CEDH · CASELAW;RESOLUTIONS;EXECUTION;ENG — 7 juin 1995

.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 }       The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 54 (art. 54) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),        Having regard to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Abdoella case delivered on 26 May 1993 and transmitted the same day to the Committee of Ministers;        Recalling that the case originated in an application (No. 13645/88) against the Netherlands lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on 7 March 1988 under Article 25 (art. 25) of the Convention by Mr Johannes Maria Clemens Bunkate, a Netherlands national, and that the Commission declared admissible the complaint that the criminal proceedings against him had not been conducted within a reasonable time;        Recalling that the case was brought before the Court by the Government of the Netherlands on 24 July 1992;        Whereas in its judgment of 26 May 1993 the Court unanimously:        - decided not to strike the case out of its list of cases;        - held that there had been a violation of Article 6, paragraph 1 (art. 6-1);        - rejected the claim for just satisfaction;        Having regard to the Rules adopted by the Committee of Ministers concerning the application of Article 54 (art. 54) of the Convention;        Having invited the Government of the Netherlands to inform it of the measures which had been taken in consequence of the judgment of 26 May 1993, having regard to the Netherlands' obligation under Article 53 (art. 53) of the Convention to abide by it;        Whereas, during the examination of the case by the Committee of Ministers, the Government of the Netherlands gave the Committee information about the measures taken in consequence of the judgment, which information appears in the appendix to this resolution,        Declares, after having taken note of the information supplied by the Government of the Netherlands, that it has exercised its functions under Article 54 (art. 54) of the Convention in this case.                   Appendix to Resolution DH (95) 92       Information provided by the Government of the Netherlands            during the examination of the Bunkate case                   by the Committee of Ministers        The Supreme Court and the courts of appeal have seriously studied the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the Abdoella and Bunkate cases.   As a result of this examination, the presidents of the courts of appeal have henceforth instituted regular meetings to examine the organisation of the appeal procedure in order to avoid the kind of problem which arose in these two cases.   Considering the small number of cases pending before the Convention organs with regard to the length of criminal proceedings in the Netherlands, the Government finds that these measures have been sufficient to remedy the problems pinpointed by the Court.