Author: LawEuro

CASE OF BOGDAN v. UKRAINE – 3016/16

The case concerns the applicant’s complaint under Article 6 of the Convention that his right to legal assistance had been breached, notably because his waiving of his right to a lawyer had not been valid as he had been suffering from…

CASE OF SNIJDERS v. THE NETHERLANDS – The case concerns the alleged unfairness of criminal proceedings against the applicant owing to his inability to directly cross-examine an anonymous witness whose statements were used in evidence against him

European Court of Human Rights (Application no. 56440/15) The applicant submitted that his right to examine witness X was wrongly restricted, arguing that there had been no good reason to grant X the status of threatened witness. In that connection…

CASE OF SNIJDERS v. THE NETHERLANDS – 56440/15

The case concerns the alleged unfairness of criminal proceedings against the applicant owing to his inability to directly cross-examine an anonymous witness whose statements were used in evidence against him. European Court of Human Rights THIRD SECTION CASE OF SNIJDERS…

CASE OF HAMZAYAN v. ARMENIA – 43082/14

The case concerns complaints, raised under Articles 9 and 14 of the Convention, in relation to an administrative penalty imposed on the applicant, a Jehovah’s Witness, by the authorities of the unrecognised “Nagorno Karabakh Republic” (“the NKR”), for discussing the…

CASE OF ĐURIĆ v. SERBIA – 24989/17

The application concerns the applicant’s alleged entitlement to a disability benefit. In particular, the applicant maintained that at the age of 13, he had been severely injured by an explosive device which had been left behind following a previous armed…