Information Note on the Court’s case-law 17

April 2000

Rotondi v. Italy - 38113/97

Judgment 27.4.2000 [Section II]

Article 6

Civil proceedings

Article 6-1

Reasonable time

Length of civil proceedings following the finding of a violation due to the length: violation

The case concerns the length of proceedings. In an earlier application to the European Commission of Human Rights (no. 24783/94), the Commission h ad already found a violation of Article 6 because the applicant had not had his case examined within a reasonable time. The present application therefore concerns primarily the period after 13 June 1995. The proceedings therefore lasted more than one year and eight months, for one level of jurisdiction. While this period does not appear excessive in itself, it follows a rather long overall period which had already been found to constitute a violation.

Conclusion : violation (6 votes to 1).

Article 41 - The C ourt awarded the applicant 5 million lire (ITL) in respect of non-pecuniary damage.

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