Category: European Court of Human Rights

CASE OF MĂTĂSARU v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA – This case concerns the applicant’s arrest and detention for three days followed by his conviction for organising a one person protest in front of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office involving a toilet seat and simulation of using it

SECOND SECTION CASE OF MĂTĂSARU v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (Application no. 53098/17) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 30 November 2021 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Mătăsaru v. the Republic of Moldova,…

CASE OF COLIBAN v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA – The case concerns the applicant’s detention and conviction for distributing electoral leaflets in the self-proclaimed “Moldovan Republic of Transdniestria”

The case concerns the applicant’s detention and conviction for distributing electoral leaflets in the self-proclaimed “Moldovan Republic of Transdniestria” (the “MRT” – see for more details Ilașcu and Others v. Moldova and Russia [GC], no. 48787/99, §§ 28-185, ECHR 2004-II)). He…

CASE OF BORGOVAN v. ROMANIA – The application, which was lodged on 6 May 2015, concerns civil proceedings brought by the applicant against the Suceava Bar Association’s decision not to grant him admission to the legal profession

The application, which was lodged on 6 May 2015, concerns civil proceedings brought by the applicant against the Suceava Bar Association’s decision not to grant him admission to the legal profession. Relying on Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, he complained that…