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…
Category: European Court of Human Rights
CASE OF VASILE SORIN MARIN v. ROMANIA – 17412/16
The case concerns the applicant’s allegation that he was punished twice, firstly with a fine and subsequently with a criminal conviction, for the same act, in breach of his right not to be tried and punished twice for the same…
CASE OF EFGAN ÇETİN AND OTHERS v. TÜRKİYE – 14684/18
The application essentially concerns the applicants’ inability to have access to a court in order to challenge an administrative decision not requiring commissioning of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) in respect of a geothermal plant in the vicinity of the…
CASE OF BELUCH v. POLAND – 4065/21
FIRST SECTION CASE OF BELUCH v. POLAND (Application no. 4065/21) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 28 September 2023 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Beluch v. Poland, The European Court of Human Rights…
CASE OF ZHOKH v. UKRAINE – 29319/13
The application concerns an alleged denial of access to information of public interest despite a court judgment ordering the provision of the information requested. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF ZHOKH v. UKRAINE (Application no. 29319/13) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 28 September 2023 This…
CASE OF IVANOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 58772/18 and 9 others
The applicants complained of the torture or inhuman or degrading treatment. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF IVANOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 58772/18 and 9 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 28 September 2023 This judgment is final but…
CASE OF BARONIN AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 18032/19 and 9 others
The applicants complained of the torture or inhuman or degrading treatment. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF BARONIN AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 18032/19 and 9 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 28 September 2023 This judgment is final but…
Yordanov and Others v. Bulgaria
Legal summary September 2023 Yordanov and Others v. Bulgaria – 265/17 and 26473/18 Judgment 26.9.2023 [Section III] Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 Peaceful enjoyment of possessions Forfeiture of applicants’ assets as…
CASE OF JELCIC STEPINAC v. CROATIA – 16087/18
The case concerns the alleged failure of the domestic civil courts to observe the res judicata principle. In particular, the applicant instituted several sets of civil proceedings against an insurance company in which she sought various forms of compensation for…
CASE OF MAFALANI v. CROATIA – 38765/16
The application concerns the applicant’s complaint that the costs of civil proceedings he himself incurred and those he was ordered to pay to the State were higher than the compensation he was awarded for injuries he had sustained while being…