AFFAIRE CREANGĂ CONTRE LA ROUMANIE

Rezoluția CM/ResDH(2013)220 Creanga împotriva României Executarea hotărârii Curții Europene a Drepturilor Omului Cerere Cauza Hotărârea Definitivului la 29226/03 CREANGĂ 23/02/2012 Marea Cameră (adoptată de Comitetul de Miniștri la 6 noiembrie 2013 cu ocazia celei de-a 1183-a ședințe a delegaților miniștrilor) Comitetul miniștrilor, în temeiul articolului 46 alineatul (2) din Convenția pentru apărarea drepturilor omului și a libertăților fundamentale, care prevede ca Comitetul să supravegheze executarea hotărârilor definitive ale Curții Europene a Drepturilor Omului (denumite în continuare "convenția" și "Curtea"), Având în vedere hotărârea definitivă transmisă de Curte Comitetului în această cauză și încălcările constatate care reamintesc obligația statului pârât, în temeiul articolului 46 alineatul (1) (1) din Convenție, să se conformeze hotărârilor definitive în litigiile la care este parte și că această obligație implică, pe lângă plata satisfacției echitabile acordate de Curte, adoptarea de către autoritățile din statul membru în cauză, dacă este necesar de măsuri individuale pentru a pune capăt încălcărilor constatate și pentru a elimina consecințele acestora, în măsura posibilului de către Restitutio in integrum de măsuri generale de prevenire a unor încălcări similare care au invitat guvernul din statul pârât să informeze Comitetul cu privire la măsurile luate pentru a se conforma obligației respective După examinarea bilanțului de acțiune furnizat de guvern care indică măsurile adoptate în vederea executării hotărârii judecătorești, inclusiv informațiile furnizate în ceea ce privește plata satisfacției echitabile acordate de Curte (a se vedea documentul DH-DD(2013)857 S Punându-se seama că au fost adoptate toate măsurile prevăzute la art. 46 alineatul (1), DECLAMENTUL PE CARE își îndeplinește funcțiile în temeiul art. 46 alin. (2) din Convenție în această cauză și DECIDE d'en . Acțiune report Creanga v. România (Application No. 29226/03, Grand Chamber Caseta referitoare la deprivation of liberty of the applicant for a period of ten hours without legal basis and his reman in pre-trial detention following the Prosecutor General mais application for quashing of the final decision ordering his release, in 2003 (violations of Article 5§1). Individual meas Just satisfaction The European Court awarded the applicant just satisfaction for moraly damages and costs and expenses, which was paid to the applicant on 18 May 2012. Violation of Article 5, paragraph 1 The period to be taken into account for the purposes of Article 5 had ended before the European Court delivered its judgment. Consequently, the authorities consider that no further measure is necessary. General Measures a) the applicant.s deprivation of liberty for ten hours without legal basis The government Recalls that the European Court found a violation of Article 5§1 on account of the applicicants deprivation of Liberty, as he rmained for a period of ten hours in the prosecution serviceiers headquarters without being allowed to leave these premises and in the absence of any order for investition in custody or in pre-trial detention. Pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP), namely Article 144 CPC, the custody measure could be decided for maximum 24 hours. The period during which a suspect has been deprived of liberty consequently to the administrativ measure of being accompanied to the police headquarters shall be deducted from the duration of the custody. If the suspect is placed in custody after interogation, the period of 24 hours shall be calculed from the moment the custody order was issued. The custody order shall state the day and the time the measure has begun.Articole 149 and 149 CPC further provide that the pre-trial detention measure shall be decided for maximum 30 de zile out of which there shall be deducted the period of time spent in custody, if any. Having regard to the European Court.s findings in the present case, it would appear that the shortcomings identified in the European Court mais judgment are a matter of the supports of the CPC and do not call into question the existing legal framework. The government prin urmare considers that awareness-raising measures are abilitatea de a preventing in the viitor similarar încălcări of the convention. To this end, the jud of the European Court was translated into Romanian and publicished in the Official Journal No. 613 of 27 August 2012 and listed on the website of the Superior Council of Magistracy at www.csm1909.ro The government considered the need of further awareness-raising measures, to ensure that the provisions of the CPC in matters raported to the procesure of deciding the process of a suspect under detention on remand will be construed and applied in the light of the requirements of the right to liberaty resulting from this judgment. În conformitate cu acest respect, autoritatea competentă a statului membru în cauză trebuie să fie informată cu privire la modul în care se poate realiza acest lucru și cu privire la modul în care se poate realiza acest lucru. The Prosecutor. They observad that the main problem posed in the moment case reperred to a proper development of the criminal investigation in complex criminal cazes which serious serious matters or a number of suspects. Ghidul additional ghidlines have been directd to the teritorial prosecutor mais offices in order for more prosecutors to be acompaniad to investgate la larg-scale cases and to carry out simultanously interogations of suspects for a decision on the pre-trial detention measure to be made in due time. Regard must be had towards the administration of evidence during this stage of procedings, as well. A division among the suspecți... legal situations appeared to be a proper way of handling a case quancing multiple prosénants, so that the prosecutor could submit to the scurt the motion to place under pre-trial detention those suspect who had been interviued and Charged. Guides of good practices for anumite tipuri de căsuțe și sumemaries of the European Court. case law have been elaborated and communicated to the prosecutors and the police for an aquate performance of the criminal investigation. In respect of the requirement for a hour-by-hour report to be drawn up during the proceseedings, it is prospectable thefact that, as the Code of Criminal Procedure provides a sequence of proceseding during fixd time-limits (especialy in case of a police custody measure of 24 hours), crimal investigation activity is organization with a view to the deprivation of liberty of the suspect within the legal framework and to the execise of his right to defence in front of the judge invested with the prosecutors motion to take the pre-trial detention measure. Proviziile legale încompass rules for indicating the period of time spent by a person at the premises of the Judicial authority. Thus, the prosecutor mais resolution of initiating the criminal investigation referes to the data and hour when this Measure was ordered, pursuant to Article 228, §1 CPC. The time when a person enters the headquarters of a legal authority is mentioned in the subpoena which, in conformity with Article 176, §1d) CPC, must contain the hour and the date when the summoned person astepta the support with the authority In case a person is presented to the judicial authority on the bazis of an order to appear, the time is mentioned in that order, pursuant to Article 183, §1 taken in conjunction with Article 176 CPC. A person under the power of an Order to appear could not remain at the aranjament of the Judicial authority longer than necessary and he/she is immediately interviud (art. 183, §§2 and 3 CPC). The statement given by the acuzăd person contains the starting time and the ending time, by virtute of Article 73, §1 CPC. If a custody measure is decided, then the time for placing the acuzăd person under custody is mandatory to be mentioned. In Practice, ending time of the testiony given by an acuză and the time for placing that person under custody se potrivește, without any further delays between these doua momente. Subsequently, within the time-limit of 24 hours of the custody measure, a new hearing of the apped person takes place in a capacity as a found and he/she is presented to a judge for a pre-trial detention measure to be decised. Când nu se subsequent measures are taken in respect of that person, he/she could leave the headquarters of the juricial authority without any restraints. Observarea faptului că perioada de timp during o persona staying in the premises of a legal authority are highlighted in the summons, the states given by that person as an a acuzed and then, as a found, the resolution for placing that person under custody, no need for additional steaps to be taken and documents to be drafted apear to raise in this respect. On the other side, a separate hour-by-hour report appears to be unnecessary, since the investigatoris are held to observa anumite proceduri de stagii cuin a short period of time of only 24 hours: to informa the acuzăd person of the acuzations, to securence the presence of a defence attorney, to interviev that person in a capacity as an apped after the initiative of the criminal investigation, to person in a potentiality as after the criminal action has been set in motion, to notify the police for taking the deflant into.st at the arrest failities, and to draft the request for the judge to decide the pre-trial detention. Therefore, as the Code of Criminal Procedure affords the means to calcule the period of time spent by a person at the premises of the Judicial authority, no extra reports are foremented to be drafted in such proceseedings. Consequently, the authorities consider that no adițional measures are necessary under the aforemented issues. (b) aplicația pentru punerea în aplicare a deciziei finale Ordering his release The Articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure governing aplications to have final judicial decisions quashed were repealed by Law No. 576 of 14 decembrie 2004, which was publicshed in Official Journal No. 1223 of 20 decembrie 2004 and entered into force on 23 decembrie 2004. Accordingly, no further Measures are required in this respect. Concluzii Having privition to the above, the government considers that no other individualal or general measures are to be taken in the present case and that România compliment with the obligations for under Article 46, paragraph 1 of the Convention. The government prin urmare invitates the Committee of Ministers to close the examination of this case.

Résolution CM/ResDH(2013)220

Creangă contre Roumanie

Exécution de l’arrêt de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme

Requête

Affaire

Arrêt du

Définitif le

29226/03

CREANGĂ

23/02/2012

Grande Chambre

(adoptée par le Comité des Ministres le 6 novembre 2013,

lors de la 1183e réunion des Délégués des Ministres)

Le Comité des Ministres, en vertu de l’article 46, paragraphe 2, de la Convention de sauvegarde des droits de l’homme et des libertés fondamentales, qui prévoit que le Comité surveille l’exécution des arrêts définitifs de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (ci-après nommées «

la Convention

» et «

la Cour

»),

Vu l’arrêt définitif transmis par la Cour au Comité dans cette affaire et les violations constatées

;

Rappelant l’obligation de l’Etat défendeur, en vertu de l’article 46, paragraphe

1, de la Convention, de se conformer aux arrêts définitifs dans les litiges auxquels il est partie et que cette obligation implique, outre le paiement de la satisfaction équitable octroyée par la Cour, l’adoption par les autorités de l’Etat défendeur, si nécessaire

:

-

de mesures individuelles pour mettre fin aux violations constatées et en effacer les conséquences, dans la mesure du possible par

restitutio in integrum

;

et

-

de mesures générales permettant de prévenir des violations semblables

;

Ayant invité le gouvernement de l’Etat défendeur à informer le Comité des mesures prises pour se conformer à l’obligation susmentionnée

;

Ayant examiné le bilan d’action fourni par le gouvernement indiquant les mesures adoptées afin d’exécuter l’arrêt, y compris les informations fournies en ce qui concerne le paiement de la satisfaction équitable octroyée par la Cour (voir document

DH-DD(2013)857

)

;

S’étant assuré que toutes les mesures requises par l’article 46, paragraphe 1, ont été adoptées,

DECLARE qu’il a rempli ses fonctions en vertu de l’article 46, paragraphe 2, de la Convention dans cette affaire et

DECIDE d’en clore l’examen.

Action report

Creangă v. Romania

(Application No. 29226/03, Grand Chamber’s judgment

of 23 February 2012)

(anglais uniquement)

Introductory summary of the case

The case concerns the deprivation of liberty of the applicant for a period of ten hours without legal basis and his remand in pre-trial detention following the Prosecutor General’s application for quashing of the final decision ordering his release, in 2003 (violations of Article 5§1).

Individual measures

Just satisfaction

The European Court awarded the applicant just satisfaction for non-pecuniary damages and costs and expenses, which was paid to the applicant on 18 May 2012.

Violation of Article 5, paragraph 1

The period to be taken into account for the purposes of Article 5 had ended before the European Court delivered its judgment.

Consequently, the authorities consider that no further measure is necessary.

General measures

a) the applicant’s deprivation of liberty for ten hours without legal basis

The government recalls that the European Court found a violation of Article 5§1 on account of the applicant’s deprivation of liberty, as he remained for a period of ten hours in the prosecution service’s headquarters without being allowed to leave these premises and in the absence of any order for placement in custody or in pre-trial detention.

Pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP), namely Article 144 CCP, the custody measure could be decided for maximum 24 hours. The period during which a suspect has been deprived of liberty consequently to the administrative measure of being accompanied to the police headquarters shall be deducted from the duration of the custody. If the suspect is placed in custody after interrogation, the period of 24 hours shall be calculated from the moment the custody order was issued. The custody order shall state the day and the time the measure has begun.

Articles 149 and 149

1

CCP further provide that the pre-trial detention measure shall be decided for maximum 30 days out of which there shall be deducted the period of time spent in custody, if any.

Having regard to the European Court’s findings in the present case, it would appear that the shortcomings identified in the European Court’s judgment are a matter of application of the relevant provisions of the CCP and do not call into question the existing legal framework.

The government therefore considers that awareness-raising measures are capable of preventing in the future similar violations of the Convention.

To this end, the judgment of the European Court was translated into Romanian and published in the Official Journal No. 613 of 27 August 2012 and listed on the website of the Superior Council of Magistracy at

www.csm1909.ro

.

The government considered the need of further awareness-raising measures, to ensure that the provisions of the CCP in matters related to the procedure of deciding the placement of a suspect under detention on remand will be construed and applied in the light of the requirements of the right to liberty resulting from this judgment. In this respect, the government’s agent before the European Court communicated the judgment to the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice for dissemination to the national prosecutor’s offices.

The Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice took further steps for the implementation of this judgment. They observed that the main problem posed in the instant case referred to a proper development of the criminal investigation in complex criminal cases which concerned serious criminal matters or a significant number of suspects.

Additional guidelines have been directed to the territorial prosecutor’s offices in order for more prosecutors to be appointed to investigate large-scale cases and to carry out simultaneously interrogations of suspects for a decision on the pre-trial detention measure to be made in due time. Regard must be had towards the administration of evidence during this stage of proceedings, as well.

A division among the suspects’ legal situations appeared to be a proper way of handling a case concerning multiple defendants, so that the prosecutor could submit to the court the motion to place under pre-trial detention those suspects who had been interviewed and charged.

Guides of good practices for certain types of cases and summaries of the European Court’s case law have been elaborated and communicated to the prosecutors and the police for an adequate performance of the criminal investigation.

In respect of the requirement for a hour-by-hour report to be drawn up during the proceedings, it is noticeable the fact that, as the Code of Criminal Procedure provides a certain sequence of proceedings during fixed time-limits (especially in case of a police custody measure of 24 hours), the criminal investigation activity is organised with a view to the deprivation of liberty of the suspect within the legal framework and to the exercise of his right to defence in front of the judge invested with the prosecutor’s motion to take the pre-trial detention measure.

The procedural legal provisions encompass rules for indicating the period of time spent by a person at the premises of the judicial authority.

Thus, the prosecutor’s resolution of initiating the criminal investigation refers to the date and hour when this measure was ordered, pursuant to Article 228, §1

1

CCP.

The time when a person enters the headquarters of a judicial authority is mentioned in the subpoena which, in conformity with Article 176, §1d) CCP, must contain the hour and the date when the summoned person attends the appointment with the authority’s representatives.

In case a person is presented to the judicial authority on the basis of an order to appear, the time is mentioned in that order, pursuant to Article 183, §1 taken in conjunction with Article 176 CCP. A person under the power of an order to appear could not remain at the disposition of the judicial authority longer than necessary and he/she is immediately interviewed (Article 183, §§2 and 3 CCP).

The statement given by the accused person contains the starting time and the ending time, by virtue of Article 73, §1 CCP.

If a custody measure is decided, then the time for placing the accused person under custody is mandatory to be mentioned.

In practice, the ending time of the testimony given by an accused and the time for placing that person under custody correspond, without any further delays between these two moments.

Subsequently, within the time-limit of 24 hours of the custody measure, a new hearing of the accused person takes place in a capacity as a defendant and he/she is presented to a judge for a pre-trial detention measure to be decided.

When no subsequent measures are taken in respect of that person, he/she could leave the headquarters of the judicial authority without any restraints.

Observing that the procedural moments during a person’s staying in the premises of a judicial authority are highlighted in the summons, the statements given by that person as an accused and then, as a defendant, the resolution for placing that person under custody, no need for additional steps to be taken and documents to be drafted appear to raise in this respect.

On the other side, a separate hour-by-hour report appears to be unnecessary, since the investigators are held to observe certain procedural stages within a short period of time of only 24 hours: to inform the accused person of the charges, to secure the presence of a defence attorney, to interview that person in a capacity as an accused after the initiation of the criminal investigation, to interview that person in a capacity as a defendant after the criminal action has been set in motion, to notify the police for taking the defendant into custody at the arrest facilities, and to draft the request for the judge to decide the pre-trial detention.

Therefore, as the Code of Criminal Procedure affords the means to calculate the period of time spent by a person at the premises of the judicial authority, no extra reports are imposed to be drafted in such proceedings.

Consequently, the authorities consider that no additional measures are necessary under the aforementioned issues.

b) the applicant’s remand in pre-trial detention following the Prosecutor General’s application for quashing of the final decision ordering his release

The Articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure governing applications to have final judicial decisions quashed were repealed by Law No. 576 of 14 December 2004, which was published in Official Journal No.

1223 of 20 December 2004 and entered into force on 23 December 2004.

Accordingly, no further measures are required in this respect.

Conclusions

Having regard to the above, the government considers that no other individual or general measures are to be taken in the present case and that Romania complied with the obligations imposed under Article 46, paragraph 1 of the Convention. The government therefore invites the Committee of Ministers to close the examination of this case.