FINAL RESOLUTION DH (97) 206

HUMAN RIGHTS

APPLICATION No. 26412/95

R.B.D. AGAINST ITALY

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 15 May 1997

at the 590th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 32 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”),

Having regard to Interim Resolution DH (96) 561, adopted in the case of R.B.D. against Italy (Application No. 26412/95) in which the Committee of Ministers decided that there had been in this case a violation of Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Convention and to make public the report of the European Commission of Human Rights;

Whereas the Committee of Ministers examined the proposals made by the Commission when transmitting its report as regards just satisfaction to be awarded to the applicant, proposals supplemented by a letter of the President of the Commission dated 5 July 1996;

Whereas, at the 576th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies, the Committee of Ministers held, by a decision adopted on 15 November 1996, in accordance with Article 32, paragraph 2, of the Convention, that no sum of money was to be paid to the applicant in respect of just satisfaction as the latter had not submitted such a claim;

Whereas the Committee of Ministers invited the Government of Italy to inform it of the measures taken following its decisions of 13 September 1996 and 15 November 1996, having regard to Italy’s obligation under Article 32, paragraph 4, of the Convention to abide by them;

Whereas during the examination of the case by the Committee of Ministers, the Government of Italy accordingly recalled that measures had been taken to prevent the repetition of the violation found in this case, notably through the entry into force on 30 April and 1 May 1995 of two laws restructuring the civil courts and speeding up the proceedings in civil cases (see Resolution DH (95) 82 in the case of Zanghì against Italy) and that the Commission’s report as well as the Committee of Ministers’ decisions had been sent out to the authorities directly concerned,

Declares, having taken note of the measures taken by the Government of Italy, that it has exercised its functions under Article 32 of the Convention in this case.