Corbet and Others v. France kararı, bir yönüyle, ceza davası ile parlamenter soruşturma komisyonları arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymuştur. Buna göre, başvurucuların parlamenter soruşturma komisyonu önündeki ifadelerinin cezai muamelelerde kullanımı, onların aldığı mahkumiyet veya ceza yönünden bir etki doğurmamış gözükmektedir. Öyleyse, mahkemelerin parlamenter soruşturma komisyonun raporunu kullanımı, somut olay bakımından, savunma hakkını ihlal etmemiştir.
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Corbet and Others v. France kararının basın duyurusu, “http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/webservices/content/pdf/003-5042252-6197366” adresinden erişilebilirdir.
Bu basın duyurusunun özeti, İngilizce haliyle, aşağıdaki gibidir:
In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Corbet and Others v. France (applications nos. 7494/11, 7493/11 and 7989/11) the European Court of Human Rights held:
by a majority, that the applicants’ complaint under Article 6 §§ 1 and 2 (right to a fair trial / right to be presumed innocent) of the European Convention on Human Rights was inadmissible;
unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security) on account of Mr Corbet’s detention on 24 July 2003.
The case concerned the applicants’ prosecution and conviction for misappropriating assets from the airline Air Liberté before it was put into compulsory liquidation.
The Court found that it had not been established that the use in criminal proceedings of statements made by the applicants before a parliamentary commission of inquiry had had any impact on their conviction or sentence.
The Court further held that Mr Corbet’s detention on 24 July 2003 had had no lawful basis and reiterated that at the time of the events there had been no provisions in French law governing detention from the expiry of a period in police custody until the detainee was brought before an investigating judge.