Grand Chamber judgment in the case Molla Sali v. Greece (just satisfaction)

issued by the Registrar of the Court ECHR 178 (2020) 18.06.2020 Just satisfaction judgment in a case in which Sharia law was applied to the estate of a Greek from the Muslim minority The case Molla Sali v. Greece (application no. 20452/14) concerned the application by the Greek courts of Sharia law to an inheritance dispute among Greek nationals belonging to the Muslim minority. In its principal judgment delivered on 19 December 2018 by the Grand Chamber, the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the Convention read in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property), considering that the applicant (Ms Molla Sali) had suffered a difference of treatment on the grounds of her husband’s religion. The Court reserved the question of just satisfaction. In today’s Grand Chamber judgment1 concerning the question of just satisfaction, the European Court of Human Rights: - held, unanimously, that as regards the deceased’s property located in Greece, the Greek State had to take measures to ensure that Ms Molla Sali retained her ownership of the property which had been bequeathed to her by her husband in Greece, or that her ownership rights be restored; in the event that such measures had not been adopted within one year, Greece had to pay Ms Molla Sali a sum of 41,103.36 euros (EUR) in respect of pecuniary damage. Furthermore, the Greek State was to pay Ms Molla Sali EUR 10,000 in respect of...