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CASE OF KUKSA AGAINST RUSSIA AND 32 OTHER CASES

Doc ref: 35259/04, 25749/05, 12239/03, 32048/03, 5950/04, 35786/04, 24229/03, 24086/04, 2109/07, 40075/03, 12... • ECHR ID: 001-199695

Document date: December 5, 2019

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CASE OF KUKSA AGAINST RUSSIA AND 32 OTHER CASES

Doc ref: 35259/04, 25749/05, 12239/03, 32048/03, 5950/04, 35786/04, 24229/03, 24086/04, 2109/07, 40075/03, 12... • ECHR ID: 001-199695

Document date: December 5, 2019

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Resolution CM/ ResDH (2019) 329 Execution of the judgment s of the European Court of Human Rights 33 cases against Russian Federation

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 5 December 2019 at the 1 362 nd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases (see list in Appendix 2) and to the violations established;

Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

- of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum ; and

- of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having noted that the just satisfaction, where awarded, has been paid by the government of the respondent State and that all domestic judicial decisions have been enforced (see Appendix 3) ;

Noting with satisfaction the general measures adopted by the Russian authorities in respect of the problem of delayed enforcement of domestic judicial decisions imposing on the State obligations to provide housing to several categories of population (see Appendix 1 );

Having satisfied itself that all the measures required by Article 46, paragraph 1, have been adopted,

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases and

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.

Appendix 1

Information about the measures to comply with the judgments

I. Case summaries

These cases concern the violation of the applicants’ right to access to court and the right to enjoyment of possessions due to the authorities’ failure to enforce or serious delay in enforcing domestic judgments ordering them to provide the applicants with housing (violation of Article 6 , paragraph 1 and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1). The applicants in these cases had obtained judicial decisions to provide them with housing due to their status as acting or retired judges, as former participants in the Chernobyl cleaning-up operations, or as members of categories of persons entitled by law to State-funded housing by law. In a number of these cases, the Court also found a lack of an effective remedy in respect of the non-enforcement of the judicial decisions (violation of Article 13).

Other violations: In the Sypchenko case, the Court also found a violation on account of the quashing of a final and binding judicial decision in supervisory review proceedings (violations of Article 6 , paragraph 1 and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1).

II. Individual measures

In all cases in which the European Court awarded just satisfaction, the relevant sums were paid to the applicants or their representatives under conditions accepted by them (see Appendix 3 ) .

As regards the enforcement of domestic judicial decisions, in all cases where a domestic judicial decision in the applicant’s favour was pending enforcement at the time of the adoption of the judgment by the European Court, that decision has been subsequently enforced.

As regards the case concerning a quashing of a final judicial decision in the applicant’s favour in supervisory review proceedings, the violation found was of a procedural nature and did not require a reopening of the domestic proceedings. Indeed, the applicant does not appear to have sought it.

Against this background, no other individual measures appear to be necessary.

III. General measures

A. Measures taken in response to the violations of Article 6 , paragraph 1 and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1

M embers of the judiciary have been provided with State-funded housing in the framework of a special-purpose federal programme “Development of Russia’s judicial system” since 2013 . For example, pursuant to Federal Law no. 459-FZ of 29 November 2018 (amended as of 18 July 2019) “On the Federal Budget for 2019 and for the Planned Period of 2020 and 2021”, RUB 750.9 million (approximately 10.6 million euros) are envisaged for 2019-2021 for allocation of subsidies for purchasing living premises by those employees of the courts and of the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies, who are in need of improvement of their living conditions.

Former participants in the Chernobyl cleaning-up operations , as well as other persons entitled to State-funded housing by law , have been provided with housing since 2007 in the framework of a special-purpose federal programme “Housing”. By 2016, the number of unexecuted judicial decisions awarding housing to the above-mentioned former participants in the cleaning-up operations dropped to ten per cent of all such awards.

More general ly , Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation no. 1710 of 30 December 2017 (amended as of 11 September 2019) “On Approval of the State Programme “Providing Nationals of the Russian Federation with Affordable and Comfortable Housing and Utility Services”” allocated substantial amounts of funds progressively increasing each year: from RUB 231.8 b il l io n (approximately 3.3 b il l io n euros) in 2019 to RUB 358 ,9 b il l io n (approximately 5.1 b il l io n euros) in 2025.

Since the problem of non-enforcement at issue was mostly related to the lack of funds, the amounts allocated should ensure that all relevant decisions are from now on enforced in a timely manner.

B. Measures taken in response to the violations of Article 13

1. Compensatory remedy

The 2010 Compensation Act (“On Compensation for Violation of the Right to a Trial within a Reasonable Time or the Right to Enforcement of a Judgment within a Reasonable Time”), which was adopted by the Russian Federation in response to the Burdov (No.2) pilot judgment, entitles a party concerned to bring an action for compensation of the violation of his or her right to enforcement within a reasonable time of a judgment establishing a debt to be recovered from the State budgets.

However, the provisions of this Act, as originally adopted, did not cover cases of delayed enforcement of obligations in kind, as a result of which the European Court adopted the Gerasimov and Others pilot judgment. In response to that judgment . O n 19 December 2016 the Russian Federation adopted a federal law amending the 2010 Compensation Act, thus extending the right to obtain compensation for the lack of speedy enforcement of domestic judicial decisions concerning the State’s pecuniary obligations in kind, at issue in the present group of cases . The law entered into force on 1 January 2017.

2. Acceleratory remedies

a) The power to order punitive damages was introduced to the Civil Code on 1 June 2015 (Article 308.3). The courts can award such damages against a debtor who has failed to comply in due time with his or her obligations in kind. These damages can also be awarded against public or municipal bodies and will thus serve as an additional remedy in cases of delayed enforcement of the kind of obligations which are at issue in these cases. The issues related to application of Article 308.3 of the Civil Code in judicial practice have been resolved by Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court N o.7 of 24 March 2016 “On Courts’ Application of Particular Provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation Regarding Liability for Violation of Obligations”.

b) T he Code of Administrative Procedure (“the CAP”) adopted on 8 March 2015 provid es for the examination of, inter alia , complaints arising out of lengthy non-enforcement of judicial decisions. In particular, the following elements have been provided for: a more active role of the courts; redistribution of the burden of proof with the obligation on state authorities to provide documents and materials related to the alleged violation; penal sanctions for failure to provide materials to the court without valid reasons; participation in the proceedings of the body whose officials have committed the alleged violations and/or the body vested with the powers for elimination thereof; possibility for the court to apply preventive protection measures including interim measures; benefit schemes for payment of court duties; accelerated examination of administrative cases; possibility to deliver special decisions aiming at elimination of violations of the law established, etc.

The legal positions aimed at increasing the effectiveness of execution of court judgments imposing pecuniary and/or non-pecuniary obligations on state authorities, local self-government authorities and their officials are formulated in the Plenum Ruling of the Supreme Court no. 50 of 17 November 2015 “On Courts’ Application of the Law during Consideration of Some Issues Emerging in the Course of Enforcement Proceedings” and are also reflected in the “Review of Judicial Practice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation” N o. 1 (2018).

3. Assessment of the remedies

At its 1288 th meeting (June 2017) (DH) the Committee examined the execution of the pilot judgment Gerasimov and Others concerning delayed enforcement of domestic judicial decisions imposing on the State obligations in kind. In its decision adopted at that meeting, the Committee welcomed the setting up of the aforementioned compensatory remedy and the acceleratory remedy provided for by the Civil Code deeming them prima facie effective, and closed its examination of the part concerning the adoption of remedies (see point 3 of the decision).

C. Publication and dissemination

The judgments of the European Court were translated, published and disseminated to all the authorities concerned, often with explanatory notes and recommendations.

D. Other violations found

The general measures in response to the finding of violations on account of the quashing of final domestic judicial decisions in supervisory review proceedings have been taken in the context of the Ryabykh group of cases, the supervision of which was closed by the Committee of Ministers with Final Resolution CM/ ResDH (2017)83.

IV. Conclusion

The g overnment considers that the measures adopted have fully remedied the consequences of the violations of the Convention found by the European Court in these cases and that these measures will prevent similar violations in future. The Russian Federation has, therefore, complied with its obligations under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention .

Appendix 2

List of cases

Application

Case

Judgment of

Final on

35259/04

KUKSA

15/06/2006

15/09/2006

25749/05

ANTONOVA

25/09/2008

26/01/2009

12239/03

BABYNIN

25/07/2017

25/07/2017

32048/03

BEZZOUBIKOVA

10/02/2009

10/05/2009

5950/04

BLINOV AND BLINOVA

30/04/2009

06/11/2009

35786/04

BOLOTINY

16/07/2015

16/07/2015

24229/03

BRAGA, TIMOFEYEV AND KIRYUSHKINA

06/03/2008

29/09/2008

24086/04

BULYCHEVY

08/04/2010

04/10/2010

2109/07+

BUTENKO AND OTHERS

20/05/2010

20/08/2010

40075/03

DREVAL AND OTHERS

02/05/2013

02/05/2013

12541/05

IVAN NOVIKOV

03/04/2008

29/09/2008

29063/05

KARDASHIN AND OTHERS

23/10/2008

23/01/2009

26365/05

KAZANTSEVA

23/10/2008

23/01/2009

2746/05

KOPNIN AND OTHERS

28/05/2014

28/08/2014

26089/02

KORNEV

28/09/2006

28/12/2006

18557/06

LYKOV

12/07/2007

12/10/2007

26216/07

LYUBOV STETSENKO

17/04/2014

17/07/2014

5271/05

LYUDMILA DUBINSKAYA

04/12/2008

04/03/2009

21074/03

MAKAROV

25/01/2007

25/04/2007

41302/02

MALINOVSKIY

07/07/2005

07/10/2005

3344/04

MAYAMSIN

27/03/2008

29/09/2008

7363/04

MIKRYUKOV

08/12/2005

08/03/2006

9253/06

MIZYUK

12/04/2007

12/07/2007

6859/02

NAGOVITSYN

24/01/2008

24/04/2008

38103/05

NEVOLIN

12/07/2007

31/03/2008

38029/05

PRIVALIKHIN

12/05/2010

12/08/2010

38918/02

SHAROV

12/06/2008

12/09/2008

703/02

SHILOV AND BAYKOVA

29/06/2006

29/09/2006

17701/03

SITNITSKIYE

12/06/2008

12/09/2008

38368/04

SYPCHENKO

01/03/2007

01/06/2007

13910/04

TARASOV

28/09/2006

12/02/2007

18762/06

TELYATYEVA

12/07/2007

12/10/2007

11931/03

TETERINY

30/06/2005

30/09/2005

Appendix 3

List of payment of just satisfaction and of enforcement of domestic judicial decisions

No.

App.

Case

Judgment final on

Sums awarded by the Court (in EUR, unless specified otherwise)

Payment deadline

Date of payment of the sums awarded by the Court

Payment of default interest

Enforcement of the domestic judicial decision at the origin of the violation

Pecuniary damage

Non-pecuniary damage

Costs and expenses

35259/04

Kuksa

15/09/2006

3,900

-

66

15/12/2006

07/12/2006

n/a

Enforced

25749/05

Antonova

26/01/2009

-

3,900

-

26/04/2009

28/04/2009

Not significant (EUR 1.92 not paid)

Enforced

12239/03

Babynin

25/07/2017

-

4,200

-

25/10/2017

Paid

n/a (lack of bank account details)

Enforced

32048/03

Bezzubikova

10/05/2009

-

3,000

-

10/08/2009

22/01/2010

Paid

Enforced

5950/04

Blinov and Blinova

06/11/2009

-

4,000

500

06/02/2010

15/01/2010

n/a

N/a (the applicants withdrew their claims in the course of the supervisory review proceedings)

35786/04

Bolotiny

16/07/2015

390

6,000

-

16/10/2015

07/09/2015

n/a

Enforced

24229/03

Braga, Timofeyev and Kiryushkina

29/09/2008

-

8,600

-

29/12/2008

18/12/2008

n/a

Enforced

24086/04

Bulychevy

04/10/2010

-

3,000

-

04/01/2011

04/05/2011

n/a (bank account details were provided after payment deadline)

Enforced

2109/07

Butenko and Others

20/05/2010

-

16,000

240

20/08/2010

03/12/2010

Paid

Enforced

40075/03

Dreval and Others

02/05/2013

-

4,500

-

02/08/2013

29/11/2013

Paid

E nforced

12541/05

Ivan Novikov

29/09/2008

-

3,100

-

29/12/2008

18/12/2008

n/a

Enforced

29063/05

Kardashin and Others

23/01/2009

-

10,500

300

23/04/2009

14/04/2009

n/a

Enforced

26365/05

Kazantseva

23/01/2009

-

2,300

-

23/04/2009

17/04/2009

n/a

Enforced

2746/05

Kopnin and Others

28/08/2014

-

3,500

-

28/11/2014

08/10/2014

n/a

Enforced

26089/02

Kornev

28/12/2006

-

3,100

-

28/03/2007

30/03/2007

Not significant (EUR 1.32 not paid)

Enforced

18557/06

Lykov

12/01/2008

-

2,300

-

12/04/2008

29/10/2007

n/a

Enforced

26216/07

Lyubov Stetsenko

17/07/2014

-

6,000

-

17/10/2014

17/12/2014

Paid

Enforced

5271/05

Lyudmila Dubinskaya

04/03/2009

-

1,600

-

04/06/2009

04/09/2009

Paid

Enforced

21074/03

Makarov

25/04/2007

-

3,900

-

25/07/2007

03/08/2007

Paid

Enforced

41302/02

Malinovskiy

07/10/2005

-

3,000

-

07/01/2006

02/12/2005

n/a

Enforced

3344/04

Mayamsin

29/09/2008

-

3,900

-

29/12/2008

07/11/2008

n/a

Enforced

7363/04

Mikryukov

08/03/2006

-

4,000

-

08/06/2006

07/06/2006

n/a

Enforced

9253/06

Mizyuk

12/07/2007

-

2,000

-

12/10/2007

28/09/2007

n/a

Enforced

6859/02

Nagovitsyn

24/04/2008

-

2,100

-

24/07/2008

25/06/2008

n/a

Enforced

38103/05

Nevolin

31/03/2008

-

1,200

-

31/07/2008

28/05/2008

n/a

Enforced

38029/05

Privalikhin

12/08/2010

-

2,300

-

12/11/2010

03/12/2010

Paid

Enforced

38918/02

Sharov

12/09/2008

-

3,000

900

12/12/2008

24/10/2008

n/a

Enforced

703/02

Shilov and Baykova

29/09/2006

-

600-

29/12/2006

27/11/2006

n/a

Enforced

17701/03

Sitnitskiye

12/09/2008

-

-

-

-

-

-

Enforced

38368/04

Sypchenko

01/06/2007

-

1,500

-

01/09/2007

27/07/2007

n/a

Enforced

13910/04

Tarasov

12/02/2007

-

2,400

300

12/05/2007

10/04/2007

n/a

Enforced

18762/06

Telyatyeva

12/10/2007

-

1,600

800

12/01/2008

03/12/2007

n/a

Enforced

11931/03

Teteriny

30/09/2005

-

3,000

-

30/12/2005

26/12/2005

n/a

Enforcement abandoned due to a subsequent friendly settlement with municipal authorities

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