ECHR Decisions Archives

Unjustified access to a journalist’s telephone data and its geographical location for 16 months violated the protection of her journalistic sources.

Article 10
12/04/2021 19:15

JUDGMENT Sedletska v. Ukraine 01.04.2021 (app. no. 2634/18) see here SUMMARY Protection of journalistic sources and freedom of expression. The case concerned a court order accessing the data of the applicant’s mobile phone, as she worked as a journalist for the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty radio station, by the prosecutor’s office, thus ensuring […]

Double conviction by administrative and criminal court for the same act of bodily harm! Violation of the principle ne bis in idem

7th P - Article 4
11/04/2021 13:07

JUDGMENT Tsonyo Tsonev v. Bulgaria 06.04.2021 (app. no. 35623/11) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a complaint relating to the imposition of an administrative fine and a sentence of eighteen months’ imprisonment, essentially for the same offence. An initial judgment was delivered by the Court on 14 January 2010: Tsonyo Tsonev v. Bulgaria (no. 2). […]

Detainees in psychiatric prison wards. Developments after a pilot decision. Detention in inappropriate conditions, psychiatric wards with systemic problems and improvements.

Article 3
10/04/2021 19:05

JUDGMENT Venken and others v. Belgium 06.04.2021 (app. no. 46130/14) see here SUMMARY The case concerns five applications concerning the detention of five Belgian nationals in the psychiatric prison ward, which followed the pilot decision of W.D. against Belgium. The applicants alleged that they did not benefit from an remedy adapted to their mental health […]

VACCINES AND THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THE COURT

Children
09/04/2021 13:56

GRAND CHAMBER DECISION Vavřička and others v, the Czech Republic 08.04.2021 (app. no. 47621/13 and five other applications) This document is a tool for the press and it does not bind the Court. see here What were the applicants complaining about? The applicants complained about the consequences of non-compliance with the general statutory duty in […]

The compulsory childhood vaccination does not violate the right of respect of the family life!!

Article 8
08/04/2021 18:21

JUDGMENT Vavřička and others v. the Czech Republic 08.04.2021 (app. no. 47621/13 and five other applications) see here SUMMARY Compulsory childhood vaccination and the right to privacy. In the Czech Republic there is a general legal duty to vaccinate children against nine diseases known in the medical sciences. The Duty of compliance cannot be enforced […]

Construction company created structural problems by mistake in an apartment building. Reduced compensation without sufficient justification. Violation of the right to property

1st P - Article 1
07/04/2021 18:42

JUDGMENT Saraç and others v. Turkey 30.03.2021 (app. no. 23189/09) see here SUMMARY Attempt to demolish a building by mistake. Reduced compensation despite the recognition of full damage. Reduction of compensation by the Supreme Court without justification. Right to property. The applicants’ building was severely damaged when a construction company started demolition work by mistake, […]

Fine for Blagoev statue Santa Claus protest was a violation of the right of the freedom of expression

Article 10
06/04/2021 18:06

JUDGMENT Handzhiyski v. Bulgaria 6.3.2021 (app. no. 10783/14) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s placing of a Santa Claus hat and a sack on the statue of Dimitar Blagoev in the main square of Blagoevgrad on Christmas Day as a form of political protest. He was convicted and fined for minor hooliganism. The […]

Armenia v. Azerbaijan and alleged captives: notification to the Committee of Ministers of interim measures indicated

article 39
05/04/2021 18:10

16.3.2021 Press Release On 9 March 2021 the European Court of Human Rights (sitting as a Chamber of seven judges) decided to notify the Committee of Ministers, pursuant to Rule 39 § 2 of the Rules of Court, of the following interim measures indicated under Rule 39 in relation to the recent armed conflict between […]

Execution of a European arrest warrant and inhuman and degrading treatment!

Article 3
04/04/2021 09:07

JUDGMENT Bivolaru and Moldovan v. France 25.03.2021 (app.no. 40324/16 and 12623/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicants’ surrender by France to the Romanian authorities under European arrest warrants (EAWs) for the purpose of execution of their prison sentences. The case prompted the Court to clarify the conditions for application of the presumption of […]

A father’s indifference to a lawsuit claiming a change in the contact rights with his child in the presence of a guardian! Non-violation of the ECHR. However, the delay in issuing a decision for the return of the child violated the procedural part of family life!

Article 14
03/04/2021 13:35

JUDGMENT Μ.Β. v. Poland 01.04.2021 (app. no. 16202/14) see here SUMMARY Abduction of a child by the mother and his transfer from Italy to Poland. Time-consuming procedures for the return of the child. Procedural part of the right to family life and positive obligations of the state deriving from the Hague Convention. Father-child communication in […]

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