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The Court awarded 370,000 euros to a woman victim of gender and domestic violence! Battery, kidnappings and amputation by spouses!

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16/12/2021 19:32

JUDGMENT Tunikova and others v. Russia 14.12.2021 (app. no. 55974/16, 53118/17, 27484/18 and 28011/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned acts of domestic violence, including death threats, bodily injuries and one case of severe mutilation, which the applicants sustained at the hands of their former partners or husbands, and the domestic authorities’ alleged failure to […]

The ban on holding a religious event and the attack on a religious sect, violated the provisions of the ECHR

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08/12/2021 19:47

JUDGMENT Center of Societies for Krishna Consciousness in Russia and Frolov v. Russia 23.11.221 (app. no. 37477/11) see here SUMMARY Hostile verbal attack against the Krishna movement and refusal to grant permission for public religious events promoting the teachings of Vaisnavism, a Hindu sect. Based on Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion), individually […]

Romania needs to reform its legislation on the legal guardianship of the mentally deficient. Violation of privacy

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16/11/2021 18:52

JUDGMENT Ν. v. Romania 16.11.2021 (no. 2) (app. no. 38048/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned proceedings in which the domestic courts, basing their decisions mainly on medical expert opinions, divested the applicant of his legal capacity and placed him under the full authority of a legal guardian. It also concerned the manner in which […]

Individuals with disabilities are entitled to adequate access to polling stations! Violation of the right to appeal for lack of legal aid for compensation!

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06/11/2021 18:56

JUDGMENT Toplak and Mrak v. Slovenia 26.10.2021 (app. no. 34591/19 and 42545/19) see here SUMMARY Disability. Non-discrimination. Appropriate measures for the participation of disabled people in the elections. Effective remedies According to the Strasbourg Court, disability is considered a prohibited cause of discrimination. The applicants, who have muscular dystrophy, complained through their appeal about the […]

Torture with incandescent metals and injections of drugs, against an Armenian during his captivity in Azerbaijan. Multiple violations of the ECHR

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05/11/2021 19:54

JUDGMENT Khojoyan and Vardazaryan v, Azerbaijan 04.11.2021 (app. no. 62161/14) see here SUMMARY Right to life. Prohibition of torture. Right to freedom and security. The applicants alleged that their father, an Armenian elderly man accused of being part of an armed group, was tortured during his captivity in Azerbaijan, with beatings including beatings, burning with […]

Automatic imposition of surname order, paternal followed by maternal, when parents disagree, is discriminatory regarding the mother

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27/10/2021 19:15

JUDGMENT León Madrid v. Spain 26.10.2021 (app. no. 30306/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s request to reverse the order of the surnames under which her minor daughter (born in 2005) was registered. At the relevant time Spanish law provided that in the event of disagreement between the parents, the child would bear […]

Imposition of disciplinary sanctions on a judicial officer, due to her critical public statements against judges and the government. Violation of her right to freedom of expression

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27/10/2021 07:35

JUDGMENT Miroslava Todorova v. Bulgaria 19.10.2021 (app. no. 40072/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned two sets of disciplinary proceedings against the applicant, who had been a judge and the President of the Bulgarian Union of Judges at the relevant time. The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) ordered a reduction of her salary, followed by her […]

Notice of application before Court concerning compulsory vaccination of certain workers imposed by French law on health crisis

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08/10/2021 18:09

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE see here SUMMARY The European Court of Human Rights notified the French Government of the application in Thevenon v. France (App. No. 46061/21) and requested observations on its admissibility and merits. The case concerns the compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 imposed on certain professions as in the case […]

Exclusion of a political party from state funding. Non-violation of non-discrimination

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30/09/2021 18:54

JUDGMENT Demokrat Parti v. Turkey 30.09.2021 (app. no. 8372/10) see here SUMMARY The case concerns the refusal by the Ministry of Finance to pay the applicant – a political party – public funding for the year 2006, following the repeal in May 2005 of section 16 of the Political Parties Act (Law no. 2820). The […]

Contradictory decisions of the Supreme Court and rejection of a claim for additional compensation in expropriation despite the fact that in similar cases the claim had been accepted. Violation of property rights

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25/09/2021 18:42

JUDGMENT Aliyeva and others v. Azerbaijan 21.09.2021 (app. no. 66249/16 and 6 others applications) see here SUMMARY Right to the peaceful enjoyment of possessions. Legal uncertainty due to contradictory decisions of the Supreme Court on the same issue. The applicants sought additional court compensation of 20% under domestic law for the expropriation of their property […]

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