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Removal of attorneys from trial for misconduct. Non-infringement of due process and privacy

Article 6 - Par. 1
10/10/2022 07:50

JUDGMENT Angerjärv and Greinoman v. Estonia 04.10.2022 (app. no. 16358/18 and 34964/18) see here SUMMARY The applicants, Mart Angerjärv and Maksim Greinoman, are Estonian nationals who were born in 1980 and 1979 and live in Viimsi and Tallinn respectively. They are both lawyers. The case concerns the applicants’ attempts to challenge their removal from civil-court […]

The decision of a depressed woman to undergo euthanasia. National legislation on euthanasia compatible with the ECHR. Violation of the procedural part of Article 2 of the ECHR due to defective procedures

Article 2
10/10/2022 06:57

JUDGMENT Mortier v. Belgium 04.10.2022 (app. no. 78017/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the death by euthanasia of the applicant’s mother, without the applicant or his sister having been informed. The applicant’s mother had not wished to inform her children of her euthanasia request in spite of the repeated advice from the doctors. Relying […]

The change of gender in electronic records was not accepted by the courts. Violation of the right to respect for private life

Article 8
29/09/2022 06:35

JUDGMENT P.H. v. Bulgaria 27.09.2022 (app. no. 46509/20) see here SUMMARY The applicant, who felt from an early age that her male gender and its corresponding characteristics did not correspond to how she felt, started in 2015 hormone treatments in order to be able to achieve gender change. In 2018, she filed an application in […]

The deportation of a Nigerian national, convicted of a criminal offense, did not infringe on his family life. Public interest prevails

Article 8
28/09/2022 08:15

JUDGMENT Otite v. United Kingdom 27.09.2022 (app. no. 18339/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a Nigerian national being served in October 2015 with notice of his liability to deportation, despite having been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK in 2004. The notice came after his conviction in 2014 on two counts of […]

Sterilization of a woman due to uterine rupture without her express and informed consent! Discovery of sterilization two years later! Violation of the respect for privacy

Article 3
21/09/2022 17:20

JUDGMENT Υ.P. v. Russia 20.09.2022 (app. no. 43399/13) see here SUMMARY Sterilization of the applicant without her consent or information due to uterine rupture. Respect for privacy. The applicant, who was pregnant in August 2008, underwent an emergency caesarean section in a public hospital. During the operation, the doctors detected a rupture of the uterus. […]

Retaliation to a prisoner for appealing and winning at the ECtHR! Repeated transfers and deprivation of visits! Violation of the right to respect for private life

ECHR Decisions
18/09/2022 19:05

JUDGMENT Stanislav Lutsenko (no. 2) v. Ukraine 15.09.2022 (app. no. 483/10) see here SUMMARY Retaliatory behavior of prisons against a prisoner after a successful appeal to the ECtHR. The applicant was serving a 13-year sentence for manslaughter. While in prison, he worked as a cook, continued his university studies and had been praised for his […]

Collection and retention, by the French blood donation service, of personal data reflecting applicant’s presumed sexual orientation without proven factual basis: violation of Article 8 of the Convention

Article 8
13/09/2022 06:25

JUDGMENT Drelon v. France 08.09.2022 (app. no. 3153/16 and 27758/18) see here SUMMARY The applications concerned, first, the collection and retention, by the French blood donation service (EFS) of personal data reflecting the applicant’s presumed sexual orientation – together with the rejection of his criminal complaint for discrimination – and, second, the refusal of his […]

Cultivation and use of cannabis by a paraplegic patient for pain relief. His sentencing to a fine of 500 euros did not violate the right to respect for private life

Article 8
05/09/2022 06:49

JUDGMENT Thörn v. Sweden 01.09.2022 (app. no. 24547/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the conviction and fine issued to Mr Thörn for a cannabis offence. He asserted that he had been taking the drug for pain relief, but did not have a prescription to that effect. He had been confined to a wheelchair since […]

Complaint of sexual harassment of a cleaning lady by a railway station manager. Violation of private life due to ineffective investigation

Article 8
05/09/2022 06:11

JUDGMENT C. v. Romania 30.08.2022 (app. no. 47358/20) see here SUMMARY The case concerned allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace following a criminal complaint lodged by the applicant, a cleaning lady in a railway station, against the railway station manager, accusing him of repeatedly trying to force himself on her, and the State’s alleged […]

Misdiagnosis of cancer and breast removal surgery. Ineffective legal remedies. Violation of respect for privacy

Article 8
31/08/2022 06:38

JUDGMENT Tusă v. Romania 30.08.2022 (app. no. 21854/18) see here SUMMARY The applicant Tusă underwent breast removal surgery based on a misdiagnosis of cancer. Relying on Articles 2 (right to life), 6 (right to a fair hearing) and 8 (right to respect for private life), the applicant complained that her left breast had been removed […]

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