European Court of Human Rights (Application no. 4854/10) The applicants were among the founders of two youth organisations, the Alumni Network and OL!. As social activists, the applicants engaged in blogging, with a focus on satirical videos, some of which…
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CASE OF IVCHENKO AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – The applicants complained of the unfair trial in view of restrictions on their right to examine witnesses
European Court of Human Rights (Application no. 49853/10 and 9 others) The applicants complained principally of the unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses. They relied, expressly or in substance, on Article 6 §§ 1…
CASE OF IVCHENKO AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 49853/10 and 9 others
The applicants complained of the unfair trial in view of restrictions on their right to examine witnesses. FIRST SECTION CASE OF IVCHENKO AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 49853/10 and 9 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 18 January…
CASE OF HAJIZADE AND ABDULLAYEV v. AZERBAIJAN – 4854/10
The case concerns the arrest and conviction of the applicants, well‑known bloggers, on charges of hooliganism. FIRST SECTION CASE OF HAJIZADE AND ABDULLAYEV v. AZERBAIJAN (Application no. 4854/10) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 18 January 2024 This judgment is final but it may…
CASE OF RUMMO MOLINO & PASTIFICIO S.P.A. v. ITALY – 7133/09
The applicant company complained of the non-enforcement of a domestic decision. FIRST SECTION CASE OF RUMMO MOLINO & PASTIFICIO S.P.A. v. ITALY (Application no. 7133/09) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 18 January 2024 This judgment is final but it may be subject to…
CASE OF MYRONYUK AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE – 10853/16 and 2 others
The applicants complained of the ineffective investigation into ill-treatment inflicted by private parties or in circumstances that exclude involvement of State agents. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF MYRONYUK AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE (Applications nos. 10853/16 and 2 others – see appended…
al-Hawsawi v. Lithuania
Legal summary January 2024 al-Hawsawi v. Lithuania – 6383/17 Judgment 16.1.2024 [Section II] Article 3 Inhuman treatment Effective investigation Inhuman treatment during the applicant’s extraordinary rendition to CIA: violation Article 5 Article 5-1 Deprivation of liberty Lawful arrest or detention…
CASE OF ZAMMIT v. MALTA – 3158/21
The application concerns a unilaterally imposed lease under Act XXIII of 1979 amending Chapter 158 of the Laws of Malta (‘the Ordinance’) affecting the applicant’s property ‘Erica’, in Valletta Road, Paola, as of March 2004. European Court of Human Rights…
CASE OF VEIGA CARDOSO v. PORTUGAL – The case concerns the applicant’s criminal conviction for aggravated defamation of a public prosecutor
European Court of Human Rights FOURTH SECTION CASE OF VEIGA CARDOSO v. PORTUGAL (Application no. 48979/19) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 16 January 2024 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Veiga Cardoso v.…
CASE OF VASILEVSKI v. NORTH MACEDONIA – 27509/18
The case concerns the alleged lack of adversarial process in proceedings concerning the applicant’s pre-trial detention, which had been ordered in the context of criminal proceedings relating to an incident of 27 April 2017 when a group of protesters had entered…