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Conviction of a journalist for an article that called a judge a “petty tyrant”! The phrase was a value judgment. Violation of freedom of expression.

Article 10
16/01/2023 09:07

JUDGMENT Ekayev v. Russia 10.01.2023 (app. no. 29396/15) see here SUMMARY The applicant is a journalist, a lawyer and a human rights defender. He founded the newspaper Tverskoy Reporter and published several articles revealing allegedly unlawful activities of the judges of the Tver Regional Court, such as corruption. In October 2011 the applicant published an article […]

The process of rehiring public servants who had been dismissed lasted 6 years! Violation of reasonable length of the proceedings

Administrative
12/01/2023 20:50

JUDGMENT Kuznetsov and others v. Ukraine 12.01.2023 (app. nos. 9988/16, 41238/16 and 44703/19) see here SUMMARY Dismissal of the applicants and duration of the re-employment procedure, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 and Article 8 of the Convention. The applicants were civil servants who had been dismissed from their posts in the civil service […]

Removal of a journalist from a polling station for videotaping the election process! Violation of freedom of expression

Article 10
12/01/2023 09:05

JUDGMENT Kuzmin v. Russia 10.01.2023 (app. no. 33513/13) see here SUMMARY The applicant was commissioned to photograph and film the 2012 presidential election in Pushkido, Moscow Oblast. On 4 March 2012, the applicant arrived at polling station 2314 in Pushkino and began filming from the entrance. The head of the precinct electoral commission (“PEC”) ordered […]

Sentenced to a fine for derogatory and offensive comments of a journalist against Muslims. Freedom of expression was not violated

Article 10
31/12/2022 17:53

JUDGMENT Zemmour v. France 20.12.2022 (app. no. 63539/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s conviction and sentencing for the offence of inciting discrimination and religious hatred against the French Muslim community for statements made on a television show in 2016. He alleged a violation of his right to freedom of expression. The Court […]

Inadequate detention conditions. Dismissal of the application for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies

Article 3
18/12/2022 09:35

JUDGMENT Vlad v. Romania 08.12.2022 (app. no. 122/17) see here SUMMARY In this decision concerning the conditions of detention of a former prisoner in Bucharest-Rahova Prison, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously declared the application inadmissible. The decision is final. The Court found, in particular, as follows. Regarding the period prior to 23 […]

Separation between Roma and North Macedonian students by placing them in different schools. Unjustified discrimination and violation of the right to education

1st P - Article 2
14/12/2022 07:40

JUDGMENT Elmazova and others v. North Macedonia 13.12.2022 (app. no. 11811/20 and 13550/20) see here SUMMARY The case concerned alleged segregation between pupils of Roma and Macedonian ethnicity, who were predominantly placed in different schools in the cities of Bitola that belonged to the same catchment area, and allegedly in different classes in Shtip. The […]

Force-feeding a prisoner who went on a hunger strike, with the sole purpose of suppressing the protests! Inhuman and degrading treatment

Article 3
11/12/2022 18:04

JUDGMENT Yakovlyev v. Ukraine 08.12.2022 (app. no. 42010/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s force-feeding whilst in prison for robbery, after going on hunger strike in protest against his conditions of detention and the attitude of the prison officials. Given the relatively short time that had elapsed since the start of his hunger-strike, […]

Courts are required to expeditiously examine child custody cases. Issuing of a decision after 7 months. Violation of Article 8 of the ECHR

Article 8
10/12/2022 16:52

JUDGMENT Μ.Η. v. Poland 01.12.2022 (app. no. 73247/14) see here SUMMARY Children’s custody. Family life. Obligation of national courts to act with speed and diligence. The applicant claimed legal custody of her daughter when her husband moved out of their family home, without her knowledge and without her consent, together with their child. The initial divorce […]

Failure to strike a balance between the interests of children and that of the society to limit the commercial nature of adoption. Violation of children’s privacy

Article 8
07/12/2022 18:42

JUDGMENT Κ.Κ. and others v. Denmark 06.12.2022 (app. no. 25212/21) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the refusal to allow the applicant K.K. to adopt the applicants C1 and C2 (twins) as a “stepmother” in Denmark. The twins were born to a surrogate mother in Ukraine who was paid for her service under a contract […]

A religious organization with a misleading name. The refusal to recognize it as a legal entity did not violate the freedom of religion and of assembly

Article 11
30/11/2022 18:27

JUDGMENT Ilyin and others v. Ukraine 17.11.2022 (app. no. 74852/14) see here SUMMARY Justified refusal to register the religious community of the Unification Church as a legal entity on the grounds that the name may mislead believers and the general public. Necessary restrictions in a democratic society. The applicants belong to the Unitarian Church. They […]

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