Moschonas and Others v. Greece

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 21984/22 Vasilios MOSCHONAS against Greece and 14 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 5 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Diana Kovatcheva , President , Canòlic Mingorance Cairat, Vasilka Sancin , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications against the Hellenic Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having regard to the declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants’ replies to these declarations,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

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

The applicants were represented by Mr Ladis Charilaos and Ms Daliani Marina, two lawyers practising in Athens.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Greek Government (“the Government”). In all the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under Article 13 of the Convention.

The Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.

The Government acknowledged the inadequate conditions of detention at the Korydallos Prison. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table, provided that the applicants “have not been awarded any compensation for the same reason under Article 6A of the [Greek] Penitentiary Code or any other remedy, taking into consideration the duration of their detention in Korydallos I Detention Facility in such conditions”.

They invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would 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 undertook 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 cases.

The applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations.

THE LAW

Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.

The Court finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.

It therefore 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 the continued examination of the applications in the part covered by the Government’s declarations as accepted by the applicants.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the applications in that part out of the Court’s list of cases.

As regards the remaining complaints raised by the applicants under Article 13 of the Convention, taking into account the facts of the cases, the Government’s declarations and the Court’s decision to strike out the part of the applications relating to the complaints under Article 3 of the Convention, the Court considers that the main legal question raised in the present applications has been resolved. It concludes, therefore, that there is no need to examine this part of the applications.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the part of the applications as covered by the Government’s declarations and accepted by the applicants, out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention;

Decides that there is no need to examine separately the remaining part of the applications.

Done in English and notified in writing on 26 February 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention

(inadequate conditions of detention)

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Other complaints under well-established case-law

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

21984/22

11/05/2021

Vasilios

MOSCHONAS

1979

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

27/11/2025

28/11/2025

4,000

21988/22

11/05/2021

Eleftherios PANAGIOTOPOULOS

1960

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

27/11/2025

28/11/2025

3,700

21994/22

11/05/2021

Dimitrios

BAILAS

1989

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

27/11/2025

28/11/2025

5,000

22002/22

11/05/2021

Stylianos

KOULIANOS

1979

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

27/11/2025

28/11/2025

4,300

22010/22

11/05/2021

Alexandros

BAZAKAS

1982

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

27/11/2025

28/11/2025

5,100

22014/22

11/05/2021

Nikolaos STATHOPOULOS

1991

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

27/11/2025

28/11/2025

4,500

22016/22

11/05/2021

Dimitrios TRIANTAFYLLIDIS

1986

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

27/11/2025

28/11/2025

4,500

22423/22

18/03/2022

Panagiotis

VOGIATZIS

1975

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

26/11/2025

28/11/2025

5,000

22433/22

18/03/2022

Cine

VAN RICHTMAN

1990

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

26/11/2025

28/11/2025

3,200

22441/22

18/03/2022

Konstantinos

TSOTRAS

1973

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

26/11/2025

28/11/2025

3,500

22462/22

18/03/2022

Kristi

RREDHI

1992

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

26/11/2025

28/11/2025

2,600

22469/22

18/03/2022

Nikolaos MATHIOUDAKIS

1971

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

26/11/2025

28/11/2025

3,700

22502/22

18/03/2022

Ahmed

KHALIFA

1995

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

26/11/2025

28/11/2025

7,400

22511/22

18/03/2022

Elton

GJATA

1983

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

26/11/2025

28/11/2025

5,500

22521/22

18/03/2022

Eltjon

GALA

1979

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -

26/11/2025

28/11/2025

4,000

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