Category: European Court of Human Rights

CASE OF ZHEZHOVSKI v. NORTH MACEDONIA – 52572/18

European Court of Human Rights SECOND SECTION CASE OF ZHEZHOVSKI v. NORTH MACEDONIA (Application no. 52572/18) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 6 February 2024 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Zhezhovski v. North…

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 SNIJDERS v. THE NETHERLANDS – 56440/15

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 THIRD SECTION CASE OF SNIJDERS…

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…

CASE OF PETROVA AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA

The applicants complained of the disproportionate measures taken against them as organisers or participants of public assemblies. European Court of Human Rights SECOND SECTION CASE OF PETROVA AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 55480/21 and 38 others – see appended…