The case concerns, under Article 3 of the Convention, the alleged ill‑treatment of the applicant by police officers, and the alleged inadequacy of the investigation conducted in that regard. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF KVIRIKASHVILI v. GEORGIA (Application no. 34720/16) JUDGMENT…
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CASE OF SPLIT FERRY PORT JSC v. CROATIA (European Court of Human Rights) 23472/15
The application concerns fairness of concession-related administrative proceedings in which the Constitutional Court decided on constitutional complaints lodged by a public entity and quashed the Administrative Court’s judgments favourable to the applicant. The main question in those proceedings was the…
CASE OF HASANOV v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) 59202/12
The present case concerns the applicant’s arrest, detention and conviction in the administrative proceedings against him on the charge of a failure to comply with the lawful order of a police officer. The applicant alleged that his rights protected under…
CASE OF BURSAĆ AND OTHERS v. CROATIA (European Court of Human Rights) 78836/16
The application concerns the investigation into the killing of the applicants’ father in 1995, purportedly by Croatian soldiers. It also concerns a decision ordering the applicants to pay the costs of the State’s representation in the civil proceedings in which…
Advisory opinion on the applicability of statutes of limitation to prosecution, conviction and punishment in respect of an offence constituting, in substance, an act of torture
GRAND CHAMBER ADVISORY OPINION on the applicability of statutes of limitation to prosecution, conviction and punishment in respect of an offence constituting, in substance, an act of torture Requested by the Armenian Court of Cassation (Request no. P16-2021-001) STRASBOURG 26…
Legal summary – Advisory opinion on the applicability of statutes of limitation to prosecution, conviction and punishment in respect of an offence constituting, in substance, an act of torture
Case-law Information Note 261 April 2022 Advisory opinion requested by the Armenian Court of Cassation Request no. P16-2021-001 26.4.2022 [GC] Legal summary Article 7 Nullum crimen sine lege Nulla poena sine lege Advisory opinion on the applicability of statutes of…
Report to the Romanian Government on the ad hoc visit to Romania carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 10 to 21 May 2021
Romania: Visit 2021 CPT/Inf(2022)06 | Section: 1/34 | Date: 14/04/2022 Executive summary CPT/Inf (2022) 06 Report to the Romanian Government on the ad hoc visit to Romania carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman…
Report to the Albanian Government on the ad hoc visit to Albania carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 23 to 26 November 2021
Albania: Visit 2021 CPT/Inf (2022) 08 | Section: 1/7 | Date: 26/04/2022 I. Introduction / A. The visit, the report and follow-up CPT/Inf (2022) 08 Report to the Albanian Government on the ad hoc visit to Albania carried out by…
Mediengruppe Österreich GmbH v. Austria (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 261 April 2022 Mediengruppe Österreich GmbH v. Austria – 37713/18 Judgment 26.4.2022 [Section IV] Article 10 Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Newspaper prohibited from publishing image with “convicted neo-Nazi” caption, 20 years after plaintiff’s…
CASE OF VOD BAUR IMPEX S.R.L. v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 17060/15
The applicant company’s complaint, lodged under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1, refers to the failure of the domestic authorities to grant it compensation after the partial annulment of a sale contract entered into with the City of Bucharest. FOURTH SECTION CASE…