EU & Human Rights

CEBOTAR AND TANASOGLO v. MOLDOVA - 25614/06 (Communicated Case)

[2012] ECHR 1073European Court of Human Rights2012

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Application no. 25614/06 Valentina CEBOTAR and Irina TANASOGLO against Moldova lodged on 31 May 2006

The applicants, Ms Valentina Cebotar and Ms Irina Tanasoglo , are Moldovan nationals, who were born in 1965 and 1968 respectively and live in Chisinau .

The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.

The applicants live in an apartment block in Chisinau on the first and fifth floors respectively.

In April 2003 the first applicant complained to the State Authority responsible for construction which replied that the construction of the six storey building was unlawful as it closed the balconies � windows on some apartments in the applicants � apartment block. The State Authority ordered the halt of the construction.

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1. The applicants complain under Article 6 � 1 of the Convention that the proceedings lasted excessively long and that they were unfair because the judges lacked impartiality.

2. The applicants also complain under Article 8 of the Convention that their right to respect for their homes has been breached.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

Has there been an interference with the first applicant�s right to respect for her home, within the meaning of Article 8 � 1 of the Convention?

If so, was that interference in accordance with the law and necessary in terms of Article 8 � 2?