COEME AND OTHERS v. BELGIUM View

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Date	22/06/2000
AppNr	32492/96; 32547/96; 32548/96; 33209/96; 33210/96
Body	Court (Second Section)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	13; 14; 41; 6-1; 6-2; 6-3-b; 7
Violated / NonViolated	6-16-17
Citations	35-15-35-466-16-26-36-3-a6-3-b6-3-c6-3-d77-18101314P1-1355-166-16-27811131418P1-1

Conclusions:

Costs and expenses partial award - Convention proceedings
Costs and expenses partial award - domestic proceedings
No violation of Art. 6-1
No violation of Art. 6-1 (access to court)
No violation of Art. 6-1 (reasonable time)
No violation of Art. 6-1 as regards the allegation that the Court of Cassation is not an independent and impartial tribunal
No violation of Art. 6-1 as regards the interview with Mr Stalport
No violation of Art. 7
Non-pecuniary damage - financial award
Not necessary to examine Art. 13
Not necessary to examine Art. 14
Not necessary to examine Art. 6-2
Not necessary to examine Art. 6-3
Not necessary to examine the complaint of Mr Mazy, Mr Stalport, Mr Hermanus and Mr Javeau (fair hearing)
Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed
Violation of Art. 6-1
Violation of Art. 6-1 (tribunal "established by law")
Violation of Art. 6-1 in respect of Mr Coeme (fair hearing)

Keywords:

(art. 10-2) accessibility
(art. 10-2) foreseeability
(art. 6) criminal proceedings
(art. 6-1) access to court
(art. 6-1) equality of arms
(art. 6-1) fair hearing
(art. 6-1) impartial tribunal
(art. 6-1) independent tribunal
(art. 6-1) reasonable time
(art. 6-1) tribunal established by law
(art. 6-3) rights of defence
(art. 7-1) nulla poena sine lege
(art. 7-1) nullum crimen sine lege

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Second Section)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2000-VII
Language	FRENCH ; ENGLISH
Application Number	32492/96 ; 32547/96 ; 32548/96 ; 33209/96 ; 33210/96
Importance Level	1
Represented by	N/A
Respondent State	Belgium
Date of Judgment	22/06/2000
Conclusion	Violation of Art. 6-1 in respect of Mr Coeme (fair hearing) ; Not necessary to examine Art. 6-2 and 6-3 ; Violation of Art. 6-1 (tribunal "established by law") ; Not necessary to examine Art. 14 ; Not necessary to examine the complaint of Mr Mazy, Mr Stalport, Mr Hermanus and Mr Javeau (fair hearing) ; No violation of Art. 6-1 (access to court) ; Not necessary to examine Art. 13 ; No violation of Art. 6-1 as regards the allegation that the Court of Cassation is not an independent and impartial tribunal ; No violation of Art. 6-1 as regards the interview with Mr Stalport ; No violation of Art. 6-1 (reasonable time) ; No violation of Art. 7 ; Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed ; Non-pecuniary damage - financial award ; Costs and expenses partial award - domestic proceedings ; Costs and expenses partial award - Convention proceedings
Articles	6-1 ; 6-2 ; 6-3-b ; 7 ; 13 ; 41 ; 14
Separate Opinions	Yes
Law at Issue	Article 103 of the Constitution ; Articles 190, 226, 227 of the Code of Criminal Investigation ; Article 25 of the Law of 24 December 1993 ; Article 26 § 2 of the Law of 6 January 1989
Strasbourg Case Law	judgment of 25 August 1998, Reports 1998-VI, p. 2334, § 63 ; Hozee v. the Netherlands judgment of 22 May 1998, Reports 1998-III, p. 1100, § 43 ; Incal v. Turkey judgment of 9 June 1998, Reports 1998-IV, p. 1571, § 65 ; John Murray v. the United Kingdom judgment of 8 February 1996, Reports 1996-I, p. 49, § 45 ; Nikolova v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 31195/96, § 73, ECHR 1999-II ; Pélissier and Sassi v. France [GC], no. 25444/94, § 67, ECHR 1999-II ; Philis v. Greece (no. 2) judgment of 27 June 1997, Reports 1997-IV, p. 1083, § 35 ; Poitrimol v. France judgment of 23 November 1993, Series A no. 277-A, p. 13, § 29 ; Pudas v. Sweden judgment of 27 October 1987, Series A no. 125-A, p. 17, § 43 ; Pullar v. the United Kingdom judgment of 10 June 1996, Reports 1996-III, p. 794, § 38 ; S.W. v. the United Kingdom judgment of 22 November 1995, Series A no. 335-B, pp. 41-42, § 35 ; Saunders v. the United Kingdom judgment of 17 December 1996, Reports 1996-VI, pp. 2064-2065, §§ 68 and 71 ; Stubbings and Others v. the United Kingdom judgment of 22 October 1996, Reports 1996-IV, pp. 1502-1503, § 51 ; Van Geyseghem v. Belgium [GC], no. 26103/95, § 27, ECHR 1999-I ; Van Orshoven v. Belgium judgment of 25 June 1997, Reports 1997-III ; Vermeulen v. Belgium judgment of 20 February 1996, Reports 1996-I ; Welch v. the United Kingdom judgment of 9 February 1995, Series A no. 307-A, p. 13, § 27, p. 14, § 34 ; Zimmermann and Steiner v. Switzerland judgment of 13 July 1983, Series A no. 66, p. 14, § 36 ; Dotta v. Italy (dec.), no. 38399/97, 7 September 1999, unreported ; Predil Anstalt S.A. v. Italy (dec.), no. 31993/96, 8 June 1999, unreported ; Application no. 4681/70, decisions of 3 and 4 October 1972, Collection of decisions 43, p. 1 ; Applications nos. 8603/79, 8722/79 and 8729/79, (joints), decision of the Commission of 18 December 1980, DR 22, pp. 147,178-179
Keywords	"(Art. 10-2) ACCESSIBILITY" "(Art. 10-2) FORESEEABILITY" "(Art. 6) CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS" "(Art. 6-1) ACCESS TO COURT" "(Art. 6-1) EQUALITY OF ARMS" "(Art. 6-1) FAIR HEARING" "(Art. 6-1) IMPARTIAL TRIBUNAL" "(Art. 6-1) INDEPENDENT TRIBUNAL" "(Art. 6-1) REASONABLE TIME" "(Art. 6-1) TRIBUNAL ESTABLISHED BY LAW" "(Art. 6-3) RIGHTS OF DEFENCE" "(Art. 7-1) NULLA POENA SINE LEGE" "(Art. 7-1) NULLUM CRIMEN SINE LEGE"

Application Documents 1

COEME, MAZY, STALPORT, HERMANUS ET JAVEAU contre la BELGIQUE

Court (Second Section) Decision

02/03/1999

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References 45

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