VALEIKA AND OTHERS v. LITHUANIA
Doc ref: 21934/18;23358/18;28820/18;32354/18;49434/18 • ECHR ID: 001-196756
Document date: September 12, 2019
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SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 21934/18 Povilas VALEIKA against Lithuania and 4 other applications
(s ee appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 12 September 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Ivana Jelić , President, Arnfinn Bårdsen , Darian Pavli, judges, and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting D eputy Section Registrar ,
Having regard to the above application s lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declaration s accepting a friendly settlement of the case s ,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicant s is set out in the appended table.
The applicants ’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Lithuanian Government (“the Government”) .
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicant s agreed to waive any further claims against Lithuania in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court ’ s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision .
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case s out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention .
Done in English and notified in writing on 3 October 2019 .
Liv Tigerstedt Ivana Jelić Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
( inadequate conditions of detention )
No.
Application no. Date of introduction
Applicant ’ s name
Date of birth
Representative ’ s name and location
Date of receipt of Government ’ s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant ’ s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant
(in euros) [i]
21934/18
04/05/2018
Povilas Valeika
18/09/1975
30/05/2019
20/02/2019
9,700
23358/18
09/05/2018
Saulius Velečka
25/12/1971
30/05/2019
23/03/2019
9,700
28820/18
10/06/2018
Valdas Songaila
11/09/1971
30/05/2019
21/03/2019
5,400
32354/18
29/06/2018
Aurelijus Ambrizas
09/09/1988
30/05/2019
14/03/2019
5,800
49434/18
12/10/2018
Aleksandr Klevakin
10/03/1974
Raimondas Mažulis ,
KlaipÄ—da
30/05/2019
20/02/2019
6,100
[i] . Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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