European Court of Human Rights

FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 29880/07
Roza JOVANOVA and Others
against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 13 March 2012 as a Committee composed of:

Anatoly Kovler, President,
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska,
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, judges,
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 28 June 2007,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

PROCEDURE

The applicants, Ms Roza Jovanova, Ms Menka Panovska, Mr Venko Dejkoski, Mr Nikola Geštakovski, Ms RuZica Alagogeva, Ms Jagoda Damjanovska, Ms Zora Jovanova, Ms Temjana Delovska, Mr Jorde Kragujevski and Mr Cvetan Krstevski, are Macedonian nationals who were born between 1948 and 1958 respectively and live in Skopje, Probištip, Struga, Resen, Štip and Kičevo. They were represented before the Court by Mr D Todorovski, a lawyer practising in Skopje. The Macedonian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr K. Bogdanov.

The applicants complained under Article 6 of the Convention in relation to employment-related proceedings.

On 2 November 2011 and 29 November 2011 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay 1,100 euros each to cover any non-pecuniary damage, as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into the national currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be free of any taxes that may be applicable. It will 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 payment 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.

André Wampach Anatoly Kovler
Deputy Registrar President