Information Note on the Court’s case-law 14

January 2000

Moni v. Italy - 35784/97

Judgment 11.1.2000 [Section II]

Article 8

Article 8-1

Respect for correspondence

Control of prisoner's correspondence: friendly settlement

The case concerns the control of the applicant's correspondence while he was in detention under a special regime. The parties have reached a friendly settlement providing for payment to the applicant of 7 million lire (ITL) to cover both non-pecuniary damage and costs incurred by him. Furthermore, in order to avoid in the future situations similar to those of which the applicant complained, the Government submitted to the Senate on 23 July 1999 a draft law (no. 4172) to make a number of amendments to Law no. 354 of 26 July 1975, in particular in respect of the provisions relating to the control of prisoners' correspondence.

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