GEGLIS v. LITHUANIA - 52815/15 (Judgment : Pecuniary damage - award : Second Section Committee)

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

��������� Valeriu Griţco, President, ��������� Egidijus Kūris, ��������� Darian Pavli, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,

The case originated in an application (no. 52815/15 ) against the Republic of Lithuania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Lithuanian national, Ms Danuta Geglis (�the applicant�), on 19 October 2015.

In a judgment delivered on 18 December 2018 (�the principal judgment�), the Court held that there had been a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention in view of the excessive length of the restitution process and the fact that the applicant�s property rights had still not been fully restored ( Geglis v. Lithuania [Committee], no. 52815/15 , � 56 and point 2 of the operative provisions, 18 December 2018).

Under Article 41 of the Convention the applicant sought just satisfaction in respect of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage. She did not submit any claim for costs and expenses. The Court awarded the applicant 3,000 euros (EUR) in respect of non-pecuniary damage and dismissed the remainder of her claim under that head.