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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 124 (2024)   21.05.2024   Judgments of 21 May 2024   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing three judgments1:   one Chamber judgment is summarised below;   two Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, can   be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.   The judgment below is only available in English.   Mandev and Others v. Bulgaria (applications nos. 57002/11, 61872/11,   46024/12, 6430/13, and 67333/13)   The applicants are 11 Bulgarian nationals born between 1940 and 1978 who live in Sliven, Plovdiv,   Shumen and Pernik (all Bulgaria), and three Bulgarian companies based in Plovdiv.   The case concerns the forfeiture of the applicants’ assets as proceeds of crime. It also concerns the   allegedly excessive court fees that they had to pay in the forfeiture proceedings.   Relying on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European Convention on   Human Rights and Articles 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) and 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the   European Convention, the applicants complain that the forfeiture of their assets was unfair and   unjustified, and that the court fees in the forfeiture proceedings were too high.   Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning applications nos. 57002/11, 46024/12, 6430/13,   and 67333/13) on account of the forfeiture of the applicants’ assets as proceeds of crime   No violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning application no. 61872/11 on account of the   forfeiture of the applicants’ assets as proceeds of crime   Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 in all cases on account of the high level of court fees paid by   the applicants.   Just satisfaction: For the details of the amounts awarded to the applicants for pecuniary and non-   pecuniary damage, as well as costs and expenses, please see the operative part the judgment.   This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,   judgments and further information about the Court can be found on www.echr.coe.int. To receive   the Court’s press releases, please subscribe here: www.echr.coe.int/RSS/en or follow us on Twitter   @ECHR_CEDH.   Press contacts   [email protected]e.int | tel.: +33 3 90 21 42 08   We are happy to receive journalists’ enquiries via either email or telephone.   Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber   judgment’s delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a   panel of five judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and   deliver a final judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the   Convention, judgments delivered by a Committee are final.   Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.   Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution   Tracey Turner-Tretz (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 35 30)   Denis Lambert (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 41 09)   Inci Ertekin (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 55 30)   Neil Connolly (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 48 05)   Jane Swift (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 29 04)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe member   States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.   2