The present request concerns the applicant’s request to reverse the order of surnames carried by his minor daughter. At the time of the facts, the Spanish legislation provided that in case of disagreement between the parents, the child would bear…
Category: European Court of Human Rights
Kindlhofer v. Austria (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 255 October 2021 Kindlhofer v. Austria – 20962/15 Judgment 26.10.2021 [Section IV] Article 2 of Protocol No. 7 Right of appeal in criminal matters Offence punishable by a fine, or imprisonment in default of…
CASE OF O.P. v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 33418/17
The case is about the applicant’s remand in custody for almost one year in the absence of a reasonable suspicion that she had committed the offence imputed to her. It also concerns the courts’ two weeks delay before examining a…
CASE OF TOPLAK AND MRAK v. SLOVENIA (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 34591/19 and 42545/19
The case concerns the alleged lack of adequate measures to allow the applicants, who had muscular dystrophy, to vote in the 2019 elections to the European Parliament and in a 2015 national referendum and the alleged lack of effective remedies…
CASE OF ŠALTINYTĖ v. LITHUANIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 32934/19
The case concerns alleged discrimination on the grounds of age when granting housing assistance and the reasoning provided by the domestic courts for refusing to refer the matter to the Constitutional Court. SECOND SECTION CASE OF ŠALTINYTĖ v. LITHUANIA (Application…
CASE OF SERRANO CONTRERAS v. SPAIN (No. 2) (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 2236/19
The present case concerns the revision of the applicant’s criminal conviction after the Court’s finding of a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention in its judgment of 20 March 2012. THIRD SECTION CASE OF SERRANO CONTRERAS v. SPAIN (No. 2)…
CASE OF KINDLHOFER v. AUSTRIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 20962/15
The present case concerns principally the applicant’s complaint under Article 2 of Protocol No. 7 to the Convention that he had been deprived of a remedy against the Regional Administrative Court’s decision in administrative criminal matters. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF KINDLHOFER…
CASE OF AMATO GAUCI v. MALTA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 47045/06
The applicant alleged that his property rights under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention were infringed as a result of a new law which imposed on him a unilateral lease relationship for an indeterminate time without providing…
Act XXIII of 1979 amending Chapter 158 of the Laws of Malta – Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR
This Overview highlights judgments and decisions which either raise new issues or important matters of general interest. By means o f Act XXIII of 1979, Chapter 158 of the Laws of Malta was amended thereby, the holders of the utile…
Selygenenko and Others v. Ukraine (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 255 October 2021 Selygenenko and Others v. Ukraine – 24919/16 and 28658/16 Judgment 21.10.2021 [Section V] Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 General prohibition of discrimination Discriminatory refusal to allow internally displaced persons to…