European Court of Human Rights

FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 11375/07
by Slavko SPASOJEVIĆ
against Bosnia and Herzegovina

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on
31 May 2011 as a Committee composed of:

Lech Garlicki, President,
Zdravka Kalaydjieva,
Vincent A. De Gaetano, judges,
and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 January 2007,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Slavko Spasojević, is a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was born in 1971 and lives in Milino Selo. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms M. Mijić.

The applicant complained under Articles 6, 13 and 14 of, and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to, the Convention of the non-enforcement of the final judgments adopted in his favour against the Republika Srpska by the Lopare First Instance Court on 9 May 2001 and 11 February 2002.

On 14 March and 26 April 2011 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Bosnia and Herzegovina in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 1,000 euros to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into convertible marks at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be free of any taxes that may be applicable. The sum would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from 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 parties, furthermore, agreed that the Government would secure full enforcement of the domestic judgments under consideration in the present case in cash within nine months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the Convention.

These payments will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court 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 its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Fatoş Aracı Lech Garlicki
Deputy Registrar President