Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 03/15/2007

Subject: Relying on Article 6 § 1 (access to a court) and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property), the applicant complained about the failure to execute a final judgment of 23 March 1994 ordering that a plot of land be returned to her. The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1 and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 and that Romania should execute the 1994 judgment within three months from the date on which the present judgment became final. Failing that, the State was to pay the applicant Euro 160.000,00 for pecuniary damage. The Court also awarded Mrs Dobre Euro 5.000,00 for non-pecuniary damage. (The judgment is available only in French.)

Parties: Dobre c/ Romania

Classification: Art. 17 Right to property - Art. 47 Fair trial, public hearing