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GIRARDI v. AUSTRIA

Doc ref: 21985/93 • ECHR ID: 001-45789

Document date: December 5, 1995

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GIRARDI v. AUSTRIA

Doc ref: 21985/93 • ECHR ID: 001-45789

Document date: December 5, 1995

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

FIRST CHAMBER

Application No. 21985/93

Elisabeth Girardi

against

Austria

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

(adopted on 5 December 1995)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PART I : STATEMENT OF THE FACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

PART II : SOLUTION REACHED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

INTRODUCTION

1. The present Report concerns Application No. 21985/93 introduced

on 10 April 1993 against Austria and registered on 7 June 1993.

The Government of Austria were represented by their Agent,

Ambassador F. Cede, Head of the International Law Department at the

Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2. On 17 May 1995, the Commission (First Chamber) declared the

applicant's complaint about the length of civil proceedings

admissible. It then proceeded to carry out its task under Article 28

para. 1 of the Convention which provides as follows:

"In the event of the Commission accepting a petition referred to

it:

a. it shall, with a view to ascertaining the facts, undertake

together with the representatives of the parties an examination

of the petition and, if need be, an investigation, for the

effective conduct of which the States concerned shall furnish all

necessary facilities, after an exchange of views with the

Commission;

b. it shall at the same time place itself at the disposal of

the parties concerned with a view to securing a friendly

settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for Human Rights

as defined in this Convention."

3. The Commission (First Chamber) found that the parties had reached

a friendly settlement of the case and on 5 December 1995 it adopted

this Report, which, in accordance with Article 28 para. 2 of the

Convention, is confined to a brief statement of the facts and of the

solution reached.

The following members were present when the Report was adopted:

Mr. C.L. ROZAKIS, President

Mrs. J. LIDDY

MM. E. BUSUTTIL

A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK

A. WEITZEL

M.P. PELLONPÄÄ

B. MARXER

B. CONFORTI

N. BRATZA

I. BÉKÉS

E. KONSTANTINOV

G. RESS

A. PERENIC

C. BÎRSAN

K. HERNDL

PART I

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

4. The applicant, born in 1951, is an Austrian citizen and living

in Vienna. The applicant is the mother of three children born in

wedlock in 1973, 1974 and 1976, respectively. The spouses separated

in 1982. The custody over the children born in 1973 and 1974 was

assigned to the applicant, the custody over the child born in 1976 to

his father.

5. On 31 December 1988 the applicant, on behalf of her children born

in 1973 and 1974, applied to the Floridsdorf District Court that her

divorced husband be ordered to increase his maintenance payments.

6. The proceedings terminated on 7 December 1993.

PART II

SOLUTION REACHED

7. Following the decision on the admissibility of the application,

the Commission (First Chamber) placed itself at the disposal of the

parties with a view to securing a friendly settlement in accordance

with Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the Convention and invited the parties

to submit any proposals they wished to make.

8. In accordance with the usual practice, the Chamber Secretary,

acting on the Commission's instructions, contacted the parties to

explore the possibilities of reaching a friendly settlement.

9. By letters of 2 and 29 November 1995, the parties submitted

identical declarations on the following agreement reached between them:

"Statements of the parties with a view of a friendly settlement

With reference to Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the European

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,

the parties in the proceedings concerning Application No. 21985/93,

lodged by Mrs. Elisabeth Girardi, declare with a view to a friendly

settlement, reached with assistance of the European Commission of Human

Rights, as follows:

1. The Government of the Republic of Austria will pay to the

applicant a sum amounting to AS 31,000 as compensation in respect

of any possible claims relating to the present application.

2. The applicant declares her application settled.

3. The applicant waives any further claims against the

Republic of Austria relating to the present application."

"Erklärungen der Parteien zur gütlichen Regelung

In der Individualbeschwerde Nr. 21985/93 der Frau Elisabeth

Girardi verständigen sich die Parteien unter Bezugnahme auf

Artikel 28 Abs. 1 b der Europäischen Konvention zum Schutze der

Menschenrechte und Grundfreiheiten und unter Mitwirkung der

Europäischen Kommission für Menschenrechte auf die nachstehende

gütliche Regelung:

1. Die österreichische Regierung zahlt der Beschwerdeführerin

als Ausgleich für sämtliche etwaige Ansprüche im Zusammenhang mit

der vorliegenden Individualbeschwerde einen Gesamtbetrag von

öS 31,000.

2. Die Beschwerdeführerin erklärt ihre oben genannte

Beschwerde als erledigt.

3. Die Beschwerdeführerin verzichtet auf die Geltendmachung

allfälliger weiterer Forderungen gegen die Republik Österreich

im Zusammenhang mit dem der Beschwerde zugrundeliegenden

Sachverhalt."

10. At its session on 5 December 1995 the Commission noted that the

parties had reached an agreement regarding the terms of a settlement.

It further considered, having regard to Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the

Convention, that the friendly settlement of the case had been secured

on the basis of respect for Human Rights as defined in the Convention.

11. For these reasons, the Commission adopted the present Report.

Secretary to the First Chamber President of the First Chamber

(M.F. BUQUICCHIO) (C.L. ROZAKIS)

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