FIRST SECTION
CASE OF EYDELMAN
and other “Emigrant Pensioners”
v. RUSSIA
(Applications nos. 7319/05, 9992/07, 10359/07, 13476/07, 3565/08, 10628/08, 33904/08, 33918/08, 40058/08, 42112/08, 42115/08, and 60792/08)
JUDGMENT
STRASBOURG
4 November 2010
This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Eydelman and other “Emigrant pensioners” v. Russia,
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
Christos Rozakis, President,
Nina
Vajić,
Anatoly Kovler,
Elisabeth
Steiner,
Dean Spielmann,
Giorgio
Malinverni,
George Nicolaou, judges,
and Søren
Nielsen, Section
Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 14 October 2010,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
THE FACTS
I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE
II. RELEVANT DOMESTIC LAW
THE LAW
I. JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS
II. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 6 AND ARTICLE 1 OF PROTOCOL No. 1 ON ACCOUNT OF THE QUASHING OF THE JUDGMENTS IN THE APPLICANTS’ FAVOUR
Article 6 § 1
“In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ..., everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by [a] ... tribunal...”
Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
“Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions. No one shall be deprived of his possessions except in the public interest and subject to the conditions provided for by law and by the general principles of international law...”
A. Admissibility
B. Merits
III. OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE CONVENTION
IV. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION
“If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.”
A. Damage
1. The parties’ submissions
2. The Court’s assessment
Applicant’s name |
Amount of pension per month |
The dates from which the payments were not made despite the final judgments |
The dates of the quashing of the final judgments |
The period to be taken into account |
The award to be made in respect of pecuniary
damage |
Margulis |
3,000 |
01/01/2006 |
30/06/2006 |
Six months |
18,000 (503) |
Shinkova |
5,701.08 |
01/12/2005 |
23/08/2007 |
One year and nine months |
119,722 (2,672) |
Rozhnikovskaya |
3,423.63 |
01/01/2008 |
06/02/2008 |
One month |
3,423.63 (76) |
Mnushkina |
7,597.49 |
01/01/2008 |
06/02/2008 |
One month |
7,597.49 (170) |
Soltanova |
4,661.50 |
29/12/2002 |
06/02/2008 |
Five years and one month |
284,351.50 (6,347) |
Litvinova |
4,549.01 |
10/11/2001 |
05/03/2008 |
Six years and four months |
345,724.76 (7,717) |
Rogatskaya |
5,025 |
14/12/2003 |
05/03/2008 |
Four years and three months |
256,275 (5,720) |
B. Costs and expenses
C. Default interest
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY
(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months from the date on which the judgment becomes final in accordance with Article 44 § 2 of the Convention, the following sums:
(i) in respect of pecuniary damage:
EUR 503 (five hundred and three euros) to Margulis Rozaliya Borisovna;
EUR 2,933 (two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three euros) to Lyalina Ira Davidovna;
EUR 2,672 (two thousand six hundred and seventy-two euros) to Shinkova Alla Iosifovna;
EUR 76 (seventy-six euros) to Rozhnikovskaya Yelizaveta Aleksandrovna;
EUR 170 (one hundred and seventy euros) to Mnushkina Sofiya Vulfovna;
EUR 6,347 (six thousand three hundred and forty-seven euros) to Soltanova Evilena Aleksandrovna;
EUR 7,717 (seven thousand seven hundred and seventeen euros) to Litvinova Yelena Maksimovna;
EUR 5,720 (five thousand seven hundred and twenty euros) to Rogatskaya Elli Semenovna;
(ii) EUR 3,000 (three thousand euros) to each applicant in respect of non-pecuniary damage plus any tax that may be chargeable on these amounts;
(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points;
Done in English, and notified in writing on 4 November 2010, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
Søren Nielsen Christos Rozakis Registrar President
APPENDIX
App. No. date of introduction |
Applicant year of birth |
judgment(s) court(s)/date(s) |
supervisory review judgment court/date(s) |
7319/05 23/02/2005 |
Eydelman Vladimir Lazarevich 1925 |
Zheleznodorozhniy District Court of Novosibirsk, 05/07/2004 |
Presidium of the Novosibirsk Regional Court, 30/06/2006 |
9992/07 27/12/2006 |
Margulis Rozaliya Borisovna 1928 |
Zayeltsobskiy District Court of the Novosibirsk Region, 04/10/2004; enforceable on 23/12/2004 |
Presidium of the Novosibirsk Regional Court, 30/06/2006 |
10359/07 19/01/2007 |
Itskovich Mariya Iosifovna 1929 |
Zheleznodorozhniy District Court of Novosibirsk, 10/06/2005; enforceable 21/07/2005 |
Presidium of the Novosibirsk Regional Court, 28/07/2006 |
13476/07 31/01/2007 |
Orlova Mayya Vasilyevna 1928 |
Zheleznodorozhnyj District Court of Novosibirsk, 03/05/2005; enforceable on 16/06/2005 |
Presidium of the Novosibirsk Regional Court, 08/09/2006 |
3565/08 03/12/2007 |
Lyalina Ira Davidovna 1933 |
Oktyabrskiy District Court of St Petersburg, 17/01/2006; enforceable on 27/01/2006 |
Presidium of the St Petersburg City Court, 03/06/2007 |
10628/08 22/01/2008 |
Shinkova Alla Iosifovna 1939 |
Oktyabrskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don, 04/09/2006; enforceable on 15/09/2006 |
Presidium of the Rostov Regional Court, 23/08/2007 |
33904/08 11/06/2008 |
Rozhnikovskaya Yelizaveta Aleksandrovna 1930 |
Mytishchi Town Court of the Moscow Region, 20/02/2007; enforceable on 05/03/2007 |
Application forwarded to the Presidium on 28/12/2007; Presidium of the Moscow Regional Court, 06/02/2008 |
33918/08 11/06/2008 |
Mnushkina Sofiya Vulfovna 1939 |
Mytishchi Town Court of the Moscow Region, 09/01/2007; enforceable on 19/01/2007 |
Application of 05/03/2007; Presidium of the Moscow Regional Court, 06/02/2008 |
40058/08 16/06/2008 |
Soltanova Evilena Aleksandrovna 1933 |
Mytishchi Town Court of the Moscow Region, 09/01/2007; enforceable on 19/01/2007 |
Application forwarded to the Presidium on 28/12/2007; Presidium of the Moscow Regional Court, 06/02/2008 |
42112/08 24/08/2008 |
Litvinova Yelena Maksimovna 1923 |
Mytishchi Town Court of the Moscow Region 06/11/2007, enforceable on 16/11/2007 |
Application of 26/12/2007; Presidium of the Moscow Regional Court, 05/03/2008 |
42115/08 23/04/2008 |
Vcherashnyaya Etta Davydovna 1929 |
Vyborgskiy District Court of St Petersburg, 22/03/2006, enforceable on 19/05/2006 |
Presidium of the St Petersburg City Court, 24/12/2007 |
60792/08 14/08/2008 |
Rogatskaya Elli Semenovna 1932 |
Mytishchinskiy District Court of Moscow (no appeal was lodged) 22/05/2007; enforceable on 01/06/2007 |
Application of 24/09/2007; Presidium of the Moscow City Court 05/03/2008 |