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Involuntary hospitalization and compulsory medication for psychiatric patients without a recent medical evaluation! Violation of personal freedom and privacy

Article 5
24/10/2021 18:51

JUDGMENT R.D. and I.M.D. v. Romania 12.10.2021 (app. no. 35402/14) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicants’ non-voluntary confinement in a psychiatric hospital for the purpose of compelling them to undergo medical treatment, and the obligation to follow that treatment. The Court noted that the relevant psychiatric forensic medical reports in respect of the […]

Ban on life prisoners’ telephone calls. Violation of the private and family life

Article 6 - Par. 1
19/10/2021 18:59

JUDGMENT Danilevich v. Russia 19.10.2021(app. no. 31469/08) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant being deprived of telephone contact with his relatives, including his young son, whilst serving a life sentence under the strict prison regime. That special prison regime involves, among other things, a complete ban on telephone calls except in emergency situations […]

The dead have also the right to be forgotten!

Article 8
15/10/2021 19:06

JUDGMENT M.L. v. Slovakia 14.10.2021 (app. no. 34159/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned three 2006 newspaper articles about the applicant’s son – a former parish priest – after his passing, and the ensuing court proceedings. The articles had combined certain elements from the criminal case files of the applicant’s son’s convictions with frivolous and […]

Long lasting road congestion due to highway construction! Disruption of the peaceful enjoyment of their home!

Article 8
14/10/2021 18:04

JUDGMENT Kapa and others v. Poland 14.10.2021 (app. no. 75031/13, 75282/13, 75286/13 and 75292/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the rerouting of traffic by the applicants’ house during the construction of a motorway, and the applicants’ attempts to rectify the situation via the authorities. The Court found in particular that the authorities had knowingly […]

18,000 pre filled application forms before the ECtHR by the French for the imposition of a health pass for coronavirus. They were all rejected as unacceptable!

1st P - Article 1
11/10/2021 10:25

JUDGMENT Zambrano v. France 07.10.2021 (app. no. 41994/21) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a university lecturer, Guillaume Zambrano, who complained about the “health pass” introduced in France in 2021 and who created a movement to protest against it. On his website, he suggests that visitors complete a pre-filled form in order to increase the […]

The seizure of a building, as an additional penalty to a conviction for organized crime, was not a disproportionate measure. No violation of property rights

1st P - Article 1
09/10/2021 18:19

JUDGMENT Djordjević v. France 07.10.2021 (app. no. 15572/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the confiscation of a building belonging to the applicant, who had been convicted of a repeat offence of criminal conspiracy, in application of an additional penalty allowing property to be confiscated in blanket fashion. The Court noted that the confiscation had […]

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

1st P - Article 1
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 […]

Unreasonable duration of a court dispute for communication and custody of a child that lasted 6 years! Violation of respect for family life

Article 8
23/09/2021 18:21

JUDGMENT Anagnostakis and others v. Greece 23.09.2021 (app. no. 46075/16) see here SUMMARY Access rights granted to the applicants, the father and grandparents of the child concerned (who was two years old when the application was lodged), and the length of various sets of proceedings in which the opposing party was the child’s mother. With […]

Cyberviolence against a woman by her partner! Insufficient investigation and non-protection of the victim. Violation of privacy

Article 8
18/09/2021 18:29

JUDGMENT Volodina v. Russia 14.09.2021 (no. 2) (app. no. 40419/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s allegation that the Russian authorities had failed to protect her against the repeated cyberviolence of her partner who had created fake profiles in her name, published her intimate photos, tracked her movements and sent her death threats […]

Removal of child custody from the mother due to her same-sex relationship with another woman! Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. Conviction from the Court

Article 14
17/09/2021 18:54

JUDGMENT Χ. v. Poland 16.09.2021 (app. no. 20741/10) see here SUMMARY The case concerned proceedings the applicant brought to contest the removal of her youngest child from her custody after her former husband obtained a change in the custody arrangements ordered in the divorce judgment. She alleged that the courts had acted in his favour […]

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