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.
Category: European Court of Human Rights
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.
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]
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]
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]
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,
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.
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
CASE OF A.G. v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 9800/12
The application concerns the allegedly unlawful continued involuntary treatment in a psychiatric facility (Article 5 § 1 of the Convention), lengthy periods of appeal review of the decisions of the Sovetskiy District Court of Kazan (“District Court”) adopted on 1…
CASE OF DEVYATKINA v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 30559/13
The application concerns the lack of an effective investigation into the death of the applicant’s son.