Published on 5 February 2024

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 39639/18 Olga GRIBUSTE against Latvia lodged on 13 August 2018 communicated on 16 January 2024

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the length of the criminal proceedings which the applicant joined as a civil party to claim damages sustained as a result of a criminal offence.

The criminal proceedings (no. 11517055511) were instituted on 18 April 2011. The applicant was recognised as a victim on 16 June 2011 and claimed damages within those proceedings. The proceedings ended with the conviction of the individual charged with misappropriation on a large scale on 29 March 2018. The applicant was awarded non-pecuniary damage in the amount of LVL 2,000 (EUR 2,845.74).

The applicant complains under Article 6 § 1 about the length of the relevant proceedings with regard to her claim for damages.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

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

2. Was the length of the relevant proceedings in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?