European Court of Human Rights

Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2015)154
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Pilot judgments Finger, Dimitrov and Hamanov and fifty-four cases of length of proceedings against Bulgaria^[1]

 

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 September 2015
at the 1236th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

 

 

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

 

Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations established, and in particular to the indication made by the Court in the pilot judgments Finger and Dimitrov and Hamanov to put in place effective domestic remedies in the area of excessive length of proceedings which comply with the requirements established in its case-law;

 

Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgments, including the information provided regarding the individual measures and the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2015)664);

 

Welcoming the response of the Bulgarian authorities to the pilot judgments Finger and Dimitrov and Hamanov with the introduction of a combination of domestic compensatory remedies which has been considered effective by the Court;

 

Noting, as concerns the 54 other cases, that the general measures adopted have allowed the elimination of the main recurrent causes for delays highlighted in these judgments (namely the high number of hearings and the slowness of the cassation procedure in civil matters, as well as the lengthy intervals between hearings in criminal matters);

 

Noting in addition the commitment of the Bulgarian authorities to pursue their efforts in the area of length of proceedings (in particular in order to reduce the length of judicial proceedings before the overburdened courts, avoid delays at the stage of the pre-trial investigation and to put in place an effective acceleratory remedy in criminal matters) in the context of the cases of the Kitov and Djangozov groups which remain under the supervision of the Committee,

 

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases and

 

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.

 

 

Appendix – List of cases

 

Application	Case	Judgment of	Final on
48059/06+	DIMITROV AND HAMANOV	10/05/2011	10/08/2011
37346/05	FINGER	10/05/2011	10/08/2011
DJANGOZOV GROUP
28899/04	ANTOANETA IVANOVA	24/02/2011	24/02/2011
56793/00	BABICHKIN	10/08/2006	10/11/2006
53988/07	BASHIKAROVA AND OTHERS	05/02/2013	05/02/2013
28583/03	BRATOVANOV	23/04/2009	23/07/2009
2930/04	DEYANOV	30/09/2010	30/12/2010
47829/99	DIMITROV	23/09/2004	23/12/2004
30481/05	DIMOVA AND MINKOVA	19/07/2011	19/07/2011
22381/05	GEORGIEV	27/05/2010	27/08/2010
15154/02	GIVEZOV	22/05/2008	22/08/2008
62722/00	GOSPODINOV	10/05/2007	10/08/2007
58497/00	HADJIBAKALOV	08/06/2006	08/09/2006
24720/04	HADZHINIKOLOV	26/07/2011	26/07/2011
25805/05	HOLEVICH	19/07/2011	19/07/2011
7254/02	ILIEVI	28/05/2009	28/08/2009
41140/05	IVANOV	05/07/2012	05/07/2012
10905/04	IVANOVA MARIA	18/03/2010	18/06/2010
14226/04	IVANOVI	07/01/2010	07/04/2010
55350/00	KAMBOUROV	14/02/2008	14/05/2008
60939/00	KARCHEVA AND SHTARBOVA	28/09/2006	28/12/2006
44626/98	KIURKCHIAN	24/03/2005	24/06/2005
76763/01	KOSTOVA	03/05/2007	03/08/2007
12499/05	KOTSEVA-DENCHEVA	10/06/2010	10/09/2010
9161/02	KOUNCHEVA	03/07/2008	03/10/2008
57641/00	KOVACHEVA AND HADJIILIEVA	29/03/2007	29/06/2007
77147/01	KUIYUMDJIYAN	24/05/2007	24/08/2007
20568/02	MARINOVA AND RADEVA	02/07/2009	02/10/2009
50954/99	MASLENKOVI	08/11/2007	02/06/2008
69316/01	MERDZHANOV	22/05/2008	22/08/2008
15099/04	NACHEV	05/11/2009	05/02/2010
35745/05	NENKOVA‑LALOVA	11/12/2012	29/04/2013
44184/05+	NIKOLOV AND OTHERS	21/02/2012	21/05/2012
4434/05	NIKOVA	21/12/2010	21/12/2010
72855/01	PARASHKEVANOVA	03/05/2007	03/08/2007
3662/06	PAVLOV	06/03/2012	06/03/2012
39855/03	PAVLOVA	14/01/2010	14/04/2010
19532/05	PETROVA	24/04/2012	24/04/2012
32455/05	ROSITSA GEORGIEVA	05/07/2011	05/07/2011
38646/04	GOSPODINOVA	10/02/2011	10/02/2011
59523/00	SIMIZOV	18/10/2007	18/01/2008
39832/98	TODOROV NIKOLAI PETKOV	18/01/2005	18/04/2005
55956/00	VATEVI	28/09/2006	28/12/2006
28936/03	VELIKIN AND OTHERS	02/09/2010	02/12/2010
KITOV GROUP
42983/04	ALEKSANDROVI	22/01/2013	22/01/2013
61662/00	ANGELOV VASIL	12/04/2007	12/07/2007
61596/00	ATANASOV AND OVCHAROV	17/01/2008	17/04/2008
70843/01	BALABANOV	03/07/2008	03/10/2008
11486/04	DINUCCI	24/02/2011	24/02/2011
68356/01	DOINOV	27/09/2007	27/12/2007
16850/04	KANCHEV	24/02/2011	24/02/2011
76965/01	KARMO	06/12/2007	06/03/2008
1509/05	KOSTOV AND YANKOV	22/04/2010	22/07/2010
71605/01	MIRCHEV AND OTHERS	27/11/2008	27/02/2009
37355/97	S.H.K.	23/10/2003	23/01/2004
16880/02	SHEREMETOV	22/05/2008	22/08/2008