Family life Archives

The failure of the state to secure the father’s reunification with his minor daughter, which her mother brought her to another country, violated the right to respect for family life.

Article 8
25/06/2019 10:26

JUDGMENT Vladimir Ushakov v. Russia 18.06.2019 (no. 15122/17) see here SUMMARY Right to reunite father with a minor daughter. State obligation to develop their ties. The applicant, a Russian national, was resident in Finland. He had a daughter with his wife. At the time of their divorce, the former spouse settled with her daughter in […]

Reunion of a daughter and her father after his acquittal for domestic violence. The failure of the state to ensure reunification violated the right to respect for family life

Article 8
24/06/2019 11:14

JUDGMENT Ηaddad v. Spain 18.06.2019 ( no. 16572/17) see here SUMMARY Parent’s right to exercise parental custody for his child without interruption. The applicant, a Syrian national, was deprived of the communication and parental responsibility of his three minor children, by a court ruling, following the lawsuit filed by his wife against domestic violence. During the […]

Gülelen and a secret extradition of five teachers from Moldova to Turkey because of alleged ties with the movement. Violation of the ECHR.

7th P - Article 1
18/06/2019 12:05

JUDGMENT Ozdil and others v. The Republic of Moldova 11.06.2019 (no. 42305/18) see here SUMMARY Extradition of five Turkish professors who were wanted by the Turkish authorities for alleged ties to the Fethullah Gülen movement. The Court found in particular that the arrest of the applicants and the speed of their extradition from Moldova to Turkey […]

The refusal to appoint a teacher who was successful in a competition because of personal life issues and not because of professional incompetence, violated his right to privacy.

Article 6 - Par. 1
10/06/2019 18:57

JUDGMENT Yilmaz v. Turkey 04.06.2019 ( no. 36607/06) see here SUMMARY Unjustified interference with personal life. Refusal to appoint a teacher. The applicant, who came second to a teaching post abroad, was not appointed because of his personal life revealed by security investigation, in particular because he practiced gender segregation and his wife’s dress code (veil). […]

The unjustified restrictions on remand pre -trial prisoners’ rights in terms of family visits, violates the right to protection of family life and constitutes a prohibited discrimination.

Article 14
08/06/2019 18:36

JUDGMENT Chaldayev v. Russia 28.05.2019 (no. 33172/16) see here SUMMARY Pre –trial detention of a defendant and right to visit from family. The state has no right to lay down restrictions on visits to relatives of pre-trial prisoners that are not considered appropriate and really necessary. The applicant was held on pre –trial detention and before […]

The refusal to grant a residence permit for family reintegration reasons to a foreigner who presented false information did not violate the right to respect for privacy.

Article 8
07/06/2019 17:51

JUDGMENT Abokar v. Sweden 06-06-2019 (no. 23270/16) see here SUMMARY Refusal by the Swedish authorities to grant the applicant a residence permit for reasons of family reintegration. The applicant had provided inaccurate information to the authorities on his identity and thus had problems in proving this, while he had no connection with Sweden except his […]

The reasoned rejection of a request of a prisoner convicted of terrorist acts for his transfer to a prison close to his family did not violate the right to respect for his family life

Article 6 - Par. 1
05/06/2019 18:47

JUDGMENT Fraile Iturralde v. Spain 28.05.2019 (no. 66498/17) see here SUMMARY A prisoner convicted as a member of a terrorist organization for involvement in a terrorist act has asked to be transferred to a prison closer to his family. Refusal by the national authorities to carry it out. The Court found that the reasons for […]

The Court decides not to return the children to their father because of domestic violence. Complete contradiction with the rationale of national courts.

Article 8
25/05/2019 18:52

JUDMENT O.C.I. and others v. Romania 21.05.2019 (no. 49450/17) see here SUMMARY Domestic violence. Abuse of children by their father in the past. The mother took the children to her home country of Romania and did not return to Italy, which was the permanent home of the family and where their Italian father lived. The […]

Denial of a of a prisoner’s request to attend his brother’s funeral violated the right to family life

Article 8
03/05/2019 18:41

JUDGMENT Vetsev v. Bulgaria 02.05.2019 (no. 54558/15) see here SUMMARY Funeral of a prisoner’s brother. The refusal of the Bulgarian authorities to allow a prisoner to attend his brother’s funeral. The Court considered that the Bulgarian authorities had rejected the claim on the grounds that this was not provided for under national law, without its […]

The inability of social welfare authorities to provide appropriate help to overcome the children’s refusal to communicate with their father violated the right to respect for family life

Article 8
30/04/2019 12:28

JUDGMENT A.V. v. Slovenia 09.04.2019 (no. 878/13) see here SUMMARY Father and child communication. Negative attitude of children to get in touch with their father. Judicial deprivation of the father of three children of his right to communicate with them. Ineffectiveness of the work of social welfare authorities that failed to ensure safe support of […]

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