Article 6

φυλακές

Infringement of fair trial by lack of reasoning by the Court of Cassation for non-recognition of the benefit of mitigating circumstances.

JUDGMENT Felloni v. Italy 06.02.2020 (no. 44221/14) see here  SUMMARY The case concerned criminal proceedings which led to Mr Felloni’s conviction for driving while unfit through drink. Mr Felloni alleged that his prison sentence was the result of the retrospective application of harsher criminal legislation. In particular, he complained that he had not been granted […]

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απαλλοτρίωση

The plot of land was irrevocably considered as land that fell outside the forest’s boundaries. A later decision characterized it as forest. The overturning of res judicata is a breach of legal certainty.

JUDGMENT Şamat v. Turkey  21.01.2020 (no.  29115/07) see here  SUMMARY Res judicata and legal certainty. The applicants, already deceased, in 1989 and 1994 purchased a plot of land near a forest area in  Istanbul., which had already been declared non-forest by a 1979 decision. Following a recent report by the cadastral office in the area, […]

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Fair trial is infringed when the Turkish Football Federation Arbitration Tribunal is not independent and impartial as it is appointed and influenced by the Federation

JUDGMENT Ali Riza and others v. Turkey 28.01.2020 (no.  30226/10, 17880/11, 17887/11, 17891/11 and 5506/16) see here SUMMARY Football disputes and violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing) of the European Convention on Human Rights on account of the lack of independence and impartiality of the body, the Arbitration Committee of […]

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Yukos affair and Putin statements. A series of violations against the accused. Multiple Russian condemnation of ECHR violations

JUDGMENT Khodorkovskiy  and Lebedev v. Russia  14.01.2020 (n. 2) (appl. no. 51111/07 and 42757/07) see here  SUMMARY The case concerned the second trial of former Yukos executives Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev. The European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that there had been breaches of the applicants’ right to a fair trial under Article […]

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δικηγόρος

The conviction of a drug dealer that did not rely solely on the testimony of a co-defendant but also on other evidence does not infringe the fair trial. A higher degree of judicial scrutiny must be applied to the assessment of witnesses of co-defendants.

JUDGMENT Stephens v. Malta (no. 3)  14.01.2020 (no. 35989/14) see here  SUMMARY The applicant was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 25 years prison. According to the applicant, the domestic courts convicted him on the basis of the testimony of one of his relatives at the trial, according to which the drugs found on […]

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Disclosure of sensitive personal data on adoption violates privacy. The legislative vacuum for lawsuits against judges violated the right to an effective remedy.

JUDGMENT Χ.  and others v. Russia 14.01.2020 (no. 78042/16 και 66158/14) see here  SMMARY The first applicant, a victim of rape, complained of malfunctioning of the justice system, as the latter, in the process of investigating her case, disclosed her personal information in letters she sent to medical centers. The applicant applied for damages, but […]

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Arbitrary court decisions are equivalent to criminal justice. Arbitrary rejection of lawsuit claiming basic benefits violates the fair trial principal

JUDGMENT Lazarević v. Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.01.2020 (no. 29422/17) see here   SUMMARY Lawsuit for employee benefits. An arbitrary court ruling dismissed the lawsuit despite the legislative provision and earlier Supreme Court case law. Infringement of the fair trial principal. The applicant worked for a public railway company but was dismissed in 2012. He brought proceedings […]

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The imposition of a fine on the merging company for violations of the commercial code by the merged entity, based on the principle of business and financial continuity, did not violate the principle that the penalty should be imposed on the offender and not on others.

JUDGMENT Carrefour France v. France 24.10.2019 (no. 37858/14) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a judgment against the company Carrefour France finding it liable and ordering it to pay a fine for acts committed by the company Carrefour hypermarchés France in breach of the Commercial Code. Further to an inspection by the Departmental Directorate for […]

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Secret recording and video recording without a legal warrant for employee bribery. Violation of privacy. The fair trial was not infringed as the conviction was based on other evidence

JUDGMENT Hambardzumyan v. Armenia 05.12.2019 (no.  43478/11) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s complaint that the police had not had a valid court warrant to place her under secret surveillance during a criminal investigation. The Court found in particular that the warrant had not been specific enough about the person who was the […]

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