The applicant, who is a barrister, complained that the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court that dealt with her case had not been an independent and impartial “tribunal established by law” and alleged a breach of Article 6 § 1…
Category: European Court of Human Rights
Loquifer v. Belgium – 79089/13, 13805/14 and 54534/14 (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 253 July 2021 Loquifer v. Belgium – 79089/13, 13805/14 and 54534/14 Judgment 20.7.2021 [Section III] Article 6 Civil proceedings Article 6-1 Access to court Absence of a judicial remedy to review the suspension by…
D v. Bulgaria – 29447/17 (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 253 July 2021 D v. Bulgaria – 29447/17 Judgment 20.7.2021 [Section IV] Article 3 Expulsion Return to Turkey of a Turkish journalist who had expressed his fear of ill-treatment in the context of the…
Zoltán Varga v. Slovakia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 253 July 2021 Zoltán Varga v. Slovakia – 58361/12, 25592/16 and 27176/16 Judgment 20.7.2021 [Section I] Article 8 Article 8-1 Respect for private life Practically unfettered power exercised by intelligence service implementing surveillance operation,…
Polat v. Austria (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 253 July 2021 Polat v. Austria – 12886/16 Judgment 20.7.2021 [Section IV] Article 8 Positive obligations Article 8-1 Respect for family life Respect for private life Post-mortem and organ removal for preservation of prematurely…
CASE OF YARTSEV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 16683/17
The case concerns the applicant’s conviction for an administrative offence for shouting slogans during a lawful public assembly that did not correspond to the declared aims of that assembly. THIRD SECTION CASE OF YARTSEV v. RUSSIA (Application no. 16683/17) JUDGMENT…
CASE OF AVANESYAN v. ARMENIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 12999/15
The case concerns the applicant’s refusal to perform military service for reasons of conscience and his conviction for draft evasion, and raises issues under Article 9 of the Convention. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF AVANESYAN v. ARMENIA (Application no. 12999/15) JUDGMENT…
CASE OF POLAT v. AUSTRIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 12886/16
The application concerns the applicant’s objection on religious grounds to the post-mortem examination of her prematurely born and subsequently deceased son, which she alleged had violated her rights under Articles 8 and 9 of the Convention. Moreover, under Article 8 of…
CASE OF ZOLTÁN VARGA v. SLOVAKIA (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 58361/12 and 2 others
The three applications originate from various facts linked to a surveillance operation carried out in 2005 and 2006 by the Slovak Intelligence Service (“the SIS”). In 2011 the existence of that operation became publicly known, with reference to the codename…
CASE OF Y.B. v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 71155/17
The case concerns, under Article 2 of Protocol No. 7 to the Convention, the domestic courts’ refusal to accept and examine the applicant’s statement of appeal. THIRD SECTION CASE OF Y.B. v. RUSSIA (Application no. 71155/17) JUDGMENT Art 2 P7…