Communicated on 13 June 2014

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 3060/07 Serghei SOBCO against the Republic of Moldova and Russia lodged on 15 December 2006

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicant, Mr Serghei Sobco , is a Moldovan national, who was born in 1969 and lives in Slobozia , the Transdniestrian region of Moldova . He is represented before the Court by Mr P. Postica , a lawyer practising in Chişinău .

The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.

At the time of the events the applicant was a sports teacher in a public school. In December 2005 the applicant was dismissed. He initiated reinstatement proceedings in the courts of the self-proclaimed Transdniestrian republic; however, he was not successful. The proceedings ended with a final decision of the “Supreme Court of Transdniestria ” of 15 June 2006.

COMPLAINT S

The applicant complains under Article 6 of the Convention that the proceedings were not fair because the courts which examined his case were not “tribunals established by law” . He also complains under Article 13 that he did not have an effective remedy against the breach of his rights guaranteed by Article 6 of the Convention.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Did the applicant have a fair hearing in the determination of his civil rights and obligations, by a tribunal established by law, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?