FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 29826/20
Paulina SOKÓŁ
against Poland

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 27 February 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Georgios A. Serghides, President,
Frédéric Krenc,
Alain Chablais, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 1 July 2020,

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 M. Gąsiorowska, a lawyer practising in Warsaw.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 2, 6 and 8 of the Convention concerning the length and the alleged ineffectiveness of the criminal proceedings related to the swimming accident which left the applicant severely disabled were communicated to the Polish 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 Poland in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay her the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, 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 20 March 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Georgios A. Serghides
Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Articles 2, 6 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 pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage and costs and expenses (in euros)[1]
29826/20 01/07/2020	Paulina SOKÓŁ 1993	Monika Małgorzata Gąsiorowska Warsaw	22/11/2024	17/10/2024	25,000

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 pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

(in euros)[1]

29826/20

01/07/2020

Paulina SOKÓŁ

1993

Monika Małgorzata Gąsiorowska

Warsaw

22/11/2024

17/10/2024

25,000

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