The ECHR judgment of September 17, 2019 in the case “Filin v. Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation” (application No. 48841/11).
In 2011, the applicant was assisted in preparing the application. Subsequently, the application was communicated to the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation.
The case has successfully examined an application about the conditions of the applicant’s detention on the territory of the Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika, the unlawfulness of his deprivation of liberty, and his lack of an effective remedy to exercise the rights guaranteed by various articles of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The case has violated the requirements of Article 3, paragraph 1 of Article 5, Article 13 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
In his application, the applicant complained about the conditions of his detention in the territory of the Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika, the unlawfulness of his deprivation of liberty, and his lack of an effective remedy to exercise the rights guaranteed by various articles of the Convention.
On September 17, 2019, on an application filed by the applicant, the European Court unanimously ruled that the authorities of the Republic of Moldova violated the requirements of Article 3 of the Convention (prohibition of torture), Article 5 § 1 of the Convention (right to liberty and security of person), Article 13 of the Convention (right to an effective domestic remedy) in conjunction with Article 3 of the Convention and that the Russian authorities violated the requirements of Article 3 of the Convention, Article 5 § 1 of the Convention, Article 13 of the Convention in conjunction with Article 3 of the Convention.
On September 17, 2019, following an application filed by the applicant, the European Court unanimously decided that the authorities of the Republic of Moldova should pay the applicant 8,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage and 800 euros in respect of costs and expenses, and that the authorities of the Russian Federation should pay the applicant EUR 12,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage and EUR 1,200 in respect of costs and expenses.