THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 32920/16
Vitaliy Valeryevich VALUYKIN against Russia
and 7 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 8 March 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Luis López Guerra, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Jolien Schukking, 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 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 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 Russian Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions 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. In some of the applications, they further acknowledged that the domestic authorities had violated the applicants’ rights guaranteed by other provisions 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 converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and 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 29 March 2018.
Liv TigerstedtLuis López Guerra
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth
Other complaints under well-established case-law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[i]
32920/16
31/05/2016
Vitaliy Valeryevich Valuykin
06/01/1986
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
17/10/2017
23/11/2017
12,000
52959/16
13/01/2017
Ivan Viktorovich Drozdov
12/02/1977
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
15/09/2017
14/11/2017
7,500
55754/16
18/11/2016
Nikolay Nikolayevich Filipchenko
09/12/1989
17/07/2017
08/11/2017
8,625
59891/16
06/04/2017
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Solopov
04/03/1982
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
17/10/2017
05/01/2018
5,750
73358/16
13/11/2016
Oleg Grigoryevich Balandin
05/02/1982
29/05/2017
04/09/2017
4,850
11259/17
14/03/2017
Aleksey Denisovich Moskalev
21/12/1996
18/09/2017
13/11/2017
5,875
19165/17
21/01/2017
Petr Ivanovich Kazakov
23/07/1985
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
18/09/2017
03/11/2017
1,365
38294/17
10/05/2017
Andrey Nikolayevich Kudryashov
27/06/1978
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - van, from IZ-47/1 to the Krasnogvardeyskiy District Court of St Petersburg, multiple occasions between 16/08/2016 and 27/12/2016, 1.5 hours’ trips; overcrowding, lack of natural/artificial light, lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature.,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage during the hearings in the Krasnogvardeyskiy District Court of St Petersburg between 16/08/2016 and 27/12/2016
26/10/2017
06/12/2017
5,000
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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