FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 11625/22
Robert RENTSCH
against Portugal

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 November 2024 as a Committee composed of:

Anne Louise Bormann, President,
Sebastian Răduleţu,
András Jakab, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 21 February 2022,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant was represented by Ms V. Costa Ramos, a lawyer practising in Lisbon.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 5 § 4 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of the judicial review of his pre-trial detention were communicated to the Portuguese Government (“the Government”).

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Portugal in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay him the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will 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 the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 12 December 2024.

Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann
Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 5 § 4 of the Convention

(Excessive length of judicial review of pre-trial detention)

Application no. Date of introduction	Applicant’s name Year of birth	Representative’s name and location	Date of receipt of Government’s declaration	Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration	Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage (in euros)[1]	Amount awarded for costs and expenses (in euros)[2]
11625/22 21/02/2022	Robert RENTSCH 1980	Vânia Costa Ramos Lisbon	07/10/2024	07/10/2024	6,500	2,500

Application no.
Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage (in euros)[1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses

(in euros)[2]

11625/22

21/02/2022

Robert RENTSCH

1980

Vânia Costa Ramos

Lisbon

07/10/2024

6,500

2,500

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.