YEVGENIY DMITRIYEV v. RUSSIA - 17840/06 (Judgment : Remainder inadmissible : Third Section)

Art 8 • Respect for private life and home • Insufficient, ineffective and unduly protracted action taken to remedy noise and other nuisances emanating from police station situated under applicant�s home • Disturbance lasting several years reaching minimum level of severity for Article 8 interference • Failure to strike a fair balance between interests of the local community and effective implementation of laws, and applicant�s effective enjoyment of right to respect for private life and home

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Paul Lemmens, President, ��������� Helen Keller, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Georges Ravarani, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Darian Pavli, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, judges, and Milan Bla�ko, Section Registrar,

The applicant complained, in particular, that the noise and other nuisances caused by the everyday activities of the police station and the temporary detention facilities in the basement of his apartment building violated his right to respect for his private life and his home, in breach of Article 8 of the Convention.