The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) communicated two more cases concerning the violation of human rights in the Transnistrian region to the Governments of Moldova and Russia. The plaintiffs are represented at the ECHR by Promo-LEX Association, IPN reports.
The first case – V.I. versus the Republic of Moldova and Russia – refers to the illegal actions by the Transnistrian authorities that allowed to violate the right to respect for private life. The applicant, who is a citizen of the Republic of Moldova, said that by indicating medical information accessible to third persons in the “solder’s permit” issued by the Transnistrian authorities, the principles of non-revealing of the medical secret and protection of personal data are violated and the right to private life is thus unjustifiably limited, in breach of Article 8 of the Convention.
Citizen V.I. said that as a member of a community, even if this community is situated in a ‘region’ that is not recognized as a state entity, he should enjoy the same prerogatives that would enable him to enjoy respect for his private life. The information about the health of a person forms part of the “private life” and should be protected anywhere. Being a citizen of the Republic of Moldova, the plaintiff says that under Article 28 of the Constitution, the state is obliged to respect and protect the private life. In his application to the ECHR, he complained about the violation of Articles 8, 6 and 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The second case involves 57 owners of farmland that is situated in Dubăsari district. The plaintiffs are inhabitants of Molovata-Nouă village that is situated on the left bank of the Nistru and own land located not far from the village.
The problem of farmland located beyond the Tiraspol-Dubasari-Rybnitsa road appeared in a number of villages of Dubăsari district (Doroţcaia, Pîrîta, Coşniţa, Cocieri) in 1998, when representatives of the separatist regime illegally installed posts on the Tiraspol-Rybnitsa road. The illegal placing of these posts enabled the representatives of the separatist regime to harass the plaintiffs and to tend to control that land in time, which can be considered a continuous violation of their rights.
The applicants complained about the violation of Article 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, right to property, and of Article 13, right to an effective remedy.
On July 17, 2018, the ECHR passed a judgement in another case that involves farmers from Dubăsari district, whose land was sequestrated by the secessionist Transnistrian administration. The Court ordered that Russia should pay €2 499 300 damages to the plaintiffs. The application was filed in the name of 1,646 plaintiffs and three agricultural companies from Dubăsari district. Thus, each landowner was awarded by €1,500, while each agricultural company by € 5,000.
