The case concerns the alleged unfairness, within the meaning of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, of the criminal proceedings conducted against the applicant, on account of the manner in which the principal evidence was obtained and used against…
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CASE OF MATTEI AND OTHERS v. MALTA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 14615/19
The case concerns the requisition of the applicants’ property and the disproportionality of the rent received by the applicants under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1, as well as the effectiveness of the Constitutional Court as a remedy for the…
CASE OF SANDOR VARGA AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 39734/15 and 2 others
The cases concern the applicants’ life imprisonment without the possibility of release on parole. The applicants complained that their sentences constituted inhuman and degrading punishment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention. FIRST SECTION CASE OF SÁNDOR VARGA AND…
CASE OF KURT v. AUSTRIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 62903/15
The applicant alleged, in particular, that the Austrian authorities had failed to protect her and her children from her violent husband, and that this had resulted in him murdering their son. GRAND CHAMBER CASE OF KURT v. AUSTRIA (Application no.…
Melike v. Turkey – 35786/19 (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 252 June 2021 Melike v. Turkey – 35786/19 Judgment 15.6.2021 [Section II] Article 10 Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Dismissal without entitlement to compensation of contractual employee of national education authority for putting “likes”…
Vardan Martirosyan v. Armenia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 252 June 2021 Vardan Martirosyan v. Armenia – 13610/12 Judgment 15.6.2021 [Section IV] Article 5 Article 5-1 Lawful arrest or detention Absence of grounds for authorising continuation of detention during trial and for an…
Y.S. and O.S. v. Russia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 252 June 2021 Y.S. and O.S. v. Russia – 17665/17 Judgment 15.6.2021 [Section III] Article 8 Article 8-1 Respect for family life Insufficient assessment as to existence of “grave risk” in returning abducted child…
CASE OF SARAR v. TURKEY (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 74345/11
The application concerns the alleged unfairness of criminal proceedings against the applicant on account of the systemic denial of his right to a lawyer during his time in police custody on the basis of Law no. 3842, and the domestic courts’…
CASE OF STOLBUNOV AND MOO SPRAVEDLIVOST v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 30084/11 and 2 others – see appended list
The case concerns a series of interferences with the applicants’ right to report irregularities to a State body competent to deal with such complaints and several sets of defamation proceedings. THIRD SECTION CASE OF STOLBUNOV AND MOO SPRAVEDLIVOST v. RUSSIA…
CASE OF VLASOV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 14390/11
THIRD SECTION CASE OF VLASOV v. RUSSIA (Application no. 14390/11) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 15 June 2021 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Vlasov v. Russia, The European Court of Human Rights…