issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 232 (2020)
06.08.2020
Judgments and decisions of 6 August 2020
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing one judgment1 and one decision2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
The judgment summarized below is available only in English.
Just satisfaction
Wcisło and Cabaj v. Poland (applications nos. 49725/11 and 79950/13)
The applicant in the first case is Krzysztof Wcisło, while the applicants in the second case are Elżbieta
Cabaj, and Jerzy Cabaj. They are all Polish nationals and were born in 1963, 1954, and 1957
respectively. They live in Świątniki Górne (Krzysztof Wcisło) and Garwolin (the Cabajs).
The cases concerned lengthy administrative proceedings.
In its principal judgment of 8 November 2018, the Court found that there had been a violation of
Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial within a reasonable time) of the European Convention on Human
Rights, Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European Convention and Article 13
(right to an effective remedy) of the Convention.
Under Article 41 (just satisfaction) of the Convention, the Court awarded 13,000 euros (EUR) to
Mr Wcisło and EUR 10,400 to Mr and Ms Cabaj in respect of non-pecuniary damage, and EUR 2,000
to Mr Wcisło and EUR 2,958 to Mr and Ms Cabaj in respect of costs and expenses.
Today’s judgment concerned the question of the application of Article 41 in so far as pecuniary
damage resulting from the violation found in respect of Mr and Ms Cabaj was concerned.
Just satisfaction: EUR 20,000 jointly to Mr and Ms Cabaj in respect of pecuniary damage
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1
Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber
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: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution
2
Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.
