Category: European Court of Human Rights

Xenofontos and Others v. Cyprus – The case mainly concerns the question whether a criminal trial can be considered to be “fair” within the meaning of Article 6 of the Convention if it led to a conviction based to a decisive extent on accomplice testimony

Information Note on the Court’s case-law October 2022 Xenofontos and Others v. Cyprus – 68725/16, 74339/16 and 74359/16 Judgment 25.10.2022 [Section III] Article 6 Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing Applicants’ conviction decisively based on confession by accomplice, who was…

M.T. and Others v. Sweden (European Court of Human Rights)

Information Note on the Court’s case-law October 2022 M.T. and Others v. Sweden – 22105/18 Judgment 20.10.2022 [Section I] Article 8 Positive obligations Article 8-1 Respect for family life Justified temporary statutory three-year suspension period, for family reunification of persons…

Bierski v. Poland (European Court of Human Rights)

Information Note on the Court’s case-law October 2022 Bierski v. Poland – 46342/19 Judgment 20.10.2022 [Section I] Article 8 Positive obligations Article 8-1 Respect for family life Authorities’ failure to take measures re-establishing father’s contact with incapacitated adult son resulting…