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Imposition of disciplinary sanctions on a judicial officer, due to her critical public statements against judges and the government. Violation of her right to freedom of expression

Article 10
27/10/2021 07:35

JUDGMENT Miroslava Todorova v. Bulgaria 19.10.2021 (app. no. 40072/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned two sets of disciplinary proceedings against the applicant, who had been a judge and the President of the Bulgarian Union of Judges at the relevant time. The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) ordered a reduction of her salary, followed by her […]

Involuntary hospitalization and compulsory medication for psychiatric patients without a recent medical evaluation! Violation of personal freedom and privacy

Article 5
24/10/2021 18:51

JUDGMENT R.D. and I.M.D. v. Romania 12.10.2021 (app. no. 35402/14) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicants’ non-voluntary confinement in a psychiatric hospital for the purpose of compelling them to undergo medical treatment, and the obligation to follow that treatment. The Court noted that the relevant psychiatric forensic medical reports in respect of the […]

The dead have also the right to be forgotten!

Article 8
15/10/2021 19:06

JUDGMENT M.L. v. Slovakia 14.10.2021 (app. no. 34159/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned three 2006 newspaper articles about the applicant’s son – a former parish priest – after his passing, and the ensuing court proceedings. The articles had combined certain elements from the criminal case files of the applicant’s son’s convictions with frivolous and […]

Long lasting road congestion due to highway construction! Disruption of the peaceful enjoyment of their home!

Article 8
14/10/2021 18:04

JUDGMENT Kapa and others v. Poland 14.10.2021 (app. no. 75031/13, 75282/13, 75286/13 and 75292/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the rerouting of traffic by the applicants’ house during the construction of a motorway, and the applicants’ attempts to rectify the situation via the authorities. The Court found in particular that the authorities had knowingly […]

18,000 pre filled application forms before the ECtHR by the French for the imposition of a health pass for coronavirus. They were all rejected as unacceptable!

1st P - Article 1
11/10/2021 10:25

JUDGMENT Zambrano v. France 07.10.2021 (app. no. 41994/21) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a university lecturer, Guillaume Zambrano, who complained about the “health pass” introduced in France in 2021 and who created a movement to protest against it. On his website, he suggests that visitors complete a pre-filled form in order to increase the […]

Notice of application before Court concerning compulsory vaccination of certain workers imposed by French law on health crisis

1st P - Article 1
08/10/2021 18:09

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE see here SUMMARY The European Court of Human Rights notified the French Government of the application in Thevenon v. France (App. No. 46061/21) and requested observations on its admissibility and merits. The case concerns the compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 imposed on certain professions as in the case […]

Cyberviolence against a woman by her partner! Insufficient investigation and non-protection of the victim. Violation of privacy

Article 8
18/09/2021 18:29

JUDGMENT Volodina v. Russia 14.09.2021 (no. 2) (app. no. 40419/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s allegation that the Russian authorities had failed to protect her against the repeated cyberviolence of her partner who had created fake profiles in her name, published her intimate photos, tracked her movements and sent her death threats […]

The use of the applicant’s emails from a dating site, as evidence in a child custody trial, did not infringe on the right to privacy

Article 8
13/09/2021 18:36

JUDGMENT Μ.P. v. Portugal 07.09.2021 (app. no. 27516/14) see here SUMMARY The case concerned an applicant who complained about the fact that her former husband had not been punished in criminal proceedings by the Portuguese courts for having accessed emails that she had exchanged on a casual dating site and for submitting them in evidence […]

Prohibition of Supreme Judges from participating in the Supreme Court by a law issued after their appointment! No right of appeal. Violation of respect for privacy and access to court!

Administrative
10/08/2021 19:42

JUDGMENT Gumenyuk and others v. Ukraine 22.07.2021 (app. no. 11423/19) see here SUMMARY Judges’ private life. Prohibition by law for supreme judges to participate in the Supreme Court without being fired. The appointment of judges to the Supreme Court was determined by a competition, in which the already appointed supreme judges had to participate. Lack […]

Publication in a newspaper of private information and images secretly obtained by a journalist acting as the candidate surrogate mother. Violation of privacy

Article 8
09/07/2021 19:33

JUDGMENT Hájovský v. Slovakia 01.07.2021 (app. no. 7796/16) see here SUMMARY Notice of finding a surrogate mother on behalf of the applicant. A journalist introduced as the surrogate mother candidate and secretly recorded his conversations, as a result of which she became the subject of a TV show. Publication in a newspaper of private information […]

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