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THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 24808/18
Sergey Nikolayevich BORISOV against Russia
and 21 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 5 May 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Darian Pavli, President,
Andreas Zünd,
Mikhail Lobov, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention and the complaints under Article 13 of the Convention concerning the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention, were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
THE LAW
- Joinder of the applications
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
- Complaints under Article 3 of the Convention (inadequate conditions of detention) and under Article 13 of the Convention (lack of an effective remedy for conditions of detention)
In the present applications, the applicants complained of conditions of their post-conviction detention in violation of the national requirements during periods which had already come to an end (for further details see the appended table). They also argued that they did not have an effective domestic remedy to complain about those conditions at the national level.
The Government submitted their observations, having disputed the violations alleged. On 10 January 2020 the Government submitted additional information about the new Compensation Act and asked to treat it as a new remedy in respect of conditions of detention complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention.
The Court has recently held that applicants are required to make use of the newly introduced compensatory remedy in respect of improper conditions of past correctional detention in breach of domestic standards (see Shmelev and Others v. Russia (dec.), no. 41743/17, §§ 153-57, 17 March 2020). In the present case, the applicants complained about the conditions of their post-conviction detention which were, as indicated by the applicants, below the national standard of two square metres per person.
The Court considers that in so far as the applicants have lodged prima facie well-founded complaints about breach of their rights by improper conditions of their detention, as described in the appended table, the Compensation Act affords them an opportunity to obtain compensatory redress. There are no circumstances which could justify the applicants’ failure to have recourse to the new compensatory remedy. It follows that their complaints, as listed in the appended table, under Articles 3 and 13 should be declared inadmissible pursuant to Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention.
- Remaining complaints
The applicants in applications nos. 29196/18, 58926/18 and 18692/19 raised additional complaints under various Convention provisions. The Court has examined these complaints and considers that, in the light of all the material in its possession and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, these complaints either do not meet the admissibility criteria set out in Articles 34 and 35 of the Convention or do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Convention or the Protocols thereto.
It follows that this part of applications nos. 29196/18, 58926/18 and 18692/19 must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 § 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Declares the applications inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 28 July 2022.
Viktoriya Maradudina Darian Pavli
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 and 13 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention and lack of an effective remedy in that regard)
No. | Application no. Date of introduction | Applicant’s name Year of birth | Facility Start and end date Duration | Inmates per brigade Sq. m per inmate Number of toilets per brigade | Specific grievances |
24808/18 29/04/2018 | Sergey Nikolayevich BORISOV 1975 | IK-11 Nizhniy Novgorod Region 27/02/2012 to 29/06/2021 9 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 3 day(s) | 1.6 m² | lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air | |
26105/18 18/05/2018 | Ivan Zamilyevich ZAMIGULOV 1979 | IK-29 Kirov Region 12/03/2014 to 08/10/2019 5 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 27 day(s) | 200 inmate(s) 0.8 m² | no sewage system in the detention facility, lack of fresh air, lack of or restricted access to leisure or educational activities, no or restricted access to warm water, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to shower | |
29196/18 05/06/2018 | Renat Mikhaylovich MEDOV 1985 | IK-11 Nizhniy Novgorod Region 01/03/2017 to 03/09/2021 4 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 3 day(s) | 144 inmate(s) 1.5 m² 6 toilet(s) | lack of fresh air, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to shower, inadequate clothing | |
29207/18 22/08/2018 | Andrey Sergeyevich TURKOV 1984 | IK-2 Zabaykalskiy Region 26/02/2018 to 26/11/2021 3 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 1 day(s) | 125 inmate(s) 1.7 m² | lack of fresh air, overcrowding | |
29507/18 12/06/2018 | Ivan Sergeyevich NAZARENKO 1973 | IK-11 Nizhniy Novgorod Region 14/02/2006 to 08/05/2021 15 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 25 day(s) | 1.6 m² | overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to running water, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of toiletries, lack or inadequate furniture, poor quality of food | |
29704/18 12/11/2018 | Denis Grigoryevich SABUROV 1985 | IK-2 Zabaykalskiy Region 28/01/2017 to 03/08/2021 4 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 7 day(s) | 1.5 m² | overcrowding, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to shower, no or restricted access to warm water | |
31324/18 19/06/2018 | Boris Maratovich TOTIKOV 1986 | IK-11 Nizhniy Novgorod Region 01/06/2015 to 24/04/2020 4 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 24 day(s) | 1.5 m² | lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack or insufficient quantity of food, overcrowding, poor quality of food | |
35297/18 10/07/2018 | Aleksey Vasilyevich YELISEYEV 1985 | IK-11 Nizhniy Novgorod Region 24/07/2015 to 22/06/2021 5 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 30 day(s) | 140 inmate(s) 1.5 m² 7 toilet(s) | passive smoking, lack of fresh air, sharing cells with inmates infected with contagious disease, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, inadequate temperature, mouldy or dirty cell | |
36564/18 17/07/2018 | Artem Viktorovich OZERIN 1989 | IK-11 Nizhniy Novgorod Region 20/04/2015 to 15/09/2020 5 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 27 day(s) | 80 inmate(s) 1.7 m² 4 toilet(s) | sharing cells with inmates infected with contagious disease, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, poor quality of food | |
44435/18 03/11/2018 | Aleksey Petrovich VORONTSOV 1974 | IK-2 Zabaykalskiy Region 03/09/2015 to 14/11/2020 5 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 12 day(s) | 130 inmate(s) 1.7 m² | overcrowding | |
44738/18 29/08/2018 | Roman Aleksandrovich NOVIK 1986 | IK-25 Komi Republic 21/07/2015 to 30/11/2019 4 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 10 day(s) | 85 inmate(s) about 2 m² 4 toilet(s) | overcrowding, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of privacy for toilet, poor quality of food, sharing cells with inmates infected with contagious disease | |
46842/18 18/09/2018 | Vasiliy Filippovich BANCHILA 1978 | IK-1 Komi Republic 20/07/2017 to 17/09/2018 1 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 29 day(s) IK-1 Komi Republic 11/10/2018 to 04/11/2018 25 day(s) | 1.7-1.9 m² | lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, mouldy or dirty cell, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, twin beds, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, poor quality of food, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to shower | |
49844/18 24/12/2018 | Roman Nikolayevich ARSENYEV 1982 | IK-8 Komi Republic 14/07/2016 to 18/10/2021 5 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 5 day(s) | 140 inmate(s) 1.7 m² | the building where the applicant lives does not have any proper indoor toilet facility, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to warm water, overcrowding, poor quality of food | |
58926/18 21/11/2018 | Oleg Petrovich PAYKOV 1993 | IK-1 Komi Republic 13/09/2015 to 01/03/2021 5 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 17 day(s) | 1.8 m² | overcrowding, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, mouldy or dirty cell, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, poor quality of food | |
59322/18 26/11/2018 | Andrey Stanislavovich POSKREBYSHEV 1985 | IK-2 Zabaykalskiy Region 15/06/2018 to 20/07/2021 3 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 6 day(s) | 1.7 m² | overcrowding, lack of or restricted access to leisure or educational activities, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light | |
7196/19 07/04/2019 | Aleksandr Mikhaylovich KAZAKOV 1982 | IK-8 Komi Republic 30/09/2016 to 18/02/2021 4 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 20 day(s) | 140 inmate(s) 1 m² | overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack of provision of clothing, mouldy or dirty cell, no or restricted access to warm water, no or restricted access to running water, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to shower | |
7810/19 24/01/2019 | Yurgis Yurgisovich BYKADOROV 1957 | IK-2 Zabaykalskiy Region 04/11/2010 to 18/10/2020 9 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 15 day(s) | 130 inmate(s) 1 m² | lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, inadequate temperature | |
11945/19 12/02/2019 | Yuriy Yuryevich TYUNIN 1989 | IK-1 Komi Republic 15/02/2017 to 29/07/2021 4 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 15 day(s) | <2 m² | overcrowding, no or restricted access to warm water, passive smoking, no or restricted access to shower, no or restricted access to toilet, mouldy or dirty cell | |
18692/19 13/05/2019 | Denis Viktorovich SINITSYN 1989 | IK-2 Zabaykalskiy Region 28/10/2017 to 07/04/2021 3 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 11 day(s) | 135 inmate(s) <2 m² | overcrowding, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of privacy for toilet | |
22688/19 03/04/2019 | Mikhail Mikhaylovich ORLENKO 1982 | IK-1 Komi Republic 09/07/2013 to 05/04/2021 7 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 28 day(s) | 52 inmate(s) <2 m² 4 toilet(s) | overcrowding, sharing cells with inmates infected with contagious disease, passive smoking, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of fresh air, mouldy or dirty cell | |
24868/19 30/04/2019 | Ivan Ivanovich TRETYAK 1984 | IK-1 Komi Republic 19/03/2015 to 14/04/2021 6 year(s) and 27 day(s) | 1.9 m² | overcrowding, no or restricted access to running water, no or restricted access to toilet, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, mouldy showers, lack of privacy for showers | |
25590/19 25/04/2019 | Aleksandr Vladimirovich PAVLYUK 1958 | IK-1 Komi Republic 01/01/2014 to 26/10/2021 7 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 26 day(s) | 120 inmate(s) 1.6 m² | lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, mouldy or dirty cell, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to warm water, no or restricted access to shower, poor quality of food |