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Disciplinary reduction of salary to a judge for her public statements regarding legislative changes. Violation of the right of freedom of expression

Article 10
09/06/2023 19:49

JUDGMENT Sarısu Pehlivan v. Turkey 06.06.2023 (app. no. 63029/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a disciplinary penalty imposed by the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (CJP) on the applicant, a judge who at the relevant time was secretary-general of the judges’ trade union, following the publication of an interview she had given to a […]

Revocation of a long-term resident’s residence permit and imposition of a 10-year entry ban due to delinquent behavior, despite his progress in detention. Violation of privacy

Article 8
30/05/2023 19:31

JUDGMENT AZZAQUI v. the Netherland 30.05.2023 (app. no. 8757/20) see here SUMMARY The applicant, a Moroccan national, entered the Netherlands in 1982 at the age of 10 and was granted a permanent residence permit. Between 1987 and 1996 he was convicted of several criminal offenses and served several prison terms. In 1996 he was convicted […]

The state’s failure to prosecute for domestic violence against a minor by her partner. Conviction for degrading treatment

Article 14
25/05/2023 09:16

JUDGMENT A.E. v. Bulgaria 23.05.2023 (app. no. 53891/20) see here SUMMARY The case concerned complaints brought to prosecutors in Bulgaria that Ms A.E., then aged just 15, had been a victim of domestic abuse, including being beaten, kicked and strangled, by the 23-yearold man with whom she was living. The Court found in particular that […]

Conviction by the ECtHR for detaining a mother and her baby for 9 days before transferring them to another country

Article 5
20/05/2023 18:18

JUDGMENT A.C. and M.C. v. France 04.05.2023 (app. no. 4289/21) see here SUMMARY Detention of the applicant and her minor son, aged 7.5 months, for a period of nine days with a view to their transfer to Spain. The minor applicant was accompanied by his mother during the period of detention. The applicants argued that […]

Transmission by the prosecution to the Competition Commission of telephone tapping data on intercompany price-fixing. Article 8 of the ECHR was not violated

Article 8
18/05/2023 19:23

JUDGMENT Ships Waste Oil Collector B.V. v. the Netherlands 18.05.2023 (app. no. 2799/16) see here SUMMARY The applicant companies are active in construction and in the collection of liquid waste from ships in the area of the port of Rotterdam. Data obtained in the context of criminal investigations through wiretapping, following investigative acts, was forwarded […]

Statements of a lawyer on a television show for a pending civil case. Disciplinary sanction of one month of temporary suspension. Non-infringement of the freedom of expression

Article 10
11/05/2023 18:47

JUDGMENT Demertzis v. Greece 11.05.2023 (app. no. 12766/15) see here SUMMARY Appearance of the applicant lawyer on a television show and his statements on a case of a family nature, which was pending before the civil courts. The show also featured the child’s mother, stepfather and a psychiatrist, and included video footage of the child. […]

Appellant’s complaint challenging an administrative decision by the criminal courts. The application was struck out from the list of the Court

Administrative
08/05/2023 15:08

JUDGMENT Stassart v. France 04.05.2023 (app. no. 79356/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the criminal proceedings for tax fraud brought against the applicant. He alleged that the discrepancy between the solution adopted by the criminal courts and that previously adopted by the administrative courts on the same issue, which was decisive for the outcome […]

Prison staff tolerance of informal hierarchy among prisoners. Intimidation and violence against those lower in the hierarchy! Inhuman and degrading treatment

Article 3
03/05/2023 19:34

JUDGMENT S.P. and others v. Russia 02.05.2023 (app. no. 36463/11 and 10 others) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the treatment of the applicants when serving sentences in penal institutions in various parts of Russia. Within an informal prisoner hierarchy, they had been categorised as “outcasts”. The Court found in particular that the existence of […]

Interim measure concerning asylum seeker’s removal from the UK to Rwanda

ECHR Decisions
28/04/2023 19:30

JUDGMENT N.S.K. v. United Kingdom (app. no. 28774/22) see here THE DECISION OF THE COURT… The applicant, an Iraqi national, claimed asylum upon arrival in the United Kingdom. His claim was deemed inadmissible, and he was served with removal directions to Rwanda for 14 June 2022. He sought permission to judicially review the lawfulness of […]

Abusive and arbitrary behavior during the search of a company by the Competition Commission. Violation of respect of the residence

Article 6
23/04/2023 18:14

JUDGMENT UAB Kesko Senukai Lithuania v. Lithuania 04.04.2023 (app. no. 19162/19) see here SUMMARY The applicant, UAB Kesko Senukai Lithuania, is a company based in Kaunas (Lithuania). It is mainly involved in retail. In April 2018 the Lithuanian Competition Council launched an investigation into suspected price fixing by six retailers, including Kesko Senukai Lithuania, in […]

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