Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 Jurisdiction and admissibility Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35) Exhaustion of domestic remedies (Article 35 § 1) Matter already examined by the Court (Article 35 § 2 (b)) Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35)…
Foreword to the 2015 edition
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 I welcome the decision to publish annually, as a separate publication in its own right, the Overview of the Court’s principal judgments and decisions. While the Overview also appears in the Court’s…
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Table of Contents Foreword to the 2015 edition Introduction Jurisdiction and admissibility Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35) Exhaustion of domestic remedies (Article 35 § 1) Matter already examined by the Court (Article 35 § 2 (b)) “Core” rights Right to…
Restrictions not prescribed by the Convention (Article 18)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Restrictions not prescribed by the Convention (Article 18) The judgment in Navalnyy v. Russia[189] develops the case-law on the link between the lack of “legitimate aim” in the sense of Article 11 and…
Request for revision of a judgment (Rule 80 of the Rules of Court)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Request for revision of a judgment (Rule 80 of the Rules of Court) Ireland v. the United Kingdom[196] concerned the interpretation and application of Rule 80 of the Rules of Court in…
Derogation in time of emergency (Article 15)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Other Convention provisions Derogation in time of emergency (Article 15) The judgments in Mehmet Hasan Altan v. Turkey and Şahin Alpay v. Turkey[186] concerned the validity of a derogation for the purposes of…
Prohibition of discrimination. Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1.
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14) Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 The judgment in Molla Sali v. Greece[146] concerned the application of Sharia law and discrimination by…
Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11)
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…
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…