Category: European Court of Human Rights

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

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…

CASE OF KOLOMPAR v. SERBIA – 34167/15

The application concerns the fairness of criminal proceedings in which the applicant’s guilt was allegedly determined solely on the basis of “a flawed identification offered by the victim personally”. In view of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the criminal…

CASE OF BULIC v. CROATIA – 32997/15

The case concerns administrative proceedings in which the applicant sought to obtain a disability pension in Croatia on account of the harm suffered during military combat in Bosnia and Herzegovina, pursuant to a bilateral agreement between the two countries.