JUDGMENT Fatkhutdinov v. Russia 29.09.2020 (App. no. 36335/18) see here SUMMARY Best interests of the child and parental care. Deprivation of parental care f a minor child by the applicant, who was deemed not to be his biological father, based on his refusal to undergo a DNA test and the testimony of a witness. The […]
JUDGMENT Belova v. Russia 15.09.2020 (app. no. 33955/08) see here SUMMARY Respect for property. Loss of property due to illegal title and acquisition of it in bad faith. The property was returned to the State several years after its purchase by the applicant by intermediate individuals, who were not legalized to enter into the sale. […]
JUDGMENT Bilal Akyıldız v. Turkey 15.09.2020 (app. no. 36897/07) see here SUMMARY Arrest and temporary detention of an applicant on suspicion of having committed a series of sexual assaults and attempted abductions of children. The applicant resembled the person depicted in a photograph of the alleged perpetrator, but was acquitted after the victims’ statements made […]
JUDGMENT Ragıp Zarakolu v. Turkey 15.09.2020 (app. no. 15064/12) see here SUMMARY Illegal detention and right to freedom of expression. The ECtHR ruled that when pre-trial detention is not legal, it should not consider whether interfering with freedom of expression has a legitimate purpose and is necessary in a democratic society. Illegal pre-trial detention linked […]
JUDGMENT Vasilyev and others v. Russia 22.09.2020 (application no. 38891/08) see here SUMMARY Anonymous witnesses in a criminal trial. Conviction of the applicants for incitement to hatred and participation in an organization banned due to extremist activity. The applicants alleged that their right to a fair trial had been violated because the national courts had […]
JUDGMENT Mirgadirov v. Azerbaijan and Turkey 17.09.2020 (app. no. 62775/14) see here SUMMARY Judicial review of the legality of temporary detention, presumption of innocence and the right to respect for the privacy of a detainee. The applicant, a political journalist and political analyst, was arrested and detained on his way back to his country of […]
JUDGMENT Grubnyk v. Ukraine 17.09.2020 (app.no. 58444/15) see here SUMMARY Presumption of innocence. Temporary detention of a suspect, the right to liberty and security of a dangerous criminal as opposed to the public’s right to protection from violent attacks. The applicant was arrested for his involvement in a terrorist attack. The charge was amended to […]
JUDGMENT B.G. and others v. France 10.09.2020 (app. no. 63141/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the accommodation of asylum-seekers for several months in a tent camp set up on a carpark in Metz and the question whether they had received the material and financial support provided for by domestic law. Applicants 1 to 12 […]
JUDGMENT Čivinskaitė v. Lithuania 15.09.2020 (app. no. 21218/12) see here SUMMARY The case concerned disciplinary proceedings against the applicant, a senior prosecutor, for failing to carry out her duties properly in a high-profile investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of a child. The proceedings led to her demotion. Her case before the European Court dealt […]
JUDGMENT Kotilainen and others v. Finland 17.09.2020 (app. no. 62439/12) see here SUMMARY The case of Kotilainen and Others v. Finland (application no. 62439/12) concerned complaints about failures by the authorities to protect the lives of the victims of the 2008 school shooting in the town of Kauhajoki, in which 10 people were killed. Nine […]
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