SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 16013/22
Mohamed Hashem WATAD
against Germany

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 6 February 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 March 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 Mr B. Derin, a lawyer practising in Berlin.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning alleged ill-treatment by police officers and shortcomings of the ensuing criminal investigation, as well as under Article 8 of the Convention about the alleged violation of his right to respect for his home were communicated to the German 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 Germany 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 6 March 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention

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]
16013/22 23/03/2022	Mohamed Hashem WATAD 2000	Derin Benjamin Berlin	13/12/2024	12/12/2024	13,000	2,000

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]

16013/22

23/03/2022

Mohamed Hashem WATAD

2000

Derin Benjamin

Berlin

13/12/2024

12/12/2024

13,000

2,000

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

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