Legal summary February 2023 Ochigava v. Georgia – 14142/15 Judgment 16.2.2023 [Section V] Article 3 Degrading treatment Inhuman treatment Torture Effective investigation Applicant’s repeated ill-treatment by prison officers as part of systematic and systemic abuse of inmates and ineffective investigation…
Category: European Court of Human Rights
CASE OF KRAYNYAK v. UKRAINE – 68353/17
The case mainly concerns the applicant’s complaints under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention that his pre-trial detention was unreasonably lengthy FIFTH SECTION CASE OF KRAYNYAK v. UKRAINE (Application no. 68353/17) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 16 February 2023 This judgment is final but it…
CASE OF IMRANOVA AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN – 59462/14 and 17 others
The present applications concern the restrictions imposed on the bank accounts of the applicants, who are civil society activists and non‑governmental organisations. FIRST SECTION CASE OF IMRANOVA AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN (Applications nos. 59462/14 and 17 others) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 16…
CASE OF MAJIDLI v. AZERBAIJAN – 7218/13
The present application concerns the criminal conviction of the applicant for active participation in actions causing a breach of public order following his participation in an unauthorised peaceful demonstration. FIRST SECTION CASE OF MAJIDLI v. AZERBAIJAN (Application no. 7218/13) JUDGMENT…
CASE OF HUBERT NOWAK v. POLAND – 57916/16
The case concerns allegations of a breach of Article 2 of the Convention in connection with the inadequate first aid provided to the applicant in the immediate aftermath of a serious car accident that left him tetraplegic. FIRST SECTION CASE…
CASE OF OCHIGAVA v. GEORGIA – 14142/15
The case concerns Article 3 of the Convention and the applicant’s alleged ill-treatment, which was arguably of a systematic nature, in Tbilisi Prison no. 8 (“Gldani Prison”), and the competent domestic authorities’ failure to conduct an effective investigation into his…
CASE OF IBRAHIMBEYOV AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) 32380/13
The application concerns the annulment of the applicants’ title to plots of land without any compensation and raises issues mainly under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention. FIRST SECTION CASE OF IBRAHIMBEYOV AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN (Application no.…
Halet v. Luxembourg [GC] (European Court of Human Rights)
Legal summary February 2023 Halet v. Luxembourg [GC] – 21884/18 Judgment 14.2.2023 [GC] Article 10 Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Freedom to impart information Criminal fine of EUR 1,000 for disclosing to the media confidential documents from a private-sector employer…
CASE OF MAZUR v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (European Court of Human Rights) 26476/14
The application concerns, in particular, the applicants’ complaint under Article 8 of the Convention about the compilation and use, by the first applicant’s employer, of data concerning the applicants’ use of their telephones, in a manner or degree beyond that…
CASE OF BYCENKO v. LITHUANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 10477/21
The case concerns the applicant’s complaint that the courts refused to make a residence order in respect of his son in his favour, despite the fact that the child’s mother had unlawfully removed the child from Lithuania. SECOND SECTION CASE…