THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application s no s . 9765/06 and 59128/12 Georgiy Vyacheslavovich AZBAROV against Russia and Dmitriy Viktorovich KANTSEV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 15 December 2016 as a Committee composed of:

Helena Jäderblom, President, Dmitry Dedov, Branko Lubarda, judges,

and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having regard to the declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants ’ replies to these declarations,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of applicants 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 Russian Government (“the Government”) . In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.

The Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.

The Government acknowledged the inadequate conditions of detention. In some of the applications, they further acknowledged that the domestic authorities had violated the applicants ’ rights guaranteed by other provisions of the Convention. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would 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 undertook 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 applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations.

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 finds that, following the applicants ’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.

It therefore 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 the continued examination of the applications.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases 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 12 January 2017 .

Hasan Bakırcı Helena Jäderblom              Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant name

Date of birth

Representative name and location

Other complaints under well-established case-law

Date of receipt of Government ’ s declaration

Date of receipt of applicant ’ s acceptance

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant

(in euros) [i]

9765/06

09/11/2005

Georgiy Vyacheslavovich AZBAROV

13/02/1971

Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention - Assembly cell in remand prison 11/09/2003-25/06/2007 1 sq. m. per inmate. No ventilation.

Van Astrakhan 11/09/2003-25/06/2007 0.5 sq. m. per inmate. No light. No ventilation.

20/05/2016

02/09/2016

9,000

59128/12

22/08/2012

Dmitriy Viktorovich KANTSEV

06/08/1977

Belinskaya Marina Aleksandrovna

St Petersburg

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

20/05/2016

02/09/2016

9,375

[i] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.