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The disciplinary sanction of a prosecutor for a matter concerning interference with the autonomy of the prosecution violated freedom of expression. Government’s acceptance of the violation. Deletion of the appeal

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20/04/2023 16:46

JUDGMENT Dogiakos Isidoros against Greece 23.03.2023 (app. no. 10294/17) see here SUMMARY Disciplinary sanction against a prosecutor for introducing the item “Non‑institutional interference of the President of the Court of Cassation in the autonomous administration of the Prosecution Service of the Athens Court of Appeal” to the agenda of the plenary session of the Prosecution Service. […]

Administrative detention of a member of a terrorist organization, for reasons of public order and security. Non-violation of the ECHR

Article 3
20/04/2023 11:09

JUDGMENT N.M. v. Belgium, 18.04.2023 (app. no. 43966/19). see here SUMMARY The case concerned the detention of an Algerian national for 31 months in a closed centre for aliens pending his removal from Belgium on grounds of a risk to public order and national security, the review of the lawfulness of that measure, and the […]

The record in the birth certificate, of a transgender parent as the father despite her gender change to female. Non-infringement of private and family life

Article 8
08/04/2023 18:49

JUDGMENT A.H. and others v. Germany 04.04.2023 (app. no. 7246/20) see here SUMMARY The case concerned three applicants, the first of whom is a transgender parent (A.H.), who complained that the civil registration authorities had refused to record the first applicant in the register of births as mother of the third applicant (L.D.H.) on the […]

Rejection of a hearing-impaired Roma student’s request to enroll in a school that served his needs! Violation of the right to education

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02/04/2023 17:00

JUDGMENT Szolcsán v. Hungary 30.03.2023 ( app. no. 24408/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s education in a primary school that was almost exclusively attended by Roma children. Hisrequest to be transferred to anotherschool in a neighbouring town wasrejected because he did not live in the school’s catchment area. However, he claims that […]

Refusal of the authorities to provide information on the work of the current Judges. Violation of freedom of expression

Administrative
30/03/2023 08:34

JUDGMENT SAURE v. GERMANY (No. 2) 28.03.2023 (app. no. 6091/16) see here SUMMARY The applicant is a journalist with Bild, a daily newspaper with a large circulation. He asked for information held by the Ministry of Justice of the Land of Brandenburg concerning judges and a public prosecutor in the Land of Brandenburg who had previously worked for the Ministry […]

Excessive length of proceedings regarding contact arrangements between father and his child. Conviction by the ECHR

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28/03/2023 16:23

JUDGMENT OMELCHENKO v. UKRAINE 23.03.2023 (app. no. 44158/19) see here SUMMARY Excessive length of proceedings regarding contact arrangements between the applicants and the second applicant’s travel abroad, and the alleged absence of an effective remedy in this regard. The applicants are father and son. On 4 November 2013 the first applicant initiated proceedings against O., […]

Conviction for defamatory statements in a newspaper against a mayor! Violation of freedom of expression

Article 10
27/03/2023 14:02

JUDGMENT MITICHYAN v. ARMENIA 21.03.2023 (app. no. 34787/12) see here SUMMARY Defamatory statements of the applicant to a journalist and publication in a local newspaper against a mayor, who had been criminally acquitted of the charges. Applicant’s conviction. Freedom of expression. In March 2010 criminal proceedings were instituted against the mayor of Lernapat village, V.Y., […]

A charge with a large compensation on an eyewitness of a traffic accident for the statements he made to a journalist! Violation of freedom of expression

Article 10
27/03/2023 08:26

JUDGMENT UDOVYCHENKO v. UKRAINE 23.03.2023 (app. no. 46396/14) see here SUMMARY Freedom of expression of an eyewitness. Obligation of the courts to give adequate reasons for decisions. The applicant was a witness of a road accident of public interest. While visiting the victim in hospital, the applicant gave a comment on the circumstances of the […]

Detainee’s ill-treatment by law‑enforcement officers. Ineffective investigation. Conviction for inhuman and degrading treatment

Article 3
24/03/2023 09:46

JUDGMENT ABISHOV v. AZERBAIJAN 23.03.2023 (app. no. 46419/16) see here SUMMARY Applicant’s alleged ill-treatment by law‑enforcement officers during his arrest and later while in police custody and the lack of an effective investigation in that respect. On 23 October 2015 the applicant had been in a café with an acquaintance, when plain-clothed police officers had […]

Restriction on remand prisoner’s family visits with wife and daughter, in order not to obstruct the criminal investigation! Violation of respect for family life

Article 8
22/03/2023 20:52

JUDGMENT DELTUVA v. LITHUANIA 21.03.2023 (app. no. 38144/20) see here SUMMARY Restrictions on prisoner’s personal and family life. Protection of family life. The applicant was remanded in custody on suspicion of drug trafficking. During the first nine months of his detention, he was allowed to see his wife and ten-year-old daughter only once. Domestic authorities […]

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