State responsibility — Nature and kinds of — For breaches of treaty obligations — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Right to a hearing within a reasonable time — Administrative-law proceedings lasting three and a half years — Whether justifiable considering excessive workload of national court — Just satisfaction in respect of breach of Convention

The individual in international law — In general — Human rights and freedoms — Right to a hearing within a reasonable time — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Article 6(1) — Administrative-law appeal — Proceedings lasting three and a half years for a single jurisdictional level — Reasonableness of length of proceedings assessed according to particular circumstances — Excessive work load of national court — Single and lengthy period of total inactivity — Whether justifiable — Temporary backlog of business — Whether a matter of structural organization — Remedial action taken — Whether sufficient just satisfaction in respect of breach established — Article 50 — Non-pecuniary damage — Whether judgment already furnished compensation — Legal costs and expenses