Fair trial

Extraordinary appeal by the Attorney General annuls an irrevocable court decision after 11 years! Conviction for setting up an unlawful court and violation of privacy!

JUDGMENT Lech Wałęsa v. Poland 23.11.2023 (app. no. 50849/21) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a civil suit that Mr Wałęsa had taken against a former friend and associate, Krzysztof Wyszkowski, who had accused him publicly of collaboration with the secret services under the communist regime. Although he had won the case, the final judgment […]

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Unnecessary provisional detention, seizure of accounts in violation of the principle of proportionality and unnecessary press releases to inform the public. Conviction for multiple violations of the ECHR

JUDGMENT Narbutas v. Lithuania 19.12.2023  (app. no. 14139/21) see here SUMMARY The case concerned various remand measures applied against Šarūnas Narbutas in the context of a high-profile criminal investigation relating to his involvement in the acquisition by the Lithuanian Government of more than 300,000 covid-19 tests from a Spanish pharmaceutical company in March 2020. At […]

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The close professional relationship between judges of the Supreme Court of Cassation and one of the parties constituted a lack of objective impartiality. Breach of the right to due process

JUDGMENT Syndicat National des Journalistes and others v. France 14.12.2023 (app. no. 41236/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned an alleged violation of the right to a fair hearing by an impartial court, as a result of the involvement of three Court of Cassation judges – who, in the applicants’ submission, had ties with the […]

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The President of the Supreme Court testified as a witness for the prosecution. Media reports of conversations of the accused. Lack of impartiality of the judges. No violation of fair trial and of the presumption of innocence

JUDGMENT Tadić v. Croatia  28.11.2023 (app. no. 25551/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned criminal proceedings in which Mr Tadić had been found guilty of conspiring – through payments of money – to influence the Supreme Court to give a decision favourable to a well-known politician who was being tried for a war crime. The […]

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Illegal arrest, detention and conviction of two men on charges of espionage. Violation of personal liberty and due process

JUDGMENT O.J. and J.O. v. Georgia and Russia 19.12.2023 (app. no. 42126/15 and 42127/15) see here SUMMARY Arrest, detention and conviction of two men on charges of espionage in the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia – the region of Georgia currently outside the de facto control of the Georgian government. The Court found that while Georgia […]

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The applicant’s reference in a judgment condemning a former Minister, for money laundering from criminal activity, without mentioning that his guilt is not determined! Violation of presumption of innocence

JUDGMENT Beltsios v. Greece 28.11.2023 (app. no. 57333/14) see here SUMMARY Violation of the presumption of innocence under Article 6 § 2 of the ECHR and failure to decide “immediately” on the applicant’s application for release from prison under Article 5 § 4 of the ECHR. In the years 2000 and 2002, contracts were signed […]

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The courts considered an out-of-date appeal without giving reasons for the out-of-date and without granting an extension of time. Violation of legal certainty

JUDGMENT Robuleţ v. the Republic of Moldova 14.11.2023 (app. no. 17935/08) see here SUMMARY Adjudication of an out-of-date appeal by the appeal court without the national court justifying why it considered an out-of-date appeal. The national courts did not justify why they accepted to examine the appeal brought after the legal deadline of 15 days […]

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Retroactive application of a new shorter deadline for filing an application in a pending case! Violation of the right to access to court

JUDGMENT Legros and others v. France 09.11.2023 (app. no. 72173/17 and 17 others) see here SUMMARY The appeals of the applicants before the administrative courts concerning various issues were rejected as inadmissible with irrevocable decisions because during the litigation, a new shorter deadline for filing an appeal was applied with retroactive effect. The Court found […]

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