INTRODUCTION. The case chiefly concerns the question whether the conviction of the applicant, a local politician, of minor hooliganism in relation to his placing a Santa Claus cap and a red bag on the monument of an early twentieth century…
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Ribcheva and Others v. Bulgaria (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 249 March 2021 Ribcheva and Others v. Bulgaria – 37801/16, 39549/16 and 40658/16 Judgment 30.3.2021 [Section IV] Article 2 Positive obligations Authorities’ precautions reasonable, despite some mistakes in planning and conduct of operation against a dangerous individual, who killed an…
CASE OF ZHIRKOVA AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos.16203/13 and 4 others – see appended list
INTRODUCTION. The case concerns alleged breaches of Article 6 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention on account of the lack of adequate and sufficient reasoning in the domestic courts’ decisions concerning the lawfulness…
CASE OF ROMANOVA AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos.21080/09 and 3 others – see appended list
INTRODUCTION. The applications concern the alleged ill-treatment and death of the applicants’ relatives at the hands of State agents between 2007 and 2013 and the lack of an effective investigation thereof, as well as other complaints under well‑established case-law. THIRD…
CASE OF Y.S. v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 28131/19
INTRODUCTION. The application concerns the applicant’s placement in a psychiatric facility for involuntary treatment. The applicant invokes Article 5 § 1 of the Convention. THIRD SECTION CASE OF Y.S. v. RUSSIA (Application no. 28131/19) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 30 March 2021 This…
CASE OF D.S. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 70988/12
INTRODUCTION. The application concerns the past disclosure of the applicant’s criminal record information and the amended disclosure regime which entered into force law after this Court’s judgment in M.M. v. the United Kingdom, no. 24029/07, 13 November 2012. The applicant relies, in particular, on…
CASE OF THOMPSON v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 36048/17
INTRODUCTION. The present case concerns the decision of the Russian courts to refuse the first applicant’s request for the return of the second applicant to Spain under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. THIRD SECTION…
CASE OF GASANGUSENOV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 78019/17
INTRODUCTION. The case concerns the killing of the applicant’s two sons during a special operation carried out by State agents on 23 August 2016 in Goor‑Khindakh, Dagestan, and the ineffectiveness of the investigation into the matter. THIRD SECTION CASE OF…
CASE OF M.C. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 51220/13
INTRODUCTION. The application concerns the past disclosure of the applicant’s criminal record information and the amended disclosure regime which entered into force after this Court’s judgment in M.M. v. the United Kingdom, no. 24029/07, 13 November 2012. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF…
CASE OF RIBCHEVA AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 37801/16 and 2 others
INTRODUCTION. The case concerns the questions whether the authorities were required by Article 2 of the Convention, and if so, in what form, to investigate whether they were responsible for not doing enough to protect the life of a police…