. The case concerns an alleged breach of the applicant’s right to private life under Article 8 of the Convention by the publication of covertly taken photographs with captions that depicted her leaving hospital with her newborn baby and the…
Category: European Court of Human Rights
Institution of proceedings – Practice Directions “Rules of the European Court of Human Rights”
(Individual applications under Article 34 of the Convention) I. General 1. An application under Article 34 of the Convention must be submitted in writing. No application may be made by telephone. Except as provided otherwise by Rule 47 of the…
Rule 47 of the Rules of the European Court of Human Rights
Rule 47 – Contents of an individual application 1. An application under Article 34 of the Convention shall be made on the application form provided by the Registry, unless the Court decides otherwise. It shall contain all of the information…
Grouped applications and multiple applicants (European Court of Human Rights)
European Court of Human Rights Where an applicant or representative lodges complaints on behalf of two or more applicants whose applications are based on different facts, a separate application form should be filled in for each individual, giving all the…
How to apply to the European Court of Human Rights
How to make a valid application If you decide to apply to the Court, please ensure that your application complies with Rule 47 of the Rules of Court, which sets out the information and documents that must be provided. Failure…
Common Mistakes in Filling in the Application Form and How to Avoid Them (European Court of Human Rights)
Mistake no. 1: not using the Court’s current application form Applicants must use the latest official Court application form. If possible, they should download the form from the Court’s website. This will ensure that the applicant sets out all the…
Notes for filling in the application form (How to fill out the correct application form to apply to the European Court of Human Rights)
I. What you should know before filling in the application form What complaints can the Court examine? The European Court of Human Rights is an international court which can only examine complaints from persons, organisations and companies claiming that their…
CASE OF KORNILOVA v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 47283/14
. The applicant was hit by a man whom she had been attempting to invite to a Jehovah’s Witnesses’ meeting. The individual was eventually convicted of infliction of a minor injury, sentenced to a fine and ordered to pay damages.…
CASE OF ZAGUBNYA AND TABACHKOVA v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 60977/14
. The applicants, Jehovah’s Witnesses, were assaulted by an Orthodox Christian priest. They complained, relying on Articles 3, 9 and 14 of the Convention, that the domestic authorities’ investigation into the incident had been inadequate. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF ZAGUBNYA…
CASE OF MIGORYANU AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES OF THE CITY OF IZMAIL v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 36046/15
. The case concerns the allegation of the applicants, a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses and its elder, under Articles 3, 9 and 14 of the Convention, that a group of Orthodox Christian believers disrupted their meeting in a violent fashion…