/2022
15/04/2022
4,100
31067/21
28/04/2021
Nikolaos ORFANIDIS
1985
Papoutsis Ermolaos
Patra
24/03/2022
01/05/2022
4,700
31068/21
28/04/2021
Panagiotis PEPPAS
1966
Papoutsis Ermolaos
Patra
24/03/2022
01/05/2022
4,800
31089/21
28/04/2021
Dhimitar TANEV
1989
Papoutsis Ermolaos
Patra
24/03/2022
04/05/2022
6,000
31092/21
28/04/2021
Dimitrios VASILIOU
1994
Papoutsis Ermolaos
Patra
24/03/2022
01/05/2022
4,700
31093/21
28/04/2021
Dimitrios VOUTOS
1964
Papoutsis Ermolaos
Patra
24/03/2022
01/05/2022
5,100
31094/21
28/04/2021
Christos Apostolos ZARKADAKIS
1981
Papoutsis Ermolaos
Patra
24/03/2022
01/05/2022
4,700
32536/21
13/06/2021
Fiodor GAIDARJI
1985
Koutra Electra-Leda
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
24/03/2022
25/04/2022
13,700
33411/21
16/06/2021
Festim DRIZAJ
1983
Moysidou Xanthippi
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
09/03/2022
23/03/2022
6,000
34271/21
30/06/2021
Andrei IGNATIUC
1987
Koutra Electra-Leda
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
19/05/2022
26/05/2022
13,300
42194/21
05/08/2021
Kozhin GHAIDAN
1996
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
22/07/2022
11/10/2022
6,400
42201/21
05/08/2021
Ahmed MAHMOUD
1994
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention
22/07/2022
11/10/2022
5,800
42851/21
05/08/2021
Ali AL DAWYMA
1992
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
22/07/2022
11/10/2022
4,400
42887/21
11/08/2021
Nikolaos PALAIOKOSTAS
1960
Papadaki Marianna
Athens
01/07/2022
08/08/2022
20,000
44686/21
30/08/2021
Iraklis KYVELIDIS
1970
Chatziioannou Konstantinos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
03/06/2022
11/07/2022
5,200
50360/21
08/10/2021
Todor HALACHEV
1988
Koutra Electra-Leda
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention
13/09/2022
03/11/2022
14,500
57320/21
19/11/2021
Qaisar RAZA
1976
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention
29/09/2022
11/11/2022
4,700
57323/21
19/11/2021
Iar AHMAD
1962
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
29/09/2022
11/11/2022
6,250
57326/21
19/11/2021
Raja REHMAN BHATTI
1999
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
29/09/2022
11/11/2022
4,700
57327/21
19/11/2021
Nazam or Ahmed SAJJAD OR SLEEM
1984
Kazanas Alexandros-Timotheos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
28/09/2022
10/11/2022
7,050
59652/21
06/12/2021
Spyridon ANDRIOTIS
1987
Tsitselikis Konstantinos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
07/07/2022
27/07/2022
8,600
709/22
27/12/2021
Mykhailo SALASHENKO
1973
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
8,600
714/22
27/12/2021
Sergii LIUBCHYNSKYI
1986
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
15,600
722/22
27/12/2021
Nikolai BOIKO
1990
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
10,900
730/22
27/12/2021
Dmytro SOROKA
1994
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
8,600
740/22
27/12/2021
Yuri PODOLINSKIY
1992
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
10,900
751/22
27/12/2021
Oleg RYZHYKOV
1989
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
10,900
802/22
27/12/2021
Oleksander KOVALENKO
1977
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
5,900
837/22
27/12/2021
Dimitrios IVANIDIS
1986
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
9,100
867/22
27/12/2021
Mykola KUTSYI
1965
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
8,700
889/22
27/12/2021
Ihor LUNIN
1973
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
10,500
897/22
27/12/2021
Ioannis THOMAIDIS
1979
Ladis Charilaos
Athens
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention
28/09/2022
30/10/2022
3,900
3736/22
19/12/2019
Mohamad ABO KHASHRIF
1998
Christaki Ioanna
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
27/09/2022
27/10/2022
9,000
3737/22
19/12/2019
Georgios TOSOUNIDIS
1973
Christaki Ioanna
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
27/09/2022
27/10/2022
4,500
3738/22
19/12/2019
Ioannis NIKOLAOU
1952
Christaki Ioanna
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention
27/09/2022
27/10/2022
9,800
3740/22
19/12/2019
Yasser SATRI
1994
Christaki Ioanna
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
27/09/2022
27/10/2022
8,600
3741/22
19/12/2019
Moschos CHARALAMBOUS
1978
Christaki Ioanna
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
27/09/2022
27/10/2022
6,500
3746/22
19/12/2019
Mohamad AL KHATIB
1987
Christaki Ioanna
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
27/09/2022
27/10/2022
6,500
3747/22
19/12/2019
Mitko VASILEV
1991
Christaki Ioanna
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
27/09/2022
27/10/2022
8,400
3750/22
19/12/2019
Ion CHIHAI
1986
Christaki Ioanna
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
12/10/2022
20/11/2022
5,900
3752/22
19/12/2019
Hamaideh MOHANNAD
1994
Christaki Ioanna
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
12/10/2022
20/11/2022
4,300
5387/22
21/10/2020
Georgios KOUFIS
1956
Tsitselikis Konstantinos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
26/10/2022
03/11/2022
20,000
5393/22
21/10/2020
Ilias NIKOLOPOULOS
1979
Tsitselikis Konstantinos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
27/10/2022
03/11/2022
11,700
5394/22
21/10/2020
Konstantinos PAPANIKOLAOU
1972
Tsitselikis Konstantinos
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
27/10/2022
03/11/2022
10,200
8166/22
28/01/2022
Jeagr ISMAIL
1991
Gkindis Ilias
Thessaloniki
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
27/09/2022
24/10/2022
6,700
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.