THIRD SECTION
DECISION
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.