Category: European Court of Human Rights

CASE OF SHAHZAD v. HUNGARY (No. 2) – 37967/18

The case concerns the alleged ill-treatment of the applicant by Hungarian law‑enforcement officers. The alleged incident took place in August 2016 while he was being escorted back to the external side of the Hungarian border fence with Serbia, following his…

CASE OF IKOTITY AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY – 50012/17

The case concerns the refusal to grant permission to the applicants – opposition members of parliament – to use posters during an interpellation speech by one of their colleagues, and ensuing sanctions relating to the use of such posters without…

CASE OF GURBANOV v. ARMENIA – 7432/17

The application concerns the applicant’s complaints relating to the delayed return by the Armenian authorities of his son’s body. It was alleged that this amounted to inhuman treatment under Article 3 of the Convention in relation to the applicant and…

CASE OF ANDRZEJ RUCIŃSKI v. POLAND – 22716/12

The case concerns a lack of compensation for disproportionate interference by the tax authorities with the applicant’s business. In the light of the above considerations, the Court finds that the restrictions imposed on the applicant’s personal and business property for…

El-Asmar v. Denmark

Legal summary October 2023 El-Asmar v. Denmark – 27753/19 Judgment 3.10.2023 [Section IV] Article 3 Degrading treatment Inhuman treatment Effective investigation

CASE OF EL-ASMAR v. DENMARK – 27753/19

On 4 April 2017, while the applicant was in prison and placed in an observation cell, two prison guards sprayed him with pepper spray. The precise circumstances were disputed. The applicant complained under the substantive and procedural aspects of Article…