CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 19 octobre 2018

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sA6BC7FA7 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:right } .s9793A85B { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s24E6874 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:18pt; text-align:center } .s68C46B95 { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s3F59B822 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .s76CF415B { page-break-before:always; clear:both } .s4ACA9207 { page-break-before:always; clear:both; mso-break-type:section-break } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s83BE5C30 { font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; vertical-align:super } .sD24A640F { width:94.28%; border-collapse:collapse } .s4AEF4500 { height:30.5pt } .s72C7619D { width:7.48%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s2EF62ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt } .sEECE831 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#474747 } .sD35D798C { font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super; color:#474747 } .s9BA0D002 { width:33.74%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .sA4DE9DE { width:11.82%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .sD370BC15 { width:21.84%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .sF1DCBE94 { width:25.12%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .sBC42F38E { width:7.48%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s902C6CF1 { margin:0pt 1.75pt 0pt 18pt; font-size:12pt } .s59572FFE { width:33.74%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .sAD166573 { width:11.82%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .sE5EED0ED { width:21.84%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .sB62FFB0 { width:25.12%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .sD443BBE2 { width:95%; border-collapse:collapse } .s5AFCE44B { width:7.62%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s18A60341 { width:33.3%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s369A2167 { width:21.66%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s31238DA0 { width:25.62%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .sA43E462F { width:7.62%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s5CCB2DB8 { width:33.3%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .sFC0F3CFF { width:21.66%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s26AF845B { width:25.62%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top }   Communicated on 19 October 2018   SECOND SECTION Applications nos. 16313/15 and 980/18 Nicolae BULMAGA and Victoria BULMAGA against the Republic of Moldova and Fiodor SPÎNU against the Republic of Moldova lodged on 20 March 2015 and 6 December 2017 respectively SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The applicants in application no. 16313/15 are a married couple who had a baby boy, born on 22 April 1992, in the Călărași maternity hospital. In 2012, as a result of a DNA test, they found out that they were not the genetic parents of that boy. It came out that their real son had been switched with another baby while in the maternity hospital and that they raised another couple’s child. The applicant in application no. 980/18 is their real son who grew up in another family. At different dates the applicants in both applications initiated civil proceedings against the hospital. During the proceedings the switching of the babies was confirmed and the responsibility of the hospital was established. The courts awarded MDL   50,000 (approximately EUR 2,500) to the parents and MDL   50,000 to the son. The applicants complain that their right to respect for their family life, as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention, was violated and that the amounts awarded to them were insufficient for them to lose their victim status. QUESTION tO THE PARTIES Has there been a failure to protect the applicants’ right to respect for their family life, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention? In particular, can the applicants claim to be victims of a breach of Article 8 of the Convention in view of the amount of the compensation for non-pecuniary damage awarded to them in the domestic proceedings? APPENDIX List of applications   Application no. 16313/15   N o Firstname LASTNAME Birth year Nationality Place of residence 1. Nicolae BULMAGA 1968 Moldovan Călărași 2. Victoria BULMAGA 1971 Moldovan Călărași     Application no. 980/18   N o . Firstname LASTNAME Birth year Nationality Place of residence   Fiodor SPÎNU 1992 Moldovan Călărași