INTRODUCTION. The present cases concern the criminal investigations opened by the military prosecutor’s office into the events of the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, in the course of which the applicants were injured or their close relatives died. Relying mainly…
Category: European Court of Human Rights
CASE OF YANCHOVICHIN v. BULGARIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 78907/16
INTRODUCTION. The case concerns complaints that the applicant was subjected to ill‑treatment by a police officer while in custody and that the national authorities did not conduct an effective investigation into his ensuing allegations of ill-treatment by the police. The…
CASE OF YELCHANINOV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 20179/12
INTRODUCTION. The application concerns the alleged ill-treatment of the applicant by the police and the alleged lack of an effective investigation into his complaints. THIRD SECTION CASE OF YELCHANINOV v. RUSSIA (Application no. 20179/12) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 16 March 2021 This…
CASE OF VAGAPOV AND YEFREMOV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 46955/10 and 25257/13
INTRODUCTION. The applications concern the applicants’ alleged ill-treatment by the police and the alleged lack of an effective investigation into their complaints. THIRD SECTION CASE OF VAGAPOV AND YEFREMOV v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 46955/10 and 25257/13) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 16 March…
CASE OF DULATOV AND ASANOV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 29057/08
INTRODUCTION. The application concerns the applicants’ alleged ill-treatment by the police and the alleged lack of an effective investigation into their complaints. THIRD SECTION CASE OF DULATOV AND ASANOV v. RUSSIA (Application no. 29057/08) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 16 March 2021 This…
CASE OF TROCIN v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 23847/19
INTRODUCTION. The case concerns the subjection of the applicant to acts of torture, namely Palestinian hanging while in pre-trial detention. SECOND SECTION CASE OF TROCIN v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (Application no. 23847/19) JUDGMENT Art 3 (substantive and procedural) •…
CASE OF KARAHASANOGLU v. TURKEY (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 21392/08 and 2 other applications
INTRODUCTION. The applicant complained of unfairness in proceedings, in particular, their suspension, about having to bear litigation costs, about not being awarded lawyers’ fees in proportion to the amounts claimed by the claimant, and of a disproportionate interference with his…
CASE OF FİKRET KARAHAN v. TURKEY (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 53848/07
INTRODUCTION. The case concerns the alleged violation of the applicant’s right to a fair trial under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 of the Convention on account of his inability to examine a witness against him, the failure of the…
Baranin and Vukcevic v. Montenegro (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 249 March 2021 Baranin and Vukčević v. Montenegro – 24655/18 and 24656/18 Judgment 11.3.2021 [Section V] Article 3 Effective investigation Continuing ineffectiveness of investigation into police brutality after domestic court finding of substantive and…
Feilazoo v. Malta (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 249 March 2021 Feilazoo v. Malta – 6865/19 Judgment 11.3.2021 [Section I] Article 3 Degrading treatment Inadequate conditions of immigration detention, given excessive de facto isolation and unnecessary placement with new arrivals in Covid-19…