JUDGMENT Baş v. Turkey 03.03.2020 (no. 66448/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the pre-trial detention of Mr Baş, a judge at the time, following the attempted coup of 15 July 2016. The Court found that according to the case-law of the Court of Cassation, a suspicion of membership of a criminal organisation could be […]
JUDGMENT Nasirov and others v, Azerbaijan 20.02.2020 (no. 58717/10) see here SUMMARY The applicants are nationals of Azerbaijan and Jehovah’s Witnesses. All the applicants were transferred to police stations after attempting to preach door to door on their religion, and were held administratively without official registration for at least 3 hours because of distributing religious […]
JUDGMENT Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan 25.02.2020 (no.2) (application no. 30778/15) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s complaint that she had been arrested and detained without a reasonable suspicion of an offence and her allegations that those acts were aimed at punishing her for her work as a journalist who was critical of the […]
JUDGMENT Strazimiri v. Albania 21.1.2020 (no. 34602/16) see here SUMMARY The case ) concerned the detention of a man, who had been exempted from criminal responsibility on account of mental illness, in a prison rather than a medical institution. The European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been: a violation of Article […]
JUDGMENT Jeddi v. Italy 09.01.2010 (no. 42086/14) see here SUMMARY Aliens deportation and legality of temporary administrative detention. The applicant was arrested for illegal entry into Italy. He applied for asylum which was rejected but was granted a residence permit on humanitarian grounds. Despite being granted a residence permit he fled to Switzerland seeking asylum […]
JUDGMENT Venet v. Belgium 22.10.2019 (no. 27703/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned proceedings in which Mr Venet unsuccessfully challenged his pre-trial detention. He complained that he had been unable to attend the Court of Cassation’s hearing on his appeal against his pre-trial detention or to respond to the submissions of the advocate-general, as he […]
JUDGMENT Kavala v. Turkey 10.12.2019 (no. 28749/18) see here SUMMARY In this case, Mr Kavala, a businessman who has been involved in setting up numerous nongovernmental organisations (“NGOs”) and civil-society movements which are active in promoting and protecting human rights, argued that his arrest and placement in pre-trial detention had been unjustified. The Court noted […]
JUDGMENT I.L. v. Switzerland 3.12.2019 (no. 72939/16) see here SUMMARY Temporary detention, legal provision and restrictions. The applicant was sentenced to 14 months in prison and to therapeutic treatment. The execution of the prison sentence was suspended due to monitoring of the therapeutic measure. Five years after the implementation of the measure in question, the […]
JUDGMENT Natig Jafarov v. Azerbaijan 7-11-2019 (no. 64581/16) see here SUMMARY Human rights defenders and the ECHR. Arrest of a prominent activist, his temporary detention and confinement in a metal cage in court. His case is similar to that of other opposition and civil society activists in Azerbaijan, cases that the Court has already dealt […]
JUDGMENT (GRAND CHMABER) Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary 21.11.2019 (no. 47287/15) see here SUMMARY Asylum application, refoulement and safe third country. The applicants applied for asylum in Hungary, remaining in the period of examination of their applications in a transit zone at the Hungarian-Serbian border. The applications were rejected on the ground that the State responsible for examining […]
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