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/ r ) SECRETARIAT GENERAL y* f * i * * y SECRETARIAT OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS VI 'S ' SECRETARIAT DU COMITE DES MINISTRES COUNCIL CONSEIL OF EUROPE DE L'EUROPE Committee of Ministers Comité des Ministres Contact: Abel Campos Tel: 03 88 41 26 48 Date: 12/04/2013 DH-DD(2013)392 Documents distributed at the request of a Representative shall be under the sole responsibility of the said Representative, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. Meeting: 1172DH meeting(4-6 June2013) Item reference: Communication from the applicants’ representative with appendices(06/02/13) in the Caka group of cases against Albania (Application No.44023/02) (The Supreme Court's decision has been translated and submitted to the Secretariat on20/08/12 by the authorities. The other2 documents (the Court of Appeal decision and the appeal of the applicant's lawyer) have been translated by the translation service of CoE)(64 pages). Information made available under Rule9.1 of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements. *********** Les documents distribués à la demande d’un/e Représentant/e le sont sous la seule responsabilité dudit/de ladite Représentant/e, sans préjuger de la position juridique ou politique du Comité des Ministres. Réunion : 1172réunion DH(4-6 juin 2013) Référence du point : Communication de l’avocat des requérants avec annexes (06/02/13)dans le groupe d’affaires Caka contre Albanie (Requête n°44023/02) (anglais uniquement) Informations mises à disposition en vertu de la Règle9.1 des Règles du Comité des Ministres pour la surveillance de l’exécution des arrêts et des termes des règlements amiables. DH-D0(2013)392 : Applicants' representative in Caka group against Albania. Documents distributed at the request of a Representative shall be under the sole responsibility of the said Representative, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. / Les documents distribués à la demande d’un/e Représentant/e le sont sous la seule responsabilité dudit/de ladite Représentant/e, sans préjuger de la position juridique ou politique du Comité des Ministres. DGI 0 6 FEV. 2013 SERVICE DE L'EXECUTION DES ARRETS DE LACEDH R E P U B LIC OF ALBANIA TIRANA BAR CHAMBER Baftjar RUSI - Attorney-at-LAW License Nr.575. Nr.NUIS K-31507003-U Blvd. “Gjergj Fishta", Kulla I e Pallateve të Shoqcrisë “Gora” Kati i Il-tc, Tiranë E-mail: baftjarusi @ hotmail.com Tiranë on 6 -th February 2013 EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS APPELLANT: Lulzim CAKA, son of Hasan and Xhevrie, born 11.03.1970 and resident in Berat, is currently serving a sentence in the IEVP penitentiary Durrës, with Albanian citizenship, reviewing procedures of judgment by Supreme Court in Tirana, represented in court by Atorney Baftjar Russi, with address Boulevard “Gjergj Fishta", Kulla I e Pallateve të Shoqerisë “Gora” Kati i II- të, Tiranë SUBJECT: Please note the extremely serious violations by Court of Appeals Vlorë, by Decision No. 15, dated 19.12.2012, which upheld the decision of the District Court Fier, No. 175, dated 11.05.2000, a decision that conflicts with the Decision of the Strasbourg Court dated 08.12.2009 and the Decision of the High Court No. 75, dated 07.03.2012. To the attention of: Mr. Dean Spielmann The President of the European Court of Human Rights Strasbourg DH-D0(2013)392 : Applicants' representative in Caka group against Albania. Documents distributed at the request of a Representative shall be under the sole responsibility of the said Representative, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. / Les documents distribués à la demande d’un/e Représentant/e le sont sous la seule responsabilité dudit/de ladite Représentant/e, sans préjuger de la position juridique ou politique du Comité des Ministres. DGI-DGI-Human Rightsand Rule of Law Departament of the right execution of judgments of the Europe Court of Human Rights Councile of Europe F-67075 Strasbour Cedex Fax: 33(0)388412793 Dear Mr. President of the Court, We are obliged to inform you that after the final decision given by Strasbourg Court on 08.12.2009, we as Defense Team on July 2009, requested reviewing by the Supreme Court regarding the case "Caka "and this court after nearly three years, with its Decision No.75, dated 07.03.2012, accepted the request for Review and turned the case over to reopen by the Court of Appeal in Vlorë, according to the tasks left by the Strasbourg Court. The Court of Appeal in serious violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, the European Convention for the "Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms" and the law, with Decision No. 15, dated 19.12.2012, upheld the Criminal Decision No.175, dated 11.05.2000, Judicial District Court Fier, in review of this Case, as it reopened after the acceptance of the application by the ECHR with Decision dated 08.12.2009, on the Appeal No.44023/02 "Caka against Albania" and the Review Decision given by the Supreme Court No.75, dated 07.03.2012. Criminal College of Court of Appeal Vlorë, in the first hearing dated 20.09.2012, was asked: DH-D0(2013)392 : Applicants' representative in Caka group against Albania. Documents distributed at the request of a Representative shall be under the sole responsibility of the said Representative, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. / Les documents distribués à la demande d’un/e Représentant/e le sont sous la seule responsabilité dudit/de ladite Représentant/e, sans préjuger de la position juridique ou politique du Comité des Ministres. "Revocation or replacement of ‘prison arrest’ with a slight extent", because we were not at the same conditions when decision was made for the arrest measures and with two substantial evidence and namely the Final Decision of the Strasbourg Court dated 08.12.2009 and the Decision of the High Court dated 07.03.2012; and the Criminal College of Court of Appeal Vlorë rejected the request arbitrarily and contrary to the spirit of the Convention, giving the right of rehearsal of this claim during trial. Appeals Court decision showed a lack of responsibility, even more, in conflict with the tasks assigned by Strasbourg Court and the Supreme Court, it upheld the decision of the District Court Fier, thus it came out openly against these decisions are binding for Court of Appeal under the European Constitution and Convention. The Defense of Mr. Caka in final conclusions, dated 18.12.2012, in response to the tasks left by the Strasbourg Court and the Supreme Court and based on the state of the acts that are in the file, sought the annulment of Judicial District Court Fier Decision No. 175, dated 11.05.2000 and Dismissal of the case on two counts because prosecution should not proceed, while the Criminal College of Court of Appeal Vlorë, in flagrant violation of the Constitution, European Convention and the Law and in total disregard for the decision of Strasbourg Court and the Supreme Court, upheld same state of guilt and conviction. It is an unprecedented case for these judges, ignoring the conclusions and tasks assigned by Strasbourg Court in a decision that was made due to revision dated 08.12.2009, tasks which were strictly Revised by the Supreme Court Decision for Review acceptance No.75, dated 07.03.2012 and precisely when there was not taken in consideration a retrial by this judicial body for any evidence in favor of guilt, with a very unprofessional language, in the highest level of irresponsibility, College of Court of Appeal Vlorë rejects the conclusions of the Strasbourg Court and tasks of High Court and does nothing other than just recycles the decision of the District Court Fier, dated 11.05.2000. In view of the serious violations issued by the Court of Appeal Vlorë, regarding the case “Caka”, his Defense team on January 22-nd 2013 organized a Press Conference publicly denouncing the unconstitutional decision and clearly unjust, as a case that cannot be ignored and leave out without responsibility on DH-D0(2013)392 : Applicants' representative in Caka group against Albania. Documents distributed at the request of a Representative shall be under the sole responsibility of the said Representative, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. / Les documents distribués à la demande d’un/e Représentant/e le sont sous la seule responsabilité dudit/de ladite Représentant/e, sans préjuger de la position juridique ou politique du Comité des Ministres. behalf of justice and law, totally violating the Constitution, Europian Convention and the Law, which discloses the negative performance of the justice system and the Albanian government in relation to the obstructive and bad will to our country's integration reforms in the European Community where we all aspire to be. Dear Mr. President. So, basically the Case "Caka against Albania" is left not in vain by correspondence we have had with the Strasbourg Court (after the revision), that the Albanian government (as a High Contracting Party) shall report to the Committee of Ministers in March 2013, for progress and completion of procedures related to the execution and fulfillment of the rights granted to the applicant by the decision of the Strasbourg Court dated 08.12.2009. As his defense team, we are absolutely convinced that Lulzim Caka is innocent of the two charges and the sentence imposed in the Decision of the Court of Appeals dated 19.12.2012, which upheld the decision of the District Court Fier, No.