Category: European Court of Human Rights

CASE OF SNIJDERS v. THE NETHERLANDS – The case concerns the alleged unfairness of criminal proceedings against the applicant owing to his inability to directly cross-examine an anonymous witness whose statements were used in evidence against him

European Court of Human Rights (Application no. 56440/15) The applicant submitted that his right to examine witness X was wrongly restricted, arguing that there had been no good reason to grant X the status of threatened witness. In that connection…

CASE OF HAMZAYAN v. ARMENIA – 43082/14

The case concerns complaints, raised under Articles 9 and 14 of the Convention, in relation to an administrative penalty imposed on the applicant, a Jehovah’s Witness, by the authorities of the unrecognised “Nagorno Karabakh Republic” (“the NKR”), for discussing the…

CASE OF ĐURIĆ v. SERBIA – 24989/17

The application concerns the applicant’s alleged entitlement to a disability benefit. In particular, the applicant maintained that at the age of 13, he had been severely injured by an explosive device which had been left behind following a previous armed…

CASE OF J.A. AND A.A. v. TÜRKİYE – 80206/17

The application concerns the threatened expulsion of the applicants and their four children to Iraq and the alleged failure of both the administrative authorities and the courts to conduct a proper assessment of the applicants’ allegation that they would be…