CEDH · CASELAW;REPORTS;ENG — 8 décembre 1993

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }                        EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS                                FIRST CHAMBER                          Application No. 17090/90                                     H.                                   against                                   Austria                           REPORT OF THE COMMISSION                        (adopted on 8 December 1993)                              TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                    Page   INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1   PART I:   STATEMENT OF THE FACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3   PART II: SOLUTION REACHED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4                                INTRODUCTION   1.     This Report relates to the application introduced under Article 25 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by Franz Hell against Austria on 16 January 1990.   It was registered on 19 August 1990 under file No. 17090/90.         The applicant was represented by Mr. Richard Soyer, a lawyer practising in Vienna.         The Government of Austria were represented by their Agent, Ambassador F. Cede, Head of the International Law Department at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   2.     The application relates to the lawfulness of the applicant's detention in prison from 5 to 9 January 1990 and from 5 to 15 May 1990. On 31 March 1993 the Commission (First Chamber) declared the application partly admissible and partly inadmissible.   3.     The Commission then proceeded to carry out its task under Article 28 para. 1 of the Convention which provides as follows:         "In the event of the Commission accepting a petition referred to       it:         a.    it shall, with a view to ascertaining the facts, undertake            together with the representatives of the parties an            examination of the petition and, if need be, an            investigation, for the effective conduct of which the            States concerned shall furnish all necessary facilities,            after an exchange of views with the Commission;         b.    it shall at the same time place itself at the disposal of            the parties concerned with a view to securing a friendly            settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for Human            Rights as defined in this Convention."   4.     The Commission (First Chamber) found that the parties had reached a friendly settlement of the case and on 8 December 1993 it adopted this Report which, in accordance with Article 28 para. 2 of the Convention, is confined to a brief statement of the facts and of the solution reached. ------------- (1)    This decision is public and may be obtained from the Commission's       Secretariat on request.         The following members were present when the Report was adopted:         MM.         A. WEITZEL, President                  C.L. ROZAKIS                  E. BUSUTTIL                  A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK            Mrs.   J. LIDDY            MM.    M.P. PELLONPÄÄ                  B. MARXER                  G.B. REFFI                  B. CONFORTI                  N. BRATZA                  I. BÉKÉS                                   PART I                           STATEMENT OF THE FACTS   5.     On 5 January 1989 the Innsbruck Regional Court (Landesgericht) ordered the applicant's detention on remand.   He had been arrested on 3 January 1989.   After an initial extension of the time permitted for detention, to 5 November 1989, the Innsbruck Court of Appeal (Oberlandesgericht) on 31 October 1989 extended the permitted period of detention to one year, that is, to 5 January 1990.   An application for release which the applicant had made was unsuccessful, and an appeal was also unsuccessful, the Innsbruck Court of Appeal giving its decision on 21 December 1989.   6.     According to the Government, on 29 December 1989 the Innsbruck Regional Court forwarded the case file to the Innsbruck Court of Appeal with a request for the detention on remand to be reasonably extended. The applicant submits that the copy of the prosecuting authority's request which he received was dated 8 January 1990.    The request was granted on 9 January 1990.   The period of permitted detention was extended to 16 months, that is, to 5 May 1990.         On 2 May 1990 the prosecuting authority applied for a further extension of the permitted period of detention, this time to twenty months.   The Regional Court forwarded the application to the Court of Appeal on the same day.   On 15 May 1990 the Innsbruck Court of Appeal granted the extension, that is, detention was now permitted to 5 September 1990.   7.     On 28 June 1990 the Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof) rejected the applicant's request for compensation made under Section 2 sub- section 1 (a) Criminal Compensation Act 1969 (Strafrechtliches Entschädigungsgesetz).   8.     On 14 November 1990 the applicant was convicted by the Innsbruck Regional Court and sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment.   The period spent in remand was deducted from the period he would actually serve. The applicant did not appeal.   9.     The application concerns the lawfulness of the applicant's detention from 5 to 9 January 1990 and from 5 to 15 May 1990.   He alleges a violation of Article 5 para. 1 in this respect.                                   PART II                              SOLUTION REACHED   10.    Following the decision on the admissibility of the application, the Commission placed itself at the disposal of the parties with a view to securing a friendly settlement in accordance with Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the Convention and invited the parties to submit any proposals they wished to make.   11.    In accordance with the usual practice, the Chamber Secretary, acting on the Commission's instructions, contacted the parties to explore the possibilities of reaching a friendly settlement.   On 7 September 1993 the Commission made specific proposals for settlement of the case.   12.    By letters of 5 and 8 November 1993 the Agent of the Government and the applicant's representative respectively submitted the following identical declarations on the terms of the settlement.   [Translation]         "Declaration by the parties with a view to a friendly settlement         In connection with Application No. 17090/90 by Mr. Franz HELL, the parties, with reference to Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the European Convention on Human Rights and to the assistance of the European Commission of Human Rights, declare as follows:         1.    The Government of the Republic of Austria will pay to the       applicant a sum amounting to altogether AS 30,000 as compensation       in respect of any possible claims relating to the present       application.   This sum includes AS 12,000 in respect of costs and       expenses incurred before the Commission.         This amount will be paid to the applicant's representative,       Dr. R. Soyer (Creditanstalt-Bankverein 0955-40555/00) in Vienna.         2.    The applicant waives any further claims against the       Republic of Austria relating to the present application."   [German]             "Erklärung der Parteien zur gütlichen Regelung         In der Individualbeschwerde Nr. 17090/90 des Herrn Franz HELL verständigen sich die Parteien unter Bezugnahme auf Artikel 28 Abs. 1 b der Europäischen Konvention zum Schutze der Menschenrechte und Grundfreiheiten und unter Mitwirkung der Europäischen Kommission für Menschenrechte auf die nachstehende gütliche Regelung:         1.    Die österreichische Regierung zahlt dem Beschwerdeführer       als Ausgleich für sämtliche etwaigen Ansprüche im Zusammenhang       mit der vorliegenden Individualbeschwerde einen Gesamtbetrag von       AS 30 000.   Dieser Betrag umfasst AS 12 000 hinsichtlich der       Gebühren und Auslagen, die im Rahmen des Verfahrens vor der       Kommission entstanden sind.         Dieser Betrag wird an den Verfahrensbevollmächtigten des       Beschwerdeführers Herrn Dr. R. Soyer in Wien       Creditanstalt-Bankverein 0955-40555/00 überwiesen.         2.    Der Beschwerdeführer verzichtet auf die Geltendmachung       allfälliger weiterer Forderungen gegen die Republik Österreich       im Zusammenhang mit dem der Beschwerde zugrundeliegenden       Sachverhalt."         At its session on 8 December 1993, the Commission noted that the parties had reached an agreement regarding the terms of a settlement. It further considered, having regard to Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the Convention, that the friendly settlement of the case had been secured on the basis of respect for Human Rights as defined in the Convention.   13.    For these reasons, the Commission adopted this Report.   Secretary to the First Chamber     President of the First Chamber         (M. F. BUQUICCHIO)                   (A. WEITZEL)