CEDH · PRESS;CHAMBERJUDGMENTS;ENG — 1 octobre 2009

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Bulgaria (application no. 20827/02) The applicants, Stefka Antonova and Kostadin Antonov, are Bulgarian nationals who were born in 1944 and 1935 respectively and live in Popovo (Bulgaria). Relying on Article   1 of Protocol No.   1 (protection of property), the applicants complained that for many years the authorities had failed to provide them with the apartment to which they had been entitled as compensation for expropriated property. Violation of Article   1 of Protocol No.   1 Just satisfaction: 6,000 euros (EUR) (pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage)   Makarova v. Russia (no. 23554/03) The applicant, Yekaterina Makarova, is a Russian national who was born in 1965 and lives in Pechora (Russia). Relying on Article   6   §   1 (right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time), she complained of the length of proceedings concerning her dismissal from her post as an accountant and the authorities’ subsequent failure to assist her in obtaining enforcement of the judgment in her favour, thus preventing her from being   reinstated   and receiving the compensation awarded. Two violations of Article   6   §   1 Just satisfaction: EUR   5,800 (non-pecuniary damage)   Toporkov v. Russia (no. 66688/01) The applicant, Sergey Toporkov, is a Russian national who was born in 1968 and is serving a prison sentence in Sorda (Russia). Relying in particular on Article   3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), he complained of ill-treatment by police officers while in police custody and the ineffectiveness of the investigation into his allegations.   No violation of Articles   3 (treatment) Violation of Article 3 (investigation) Just satisfaction: the applicant made no claim     Length-of-proceedings case   In the following case, the applicant complained in particular under Article   6   §   1 (right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time) about the excessive length of (non-criminal) proceedings.   Donka Stefanova v. Bulgaria (no. 19256/03) Violation of Article 6 § 1 Just satisfaction: EUR 255 (non pecuniary damage) to each applicant, EUR 400 (costs and expenses) jointly.     ****   These summaries by the Registry do not bind the Court. The full texts of the Court’s judgments are accessible on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).   Press contacts Stefano Piedimonte (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 04) Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Kristina Pencheva-Malinowski (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 70) Céline Menu-Lange (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 90 21 58 77) Frédéric Dolt (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 90 21 53 39)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. [1] Under Article 43 of the European Convention on Human Rights, within three months from the date of a Chamber judgment, any party to the case may, in exceptional cases, request that the case be referred to the 17 ‑ member Grand Chamber of the Court. In that event, a panel of five judges considers whether the case raises a serious question affecting the interpretation or application of the Convention or its protocols, or a serious issue of general importance, in which case the Grand Chamber will deliver a final judgment. If no such question or issue arises, the panel will reject the request, at which point the judgment becomes final. Otherwise Chamber judgments become final on the expiry of the three-month period or earlier if the parties declare that they do not intend to make a request to refer.