Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11) Freedom of peaceful assembly In Navalnyy v. Russia[142], the applicant was a political activist, anti-corruption campaigner and popular blogger, as well as one of the most…
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Freedom of expression (Article 10)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Freedom of expression (Article 10) Freedom of expression Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania[136] concerned commercial speech using religious symbolism. The applicant company published advertisements on public hoardings intended to promote a range of clothing…
Right to respect for one’s private and family life, home and correspondence (Article 8)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Other rights and freedoms Right to respect for one’s private and family life, home and correspondence (Article 8) Private life Denisov v. Ukraine[103] concerned the notion of private life in the context of…
Procedural rights. Right to a fair hearing in civil proceedings (Article 6, 7)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Procedural rights Right to a fair hearing in civil proceedings (Article 6 § 1) Applicability[28] In Denisov v. Ukraine[29], the Court examined the applicability of Article 6 § 1 to disputes concerning the mandates…
Right to liberty and security (Article 5)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Right to liberty and security (Article 5)[7] Reasonable suspicion (Article 5 § 1 (c)) Length of pre-trial detention (Article 5 § 3) In Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2)[8] the Court examined the pre-trial detention of…
“Core” rights. Right to life (Article 2). Effective investigation
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 “Core” rights Right to life (Article 2) Effective investigation In the Mazepa and Others v. Russia[4] judgment, the Court examined the scope of an investigation into the contract killing of a prominent…
Jurisdiction and admissibility. Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Jurisdiction and admissibility Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35) Radomilja and Others v. Croatia[2] concerned Articles 32 and 34 of the Convention and in particular the elements that define a complaint and thus the…
Introduction 2018 (Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018)
In 2018[1], the cases of particular legal interest dealt, among other subjects, with issues relating to civil and criminal justice, and in particular to disciplinary matters concerning judges, to the scope of private and family life, the home and the…
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018
Table of Contents Introduction 2018 Jurisdiction and admissibility. Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35) “Core” rights. Right to life (Article 2). Effective investigation Right to liberty and security (Article 5) Procedural rights. Right to a fair hearing in civil proceedings (Article 6 § 1)…
COISSON v. GERMANY (European Court of Human Rights)
FIFTH SECTION DECISION Application no.19555/10 David COISSON against Germany The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 29 January 2019 as a Committee composed of: André Potocki, President, Angelika Nußberger, Mārtiņš Mits, judges, and Milan Blaško, Deputy Section Registrar,…