Information Note on the Court’s case-law 265 August-September 2022 C. v. Romania – 47358/20 Judgment 30.8.2022 [Section IV] Article 8 Positive obligations Article 8-1 Respect for private life Significant flaws in criminal investigation concerning alleged sexual harassment at the workplace:…
Category: European Court of Human Rights
CASE OF WELSH AND SILVA CANHA v. PORTUGAL (European Court of Human Rights) 58106/15
The case concerns a judgment given by the Lisbon Court of Appeal against the applicants in relation to three articles published in a local satirical newspaper. The applicants complained of a breach of their right to freedom of expression under…
CASE OF KONYA AND SCHREPLER-KONYA v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 37087/03 and 24 others
The case originated in twenty-five applications against Romania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”). FOURTH SECTION CASE OF KONYA AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA (Applications nos.…
CASE OF Y.G. v. RUSSIA – 8647/12. The applicant complained that a database containing his health data had been available for sale at a market
The applicant complained that a database containing his health data had been available for sale at a market. He alleged that the database had belonged to the law-enforcement authorities, who had unlawfully collected, stored and entered his health data in…
CASE OF PÂRVU v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 47358/20
The applicant complained that her husband was killed by the police on 26 September 2009 in breach of Article 2 of the Convention and that the national authorities had subsequently failed to carry out an effective investigation into the killing…
CASE OF KORPORATIVNA TARGOVSKA BANKA AD v. BULGARIA (European Court of Human Rights) 46564/15 and 68140/16
The case mainly concerns the question whether a bank whose licence was withdrawn – which then almost automatically led to a judicial declaration of insolvency and an order that it be wound up – had a clear and practical possibility…
CASE OF IBRAGIMOVA v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 68537/13
The present application concerns the applicant’s conviction in administrative-offence proceedings for using a balaclava during a solo demonstration. THIRD SECTION CASE OF IBRAGIMOVA v. RUSSIA (Application no. 68537/13) JUDGMENT Art 10 (read in light of Art 11) • Freedom of…
CASE OF TRASKUNOVA v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 21648/11
In the present case the applicant’s daughter died while she was participating in a clinical trial of a new medicinal product intended for the treatment of schizophrenia, a mental illness from which she had suffered for many years. The applicant…
CASE OF SERGEY SOROKIN v. RUSSIA – 52808/09. The present case concerns search and seizure measures carried out in respect of the applicant, who is a journalist
The present case concerns search and seizure measures carried out in respect of the applicant, who is a journalist, within the framework of a criminal case into the alleged disclosure of a State secret, initiated against a high-ranking police officer…
CASE OF W.O. AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY (European Court of Human Rights) 36896/18
The case concerns the confinement of the applicant family in the Hungarian transit zone. FIRST SECTION CASE OF W.O. AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY (Application no. 36896/18) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 25 August 2022 This judgment is final but it may be subject…