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The arrest and temporary detention of a well-known journalist in Turkey, due to her articles, without reasonable evidence of guilt violated the right to freedom and freedom of expression.

Article 10
17/12/2021 18:39

JUDGMENT Ilıcak v. Turkey 14.12.2021 (no. 2) (app. no. 1210/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the arrest and pre-trial detention of Nazlı Ilıcak following the attempted coup of 15 July 2016 in Turkey. Ms Ilıcak is a famous journalist who is known for her critical views on the policies of the current government. The […]

The Court awarded 370,000 euros to a woman victim of gender and domestic violence! Battery, kidnappings and amputation by spouses!

Article 14
16/12/2021 19:32

JUDGMENT Tunikova and others v. Russia 14.12.2021 (app. no. 55974/16, 53118/17, 27484/18 and 28011/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned acts of domestic violence, including death threats, bodily injuries and one case of severe mutilation, which the applicants sustained at the hands of their former partners or husbands, and the domestic authorities’ alleged failure to […]

Temporary placement of a child in an institution due to the aggravated mental health of the mother! Family life was not violated

Article 8
12/12/2021 15:42

JUDGMENT G.Μ. v. France 09.12.2021 (app. no. 25075/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the taking into care of the applicant’s child, then an infant, by the Child Welfare Authority, and the limitation of the applicant’s contact rights. The Court began by noting that the child’s placement with the Child Welfare Authority had been ordered […]

Non-granting of Polish citizenship to the children of a same sex couple born through a surrogate mother! The Polish authorities did not violate the ECHR

Article 8
09/12/2021 19:39

JUDGMENT S.-Η. v. Poland 09.12.2021 (app. no. 56846/15 and 56849/15) see here SUMMARY The applicants’ parents are a same-sex couple, who in 2010 had the children conceived via a surrogacy agreement. The applicants were confirmed as children of their parents by the Superior Court of California. The case concerned their application for Polish citizenship (one […]

The participation of a party in the hearing process via skype did not violate the fair trial! The parental responsibility was not granted to a father without any connection with his child! The right to family life was not violated

Article 8
04/12/2021 10:14

JUDGMENT Jallow v. Norway 02.12.2021 (app. no. 36516/19) see here SUMMARY The applicant, Ebrima Pa Jallow, is a Gambian national who lives in Gambia. The case concerned proceedings in which he lodged an application to be granted parental responsibility for his child, living in Norway, following the child’s mother’s death. In particular, he had to […]

Newspaper article about debts to the State of the President of the Olympic Committee and multimillionaire! The rejection of the defamation lawsuit did not violate privacy!

Article 8
03/12/2021 19:48

JUDGMENT Țiriac v. Romania 30.11.2021 (app. no. 51107/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned an allegedly defamatory press article about Mr Țiriac, and the court proceedings that followed. The Court found in particular that as the article had been a mixture of value judgment and supported factual statements, had had no discernible negative effect on […]

Ineffective investigation into the death of a 10-year-old boy after a fight at school. Violation of the procedural part of the right to life

Article 2
30/11/2021 20:33

JUDGMENT Derenik Mkrtchyan and Gayane Mkrtchyan v. Armenia 30.11.2021 (app. no. 69736/12) see here SUMMARY Failure of the school authorities to prevent the death of a 10-year-old boy inside the school and ineffective investigation of the case. The applicants relied on the right to life and the right to a fair trial, in particular, alleging […]

ECtHR first decision for civil liability due to non-removal of “tags” on the internet!

Article 10
26/11/2021 20:06

JUDGMENT Biancardi v. Italy 25.11.2021 (app. no. 77419/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the “right to be forgotten”. The applicant, a former editor-in-chief of an online newspaper, was found liable in civil proceedings for having kept on his newspaper’s website an article reporting on a fight in a restaurant, giving details on the related […]

Lack of procedural guarantees for the protection of a lawyer’s personal data. Violation of Article 8 of the ECHR

Article 8
25/11/2021 19:37

JUDGMENT Särgava v. Estonia 16.11.2021 (app. no. 698/19) see here SUMMARY Confiscation of a lawyer’s personal belongings. The lawyer and the mobile phone of the applicant, a lawyer, were confiscated from his house and car and then examined by the authorities in the context of a criminal investigation. The applicant’s judicial attempts to declare the […]

Extended pre trial detention for up to 4 years without sufficient justification or consideration of alternative restrictive conditions. Violation of the right to personal liberty

Article 5
24/11/2021 09:05

JUDGMENT Kovrov and others v. Russia 16.11.2021 (app. no. 42296/09, 71805/11, 75089/13, 1327/16, and 14206/16). see here SUMMARY Automatic extension of temporary detention. Failure to consider the possibility of alternative restrictive terms. Insufficient reasoning. The applicants were arrested on suspicion of various offenses such as fraud and fatal bodily harm and were remanded in custody […]

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