Resolution of the ECHR of July 24, 2018 in the case of Shakirzyanov (Shakirzyanov) v. Russia (application No. 50650/16).
The case was successfully considered the complaint of the applicant that he had not received any compensation for the unlawfully imposed punishment related to the deprivation of liberty for the crime, which, as was established only after serving the full term, had been decriminalized at the time of the appeal. The case of violation of the requirements of paragraph 5 of Article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (right to liberty and security of person).
In 2016, the complainant was assisted in preparing a application. Subsequently, the application was communicated to the Russian Federation.
In his application, the complainant complained that he had not received any compensation for the unlawfully imposed punishment related to the deprivation of liberty for the crime, which, as it was established only after serving the full term, had been decriminalized at the time of the appeal.
On July 24, 2018, the European Court unanimously ruled that in the present case the authorities violated Article 5 § 5 of the Convention (the right to liberty and security of person) and ordered the respondent state to pay the applicant 5,000 euros in moral damage.