CH/02/12470 144. The Chamber has, however, established that Bosnia and Herzegovina violated the applicant’s rights under Article 3 of the First Protocol to the Convention. Considering that the violation of Article 3 of the First Protocol to the Convention arises from the decision of the Election Commission of 12 June 2002 and the decision of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina of 5 July 2002, the Chamber considers it appropriate to order the respondent Party to take, by 7 February 2004, all necessary steps to annul these two decisions. 145. In recognition of the moral damages the applicant suffered due to his inability to participate in the General Elections in 2002, the Chamber will order Bosnia and Herzegovina to publish this decision in its Official Gazette by 7 February 2004. 146. Moreover, the Chamber will order Bosnia and Herzegovina to pay to the applicant the sum of 5,000 KM in recognition of the sense of injustice he has suffered as a result of the violation of Article 3 of the First Protocol to the Convention. The sum awarded in this paragraph shall be paid to the applicant by 7 December 2003. 147. Given the applicant’s legal costs in the proceedings before the Chamber, the Chamber will further award monetary compensation in the amount of 2,000 KM for legal costs, which shall be paid to the applicant by 7 December 2003. The Chamber dismisses the remainder of the applicant’s compensation claims. 148. The Chamber will further award simple interest at an annual rate of 10% (ten per cent) on the sum awarded in paragraphs 146 and 147 above or any unpaid portions thereof as of the date of expiry of the one-month period set in the same paragraph. IX. CONCLUSIONS 149. For the above reasons, the Chamber decides, 1. unanimously, to declare the application inadmissible against the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in relation to the complaints under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights; 2. unanimously, to declare the application inadmissible against the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in relation to the complaints under Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights in connection with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights; 3. unanimously, to declare the application inadmissible in relation to the complaint under Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; 4. unanimously, to declare the application inadmissible in relation to the complaint of discrimination in connection with Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; 5. unanimously, to declare the application inadmissible in relation to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina under Article 3 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights; 6. unanimously, to declare the application admissible in relation to Bosnia and Herzegovina under Article 3 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights; 7. by 12 votes to 2, that Bosnia and Herzegovina has violated the right of the applicant to run for elections within the meaning of Article 3 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, Bosnia and Herzegovina thereby being in breach of Article I of the Agreement; 8. by 12 votes to 2, to order Bosnia and Herzegovina to take all steps, at the latest by 7 February 2004, to annul the decision of the Election Commission of 12 June 2002 and the decision of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina of 5 July 2002; 25

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