| Applicant name | ŞAMASAS AND OTHERS |
| Applicant type | prisoner |
| Number of applicants | 11 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Application no. | 20371/19 36264/19 55501/19 55934/19 63888/19 23818/20 29219/20 51407/20 4830/21 13469/21 27159/21 |
| Date | 11/06/2024 |
| Judges | Lorraine Schembri Orland , president , Frédéric Krenc, Davor Derenčinović |
| Institution | Court |
| Type | Judgment |
| Outcome Art. 8 | violation |
| Reason | not prescribed for by law |
| Type of privacy | Informational privacy |
| Keywords | Correspondence |
| Facts of the case | The applicants allege that the recording of their correspondence in the UYAP system constitutes an infringement of their rights guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention. |
| Analysis | he Court recalls that it has already found a violation of Article 8 of the Convention on the ground that the recording of prisoners’ correspondence in the UYAP system could not be regarded as having been ” prescribed by law ” within the meaning of that provision |
| Other Article violation? | – |
| Damage awarded | Holds that the finding of a violation constitutes in itself sufficient just satisfaction for any non-pecuniary damage sustained by the six applicants who submitted claims under this head ; a) that the respondent State is to pay, within three months, EUR 500 (five hundred euros) to each of the applicants Nihat Şamasas, Zekeriye Karaduman, Cumali Saz and Çetin Doğan (applications nos. 20371/19 , 55501/19 , 29219/20 and 27159/21 ) , and EUR 8 (eight euros) to the applicant Mehmet Ali Demirci (application no . 51407/20 ), plus any tax that may be chargeable to those applicants on those sums, in respect of costs and expenses, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of settlement ; |
| Documents | Judgment |