ECHR Decisions Archives

A soldier who beheaded an Armenian for nationalistic reasons becomes a hero in his country! The Court does not forgive and punishes!

Article 14
02/06/2020 19:07

JUDGMENT Makuchyan and Minasyan v. Azerbaijan and Hungary 26.05.2020 (no. 17247/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the presidential pardon given to a convicted murderer and his release following his transfer from Hungary to Azerbaijan to serve the rest of his sentence. R.S., a military officer from Azerbaijan, killed an Armenian military officer and attempted […]

The execution of a court decision for the delivery of a minor child by one parent to another consists of a state obligation!

Article 8
01/06/2020 08:33

JUDGMENT Gubasheva and Ferzauli v. Russia 05.05.2020 (no. 38433/17) see here SUMMARY Execution of court decisions by the domestic authorities and the responsibility of the state. The first applicant, acting for herself individually but also on behalf of her minor daughter and the second applicant, applied for custody after her divorce from her husband, who […]

Failure to provide medical care to detainees constitutes inhumane and degrading treatment.

1st P - Article 1
31/05/2020 09:07

JUDGMENT Kadagishvili v. Georgia 14.05.2020 ( no. 12391/06) see here SUMMARY Failure to provide medical care to detainees in accordance with their health problems is inhumane and degrading treatment. Detention of detainees and conditions of a fair trial. The first and third applicants were convicted of money laundering and held in high-security prisons. They […]

Insufficient investigations into the death of a citizen during a police search. Violation of a procedural part of the right to life

Article 2
30/05/2020 12:28

JUDGMENT Jabłońska v. Poland 14.05.202 (no. 24913/15) see here SUMMARY Proportionality in the use of force by police, effective investigation and the right to life. The applicant’s son was stopped for a routine examination by competent police authorities. He was arrested for carrying two bags of white powder and in an attempt to escape, he […]

Suspension of of journalist’s parliamentary credentials violates the freedom of expression

Article 10
29/05/2020 08:48

JUDGMENT Mándli and others v. Hungary 26.05.2020 (no. 63164/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the suspension of the applicants’ Parliament accreditation as journalists. The Court found in particular that the applicants, journalists working for various media outlets, had been reporting on a matter of public interest – alleged illicit payments linked to the National […]

Disclosure of being HIV positive in a military service exemption certificate breached privacy rights

Article 8
28/05/2020 09:34

JUDGMENT P.T. v. The Republic of Moldova 26.05.2020 (no. 1122/12) see here SUMMARY The case concerned disclosure of the applicant’s HIV positive status in a certificate exempting him from military service. He complained that he had had to show the certificate when renewing his identification papers in 2011 and in certain other situations, such as […]

A judge’s son’s employment link with a law firm raised objective doubts about the judge’s impartiality in a defamation case

Article 10
27/05/2020 11:17

JUDGMENT Koulias v. Cyprus 26.05.2020 (no. 48781/12) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s complaint that one of the Supreme Court judges in proceedings against him for defamation was not impartial as the judge’s son worked for the law firm whose founding partner represented the appellant in the case. The Court found in particular […]

Seizure of property of an alleged kidnapped victim, when the victim herself stated that she was not a victim and that there was no kidnapping! Violation of property rights.

1st P - Article 1
26/05/2020 10:53

JUDGMENT Litvinenko v. Russia 05.05.2020 (no. 84447/17) see here SUMMARY Seizure of property as part of a criminal investigation by the alleged abducted victim. Authorities seized the applicant’s property, which was allegedly the victim of an abduction from unknown criminals, in order to prevent the perpetrators from illegally disposing of her property. The applicant had […]

The non-disclosure of prosecutorial proposals and the procedure in the appellate court in the absence of the accused violated the fair trial.

Article 6 - Par. 1
25/05/2020 07:04

JUDGMENT Romić and others v. Croatia 14.05.2020 (no. 22238/13, 30334/13, 38246/13, 57701/13, 62634/14, 52172/15 and 17642/15) see here SUMMARY Notification of prosecutorial proposals. Equality of arms and litigation. The applicants were charged with serious misconduct and attempted murder. They were irrevocably convicted. At the trial, they did not have access to the prosecutor’s proposals submitted […]

The Court agrees not to include the Romanian Communist Party in the list of political parties. Non-violation of its freedom of association

Article 11
24/05/2020 07:34

JUDGMENT Ignatencud and Romanian Communist Party (PCR) v. Romania 05.05.2020 (appl. no. 78635/13) see here SUMMARY Freedom of association. Refusal to register on the list of political parties, a party claiming to be a successor to the communist party that ruled Romania during the totalitarian regime and disbanded in 1989 after the overthrow of power […]

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