Published on 26 June 2023

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 23308/22 Vida SVETEK against Slovenia lodged on 4 May 2022 communicated on 6 June 2023

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the length of the proceedings before the Constitutional Court. On 17 July 2017 the applicant lodged a constitutional complaint, which was accepted for consideration on 27 December 2019. The proceedings ended with the Constitutional Court’s final decision of 13 January 2022. According to the applicant, this decision was served on her on 18 February 2022. She complains that the proceedings breached the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 6.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Was Article 6 § 1 of the Convention under its civil or criminal head applicable to the proceedings in the present case, including to the proceedings before the Constitutional Court?

2. If so, was the length of the proceedings before the Constitutional Court in the present case in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (see Oršuš and Others v. Croatia [GC], no. 15766/03, §§ 108-109, ECHR 2010; Project-Trade d.o.o. v. Croatia , no. 1920/14, §§ 99-104, 19 November 2020; and Šikić v. Croatia , no. 9143/08, §§ 37-38, 15 July 2010)?