issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 175 (2011)
06.10.2011
Judgments concerning France, Luxembourg and Ukraine
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing the following six
judgments, four of which (in italics) are Committee judgments and are final. The others
are Chamber judgments and are not final1.
The judgments available only in French are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Repetitive cases
The following cases raised issues which had already been submitted to the Court.
Staszkow v. France (no. 52124/08)*
The applicant, who lives in Kourou (French Guiana), was the subject of an order, made
by the Cayenne District Court on 19 June 1998, for the termination of his lease and for
his eviction from his home. He relied in particular on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of
the European Convention on Human Rights.
Violation of Article 6 § 1
Wagner v. Luxembourg (no. 43490/08)*
The applicant, a company manager who was the owner of a vehicle stopped by customs
officers and found to be more than 10% over its maximum permissible weight, but was
not driving the vehicle himself, was initially fined 750 euros and was informed several
months later that points had been deducted from his driving licence. Relying on Article 6
(right to a fair trial) of the Convention, the applicant alleged that the procedure for the
deduction of points had infringed his right to a fair hearing.
Violation of Article 6 § 1
Length-of-proceedings cases
In the following cases, the applicants complained in particular about the excessive length
of legal proceedings.
Criminal
Kyrylyuk v. Ukraine (no. 32241/07)
This case concerned the applicant’s complaint about the excessive length of criminal
proceedings brought against him for fraud.
Violation of Article 6 § 1
Non-criminal
1 Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month
period following a judgment’s delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber
of the Court. If such a request is made, a panel of five judges considers whether the case deserves further
examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and deliver a final judgment. If the referral
request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the Convention,
judgments delivered by a Committee are final.
Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for
supervision of its execution. Further information about the execution process can be found here:
