Communicated on 23 May 2019

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 45005/11 Vasilii HOMICI against the Republic of Moldova lodged on 4 July 2011

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the refusal to allow the applicant long-term (conjugal) visits in prison by his girlfriend, whom he tried to marry without success due to administrative impediments. It raises an issue under Article s 8 and 12 of the Convention.

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Do the facts of the case disclose a violation of Article 8 and/or 12 of the Convention? In particular, did the Moldovan law provide for the possibility to allow prisoners long-term (conjugal) visits by persons other than close relatives? If so, was the refusal of the applicant ’ s request for such visits by his girlfriend “necessary in a democratic society” within the meaning of Article 8 § 2 and did the prison authorities and courts justify the continued need to deny such visits (see, mutatis mutandis , Yaroshovets and Others v. Ukraine , nos. 74820/10 and 4 others, §§ 173-175, 3 December 2015 )? Did the authorities ’ actions result in the impossibility for the applicant to marry his girlfriend during a long period of time?