ILIEV and OTHERS v Bulgaria - 4473/02 [2007] ECHR 963 (6 November 2007)

ILIEV and OTHERS v Bulgaria - 4473/02 [2007] ECHR 963 (6 November 2007)

The Court cannot determine admissibility of the complaints regarding conditions of detention, monitoring of correspondence, discrimination, and hindrance of right of application based on the case file; these complaints are adjourned for further examination. The remainder of the complaints are manifestly ill-founded...

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Citation
[2007] ECHR 963
Parties
First Applicant: Krasimir Nikolov Iliev; Second Applicant: Mihail Tiholov Ekimdjiev; Third Applicant: Katina Vladimirova Boncheva; Respondent Government: Republic of Bulgaria
Jurisdiction
European Union
Judgment Date
06 November 2007
Procedural Posture
European Court of Human Rights Application / Partial Decision as to Admissibility
Outcome
Partial admissibility decision; applications joined; certain complaints adjourned; remainder declared inadmissible.
Legal Topics
Right to Fair Trial, Conditions of Detention, Prisoners' Correspondence, Discrimination, Right to Effective Remedy
Human Rights Law Criminal Law Prison Law Right to Fair Trial Conditions of Detention Prisoners' Correspondence Discrimination Right to Effective Remedy

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Parties

Krasimir Nikolov Iliev

First Applicant

Mihail Tiholov Ekimdjiev

Second Applicant

Katina Vladimirova Boncheva

Third Applicant

Republic of Bulgaria

Respondent Government

Procedural Posture

European Court of Human Rights Application / Partial Decision as to Admissibility

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the conditions of detention in Varna and Sofia prisons violated Article 3 and Article 13 of the Convention
  2. 2 Whether monitoring of correspondence between applicants and their legal representatives violated Article 8, Article 13, and Article 34 of the Convention
  3. 3 Whether discrimination occurred under Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8 of the Convention

Ratio Decidendi

The Court cannot determine admissibility of the complaints regarding conditions of detention, monitoring of correspondence, discrimination, and hindrance of right of application based on the case file; these complaints are adjourned for further examination. The remainder of the complaints are manifestly ill-founded and inadmissible.

Court Disposition

Partial admissibility decision; applications joined; certain complaints adjourned; remainder declared inadmissible.

Orders

  • Applications joined
  • Examination of complaints regarding conditions of detention, monitoring of correspondence, discrimination, and hindrance of right of application adjourned