Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 11/27/2007

Subject: The applicant, Vincenzo Zagaria, is an Italian national who was born in 1956. He is currently being held in Novare Prison ( Italy). The case concerned, in particular, the applicant’s complaint that it was impossible for him to communicate confidentially with his lawyer. The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (c) (right to a fair hearing) and that it was not necessary to examine whether there had also been a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life). It further held that the finding of a violation constituted in itself sufficient just satisfaction for the non-pecuniary damage sustained by the applicant and awarded him EUR 5,000 for costs and expenses.

Parties: Zagaria c/ Italia

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal