Category: European Court of Human Rights

Ēcis v. Latvia (European Court of Human Rights)

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 225 January 2019 Ēcis v. Latvia – 12879/09 Judgment 10.1.2019 [Section V] Article 14 Discrimination Blanket ban on prison leave for male prisoners in closed prisons: violation Facts – Under the Latvian penitentiary system,…

Wunderlich v. Germany (European Court of Human Rights)

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 225 January 2019 Wunderlich v. Germany – 18925/15 Judgment 10.1.2019 [Section V] Article 8 Article 8-1 Respect for family life Temporary placement in children’s home due to parents’ refusal to send children to school:…

Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan (European Court of Human Rights)

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 225 January 2019 Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan – 65286/13 and 57270/14 Judgment 10.1.2019 [Section V] Article 8 Positive obligations Article 8-1 Respect for private life Failure to effectively investigate serious interferences into well-known journalist’s…

SIŁKOWSKA v. POLAND (European Court of Human Rights)

Communicated on 9 January 2019 FIRST SECTION Application no.36775/14 ZofiaSIŁKOWSKA against Poland lodged on 28 April 2014 STATEMENT OF FACTS The applicant, Ms ZofiaSiłkowska, is a Polish national who was born in 1950 and lives in Wadowice. A.  The circumstances of…