THIRD SECTION CASE OF OOO REGNUM v. RUSSIA (Application no. 22649/08) JUDGMENT Art 10 • Freedom of expression • Electronic news media convicted of defamation against a commercial company after reporting on mercury poisoning from distributed soft drink • Internet…
Category: European Court of Human Rights
G.L. v. Italy (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 243 August-September 2020 G.L. v. Italy – 59751/15 Judgment 10.9.2020 [Section I] Article 14 Discrimination Inability for autistic child to receive specialised learning support to which she was entitled by law, in first two…
CASE OF KOCHKINA AND KOCHKIN v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights)
FIFTH SECTION CASE OF KOCHKINA AND KOCHKIN v. UKRAINE (Applications nos. 46311/08 and 2973/10) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 10 September 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Kochkina and Kochkin v. Ukraine,…
CASE OF IVASHCHENKO v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights)
FIFTH SECTION CASE OF IVASHCHENKO v. UKRAINE (Application no. 41303/11) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 10 September 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Ivashchenko v. Ukraine, The European Court of Human Rights…
CASE OF N.S. v. CROATIA (European Court of Human Rights)
FIRST SECTION CASE OF N.Š. v. CROATIA (Application no. 36908/13) JUDGMENT Art 10 • Freedom of expression • Applicant’s criminal conviction for breaching the confidentiality of administrative custody proceedings concerning her granddaughter • Special protection to the confidentiality of proceedings…
CASE OF SHURIYYA ZEYNALOV v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights)
FIFTH SECTION CASE OF SHURIYYA ZEYNALOV v. AZERBAIJAN (Application no. 69460/12) JUDGMENT Art 3 (substantive) • Inhuman or degrading treatment • Death in custody from alleged pulmonary embolism • Failure of Government to explain origin of serious injuries seen on…
CASE OF BİLAL AKYILDIZ v. TURKEY (European Court of Human Rights)
SECOND SECTION CASE OF BİLAL AKYILDIZ v. TURKEY (Application no. 36897/07) JUDGMENT Art 5 § 1 • Arrest and detention of the applicant on reasonable suspicion of a series of sexual assaults and attempts to abduct minors • Arrest on…
CASE OF BELOVA v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights)
THIRD SECTION CASE OF BELOVA v. RUSSIA (Application no. 33955/08) JUDGMENT Art 1 P1 • Respect for property • Public property recovered by State years after purchase by applicant following unauthorised sale to intermediate acquirers • Acquirer’s duty to investigate…
CASE OF AGGERHOLM v. DENMARK (European Court of Human Rights)
SECOND SECTION CASE OF AGGERHOLM v. DENMARK (Application no. 45439/18) JUDGMENT Art 3 • Inhuman and degrading treatment • Applicant’s strapping to a restraint bed for almost twenty-three hours in a psychiatric hospital not strictly necessary and not respectful of…
CASE OF CIVINSKAITE v. LITHUANIA (European Court of Human Rights)
SECOND SECTION CASE OF ČIVINSKAITĖ v. LITHUANIA (Application no. 21218/12) JUDGMENT Art 6 § 1 (civil) • Fair hearing • Disciplinary proceedings against a prosecutor for allegedly improperly carrying out her duties in a high‑profile criminal case • Applicant demoted…