JUDGMENT L.R. v. North Macedonia 23.01.2020 (no. 38067/15) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a child, L.R., who has been in the care of State-run institutions since he was three months old and allegations of inadequate care and ill-treatment. His case came to the notice of an NGO when the Ombudsman visited him in an […]
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 […]
JUDGMENT D. and others v. Romania 14.01.2020 (no. 75953/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned an order for the expulsion to Iraq of an Iraqi national following his conviction in Romania for having facilitated the entry to Romania of persons involved in terrorist activities (a migrant smuggling offence). The European Court of Human Rights held, […]
JUDGMENT Magosso and Brindani v. Italy 16.01.2020 (no. 59347/11) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the conviction for defamation of two applicants, a journalist and a publishing director, following the publication of an article concerning the murder of the journalist Walter Tobagi in 1980 by a terrorist group close to the Red Brigades. With regard […]
JUDGMENT Yam v. United Kingdom 16.01.2020 (no. 31295/11) see here SUMMARY Trial for intentional homicide trial was held behind closed doors for the testimony of some witnesses. The national court ruled that this part of the proceedings should have been held behind closed doors for reasons of national security. The Court in particular found that […]
JUDGMENT Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt v. Hungary 20.01.2020 (no. 201/17) (GRAND CHAMBER) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a political party’s mobile application which allowed voters to photograph, anonymously upload and comment on invalid votes cast during a referendum on immigration in 2016. The Court found in particular that the provision of domestic election law […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
JUDGMENT Varoğlu Atik and others v. Turkey 14.01.2020 (no. 76061/14) see here SUMMARY Freedom of assembly and the limits of state intervention. The applicants had planned a peaceful demonstration, obtaining the approval of the police authorities, which they carried out. At the end of the demonstration, some demonstrators used force police against police officers, who […]
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