SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Applications nos. 68938/12 and 31745/13
Ljubiša RAKOČEVIĆ against Montenegro
and Budislav MINIĆ against Montenegro

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 16 May 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Paul Lemmens, President,
Nebojša Vučinić,
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, judges,

and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on 22 October 2012 and 21 November 2012 respectively,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants, Mr Ljubiša Rakočević and Mr Budislav Minić are Montenegrin nationals, who were born in 1963 and 1952 respectively and live in Kolašin. They were both represented before the Court by Mr R. Šuković, a lawyer practising in Bijelo Polje.

The Montenegrin Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms V. Pavličić.

The applicants complained under Articles 6 and 13 of the Convention about the excessive length of their respective civil and administrative proceedings and the lack of an effective domestic remedy in that regard.

On 20 February 2017 and 27 February 2017 the Court rece