CASE OF CĂLDĂRARI v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

CASE OF CĂLDĂRARI v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Application No: 55294/17

Articles: 35, 35-1, 2, 2-1, 41

Respondent state: MDA

Date: 2026-07-02

Conclusion:

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; (Art. 35-1) Effective domestic remedy; No violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations; Article 2-1 - Life) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations; Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Csoma v. Romania, no. 8759/05, § 52, 15 January 2013; Eugenia Lazăr v. Romania, no. 32146/05, § 90, 16 February 2010; Garrido Herrero v. Spain, no. 61019/19, § 86, 11 October 2022; Harutyun Karapetyan v. Armenia, no. 53081/14, § 72, 29 October 2024; Lopes de Sousa Fernandes v. Portugal [GC], no. 56080/13, 19 December 2017; Nicolae Virgiliu Tănase v. Romania [GC], no. 41720/13, §§ 143 and 171, 25 June 2019; Počkajevs v. Latvia (dec.), no. 76774/01, 21 October 2004; Sarishvili-Bolkvadze v. Georgia, no. 58240/08, § 79, 19 July 2018; Scripnic v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 63789/13, § 24, 13 April 2021; Velikova v. Bulgaria, no. 41488/98, § 80, ECHR 2000-VI