Selmani and Saliji v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 52082/22 Berton SELMANI and Abidin SALIJI against North Macedonia

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 6 November 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphane Pisani , President , Juha Lavapuro, Hugh Mercer , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 October 2022,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.

They were represented by European Roma Rights Centre, a non ‑ governmental organisation based in Brussels, Belgium.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 3 of the Convention (substantive and procedural limbs), concerning the alleged ill-treatment of the applicants by the police, ineffective investigation into it and the alleged failure of the authorities to investigate possible racist motives, were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”).

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts 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 these amounts within the above ‑ mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, 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 27 November 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphane Pisani Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 3 of the Convention

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicants’ declaration

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for

costs and expenses

per application

(in euros) [2]

52082/22

29/10/2022

Berton SELMANI

2007

Abidin SALIJI

1998

29/09/2025

05/09/2025

3,000

850

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

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.