CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 3 mars 2016

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The applicants’ complaints under Article   6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”). THE LAW Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. The Government informed the Court that they proposed to make unilateral declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications in accordance with Article   37 of the Convention. The Government acknowledged the excessive length of criminal proceedings. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article   37 §   1   (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, from the 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 cases. The Court has not received a response from the applicants which accepts the terms of the unilateral declaration. The Court observes that Article   37 §   1   (c) enables it to strike a case out of its list if: “for any other reason established by the Court, it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications”. Thus, it may strike out applications under Article   37 §   1 (c) on the basis of a unilateral declaration by a respondent Government even if the applicants wish the examination of the cases to be continued (see the principles emerging from the Court’s case-law, and in particular the Tahsin Acar v.   Turkey judgment ([GC], no.   26307/95, §§   75 ‑ 77, ECHR 2003-VI)). The Court has established clear and extensive case-law concerning complaints relating to the excessive length of criminal proceedings (see, for example, Nakhmanovich v. Russia, no. 55669/00, 2 March 2006). Noting the admissions contained in the Government’s declarations as well as the amount of compensation proposed – which is consistent with the amounts awarded in similar cases – the Court considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications (Article   37 §   1   (c)). In the light of the above considerations, the Court is satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the applications (Article   37 §   1 in fine ). Finally, the Court emphasises that, should the Government fail to comply with the terms of their unilateral declarations, the applications may be restored to the list in accordance with Article   37 §   2 of the Convention ( Josipović v.   Serbia (dec.), no.   18369/07, 4   March 2008). In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government’s declarations and of the arrangements for ensuring compliance with the undertakings referred to therein; Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article   37 §   1   (c) of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 24 March 2016.   Hasan Bakırcı   Helena Jäderblom Acting Deputy Registrar   President APPENDIX No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant name Date of birth Date of receipt of Government’s declaration Date of receipt of applicant’s comments, if any Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant / household (in euros) [i]     48084/07 24/10/2007 Sergey Yakovlevich LEGAL 19/02/1951 15/09/2015 28/10/2015 3,500     14735/08 06/02/2008 Anatoliy Andreyevich SARDAYEV 20/07/1959 15/09/2015 15/12/2015 2,500     19505/08 05/02/2008 Mikhail Yuryevich ALEKSEYEV 17/04/1958 15/09/2015 23/10/2015 2,000     21551/08 29/03/2008 Aleksey Alekseyevich NIKOLEV 11/08/1975 15/09/2015 n/a 3,000     11531/09 31/12/2008 Grigoriy Ivanovich KEKUKH 24/09/1959 15/09/2015 n/a 2,500     32927/09 08/04/2009 Ruslan Mikhaylovich MERIKOV 17/01/1984 15/09/2015 16/11/2015 2,500   1. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.