Having examined all the material submitted to it, the European Court of Human Rights has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility and merits of these complaints. Having regard…
Category: European Court of Human Rights
CASE OF YAKOVIN AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE – The applicants complained of the ineffective investigation into ill‑treatment inflicted by private parties or in circumstances that exclude involvement of State agents
The European Court of Human Rights notes at the outset that the violent treatment in question fell within the scope of Article 3 of the Convention. The Court reiterates that Article 3 of the Convention requires that the authorities conduct…
CASE OF FIGURKA v. UKRAINE – The absence of a prosecutor in court during the consideration of a case of an administrative offense
On 23 November 2020 the police drew up an administrative offence report charging the applicant with an administrative offence under Article 130 § 1 of the Code of Administrative Offences, namely driving while displaying signs of intoxication and refusing to…
CASE OF DZIBUTI AND OTHERS v. LATVIA – Reducing the use of Russian as a language of instruction in private schools
The case concerns legislative amendments of 2018 whereby the proportion of subjects to be taught in the State language, that is, Latvian, was increased in private schools and the use of Russian as the language of instruction was consequently reduced.…
CASE OF G.T.B. v. SPAIN – The Court considers that the authorities failed in their positive obligation to act with due diligence in order to assist the applicant to have his birth registered and, as a consequence, to have his identity documents obtained
The case concerns the delay by the public authorities in processing the applicant’s mother’s request to register his birth, which was made several years after the applicant was born. Not having a birth certificate also prevented the applicant from having…
CASE OF A.E. AND T.B. v. ITALY – The case concerns the allegedly unlawful detention of the applicants, Sudanese nationals, and an attempt by the Italian authorities to remove them to their country of origin
The applicants complained about the material conditions of their transfer from Ventimiglia to Taranto and back, the conditions in which they had been accommodated during their stay at the Taranto hotspot and the alleged ill-treatment of Mr T.B., the second…
CASE OF W.A. AND OTHERS v. ITALY – The present application concerns the alleged removal of the applicants, Sudanese nationals, from Italy to Sudan
The present application concerns the alleged removal of the applicants, Sudanese nationals, from Italy to Sudan and the risk of their being subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment in their country of origin in breach of Article 3 of the…
CASE OF CANAVCI AND OTHERS v. TÜRKİYE – 24074/19. The present case concerns the monitoring and recording of the applicants’ meetings with their lawyers while they were in prison
The present case concerns the monitoring and recording of the applicants’ meetings with their lawyers while they were in prison, pursuant to a legislative decree which had been adopted under the state of emergency declared in the aftermath of the…
Nika v. Albania
Legal summary November 2023 Nika v. Albania – 1049/17 Judgment 14.11.2023 [Section III] Article 2 Article 2-1 Life Effective investigation Article 2-2 Use of force Unjustified use of lethal force by State agents during a political protest resulting in the…
CASE OF J&C PROPERTIES LIMITED v. MALTA – 16680/21. The application concerns a unilaterally imposed lease under Act XXIII of 1979 amending Chapter 158 of the Laws of Malta
The application concerns a unilaterally imposed lease under Act XXIII of 1979 amending Chapter 158 of the Laws of Malta (‘the Ordinance’) affecting the applicant company’s property at 18 St. Joseph High street, Ħamrun, as of June 2007. At that…