Communicated on 23 March 2016

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 16191/13 Ana VEIZI and OTHERS against Albania lodged on 5 December 2012

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the alleged lack of an effective investigation into the death of the applicants ’ family members during a protest that took place on 21 January 2011. The applicants complain that they were denied access to the investigation file and that their civil claim for damages was not examined on account of their inability to pay the court fees in full.

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

1. Have the applicants exhausted all effective domestic remedies, as required by Article 35 § 1 of the Convention?

2. Has there been a breach of the applicants ’ rights under Articles 2 and 13 of the Convention? In particular, did the authorities conduct an effective investigation into the death of the applicants ’ relatives as required by Article 2 of the Convention? Were the applicants involved in the investigation (see, for example, Mikhalkova and Others v. Ukraine , no. 10919/05, 13 January 2011 and, Anusca v. Moldova , no. 24034/07, 18 May 2010)?

3. Has there been a breach of the applicants ’ right of access to court on account of the Tirana District Court ’ s decision of 6 June 2012 refusing to examine their civil claim for damages owing to the applicants ’ inability to pay the court fees in full (see Kreuz v. Poland , no. 28249/95, ECHR 2001 ‑ VI)?

4. The Government are invited to provide information about the ongoing progress of the main criminal proceedings and submit a copy of the investigation file.