CASE OF GASANOV v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
(Application no. 39441/09)
JUDGMENT
STRASBOURG
18 December 2012
This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.
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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:
��������� Josep Casadevall, President, ��������� Alvina Gyulumyan, ��������� Corneliu B�rsan, ��������� J�n �ikuta, ��������� Luis L�pez Guerra, ��������� Nona Tsotsoria, ��������� Kristina Pardalos, judges, and Santiago Quesada , Section Registrar,
�No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.�
�Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in [the] Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.�
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In the case of Gasanov v. the Republic of Moldova,
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
��������� Josep Casadevall, President,
��������� Alvina Gyulumyan,
��������� Corneliu B�rsan,
��������� J�n �ikuta,
��������� Luis L�pez Guerra,
��������� Nona Tsotsoria,
��������� Kristina Pardalos, judges,
and Santiago Quesada, Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 27 November 2012,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
THE FACTS
I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE
A. The applicant�s arrest and alleged ill-treatment
B. The criminal investigation of the allegation of ill-treatment
C. The criminal proceedings against the applicant
II. RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL
�24. During the visit, all those met by the delegation, both at the Ministry of the Interior and at the Prosecutor�s Service for Fighting Torture, have acknowledged that respect for the right of access to a doctor was fundamental for the prevention and fighting police violence. They observed that, under Article 64 � 2(15) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a suspect has the right to make requests, including requests for independent medical assistance. In its previous reports the CPT has considered that this provision was still far from answering the Committee�s already long-standing recommendation that the right of access to a doctor from the beginning of deprivation of liberty should be explicitly guaranteed. ...
The Committee calls on the Moldovan authorities to implement its long-standing recommendation aiming at amending the legal provisions so as to guarantee to any person deprived of liberty, from the beginning of the de facto deprivation of liberty, the right to be seen by a doctor. This implies that, during the period of deprivation of liberty and before placement in a provisional detention centre (IDP), any request of a detained person to see a doctor must also be immediately satisfied. Moreover, the right of access to a doctor should include the right, if the detainee requests it, to be examined by an independent doctor in addition to any examination by a medical professional working for the police.�
THE LAW
I. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 3 OF THE CONVENTION
�No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.�
A. Admissibility
B. Merits
1. The parties� submissions
(a) Concerning the alleged ill-treatment
(b) Concerning the alleged inadequacy of the investigation
2. The Court�s assessment
(a) Concerning the alleged ill-treatment
(b) Concerning the alleged inadequacy of the investigation
II. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 13 OF THE CONVENTION
�Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in [the] Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.�
III. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION
�If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.�
A. Damage
B. Costs and expenses
C. Default interest
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY
1. Declares the application admissible;
2. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention under its substantive limb;
3. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention under its procedural limb;
4. Holds that there is no need to separately examine the complaint under Article 13 taken in conjunction with Article 3 of the Convention;
5. Holds
(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicant, within three months of the date on which the judgment becomes final in accordance with Article 44 � 2 of the Convention, the following amounts, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement:
(i) EUR 12,000 (twelve thousand euros), plus any tax that may be chargeable, in respect of non-pecuniary damage;
(ii) EUR 1,500 (one thousand five hundred euros), plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant, in respect of costs and expenses;
(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points;
6. Dismisses the remainder of the applicant�s claim for just satisfaction.
Done in English, and notified in writing on 18 December 2012, pursuant to Rule 77 �� 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
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