ZIAJA v. POLAND - 45751/10 (Judgment : Article 6 - Right to a fair trial : First Section Committee) French Text

The European Court of Human Rights ( First Section ), sitting as a Committee composed of:

" In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ..., everyone is entitled to a ... hearing within a reasonable time by [a] ... tribunal... "

"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."

Joins to the merits the Government ' s preliminary objection concerning the applicant ' s failure to exhaust domestic remedies and dismisses it;

(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicant, within thre e months, EUR 10,000 (ten thousand euros) in respect of non-pecuniary damage, plus any tax that may be chargeable, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate appli cable at the date of settlement;