SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 40821/06
Veaceslav MURZACOV and others
against the Republic of Moldova
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 27 September 2016 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Valeriu Griţco,
Georges Ravarani, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 2 October 2006,
Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 9 March 2015 requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicants, Veaceslav Murzacov, Timofei Sutac and Vladimir Aga are Moldovan nationals who were born in 1963, 1977 and 1971 respectively and live in Chișinău. The applicants were represented by Tudor Ciorap, practising in Chișinău.
The Moldovan Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr L. Apostol.
The applicants’ complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Government. The applicants are no longer in detention.
On 9 March 2015 the Government submitted a declaration with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike the application out of its list of cases.
The Government acknowledged the inadequate conditions of detention and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law. They offered to pay the applicants EUR 3,000 each as compensation for non-pecuniary damage and cost and expenses, and invited the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within th
