issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 087 (2012)
01.03.2012
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Judgments concerning Russia and Ireland
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing the following three
judgments, of which the judgment in the length-of-proceedings case of C. v. Ireland is a
Committee judgment and is final. The others are Chamber judgments and are not final.
Repetitive cases2 and length-of-proceedings cases, with the Court’s main finding
indicated, can be found at the end of the press release. The judgments are available only
in English.
Dmitriy Sazonov v. Russia (application no. 30268/03)
The applicant, Dmitriy Sazonov, is a Russian national who was born in 1974 and lives in
the Leningradskiy Region (Russia). Arrested in December 1998 on suspicion of robbery
and murder, Mr Sazonov complained about the appalling conditions of his detention in a
remand centre in St Petersburg from 1998 to 2003 and that, as a result, he had
contracted tuberculosis. He relied on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading
treatment).
Violation of Article 3 (conditions of detention)
Just satisfaction: The applicant did not submit a claim for just satisfaction.
Repetitive case
The following case raised issues which had already been submitted to the Court.
Kolegovy v. Russia (no. 15226/05)
The applicants, wheelchair-bound, complained about not being notified of appeal
hearings in civil proceedings they had brought concerning the social-security services’
refusal to provide them with a car adapted to their disability. They relied on Article 6 § 1
(right to a fair hearing). Further relying on Article 34 (right of individual petition), the
first applicant also complained that the domestic courts had refused to give access to the
case file to her representative in the proceedings before the European Court.
Violation of Article 6 § 1
No violation of Article 34
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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:
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In which the Court has reached the same findings as in similar cases raising the same issues under the
Convention.
