The applicants complained of secret surveillance in the context of criminal proceedings against them. THIRD SECTION CASE OF TRETYAKOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 51127/13 and 3 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 27 October 2022 This judgment…
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CASE OF PETLIN AND YAKUPOV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 14829/12 and 20420/12
The case originated in applications against Russia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”). The applicants complained of the secret surveillance in the context of criminal proceedings.…
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…
CASE OF XENOFONTOS AND OTHERS v. CYPRUS (European Court of Human Rights) 68725/16, 74339/16 and 74359/16
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. THIRD SECTION…
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…
CASE OF MUSHYNSKYY v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) 27182/16
The case concerns the applicant’s complaint under Article 3 of the Convention that he was ill-treated during an emergency fire evacuation in Sokal Prison no. 47 on 27 March 2012 and that there was no effective domestic investigation into the…
CASE OF TUČS v. LATVIA (European Court of Human Rights) 31876/15
The case concerns a complaint that in domestic proceedings concerning the applicant’s dismissal from his job the domestic courts had failed to address his claim that he had been discriminated against on the basis of his trade union membership and…
CASE OF LYSAK v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) 52299/14
The case concerns the applicant’s complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 that equipment belonging to her and situated on municipal land had been unlawfully dismantled, for which she had been unable to obtain compensation. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF LYSAK…
CASE OF LAPSA v. LATVIA (European Court of Human Rights) 57444/19
The case concerns the effectiveness of domestic proceedings concerning the applicant’s allegations under Article 2 of the Convention that her child had died as a result of medical negligence. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF LAPSA v. LATVIA (Application no. 57444/19) JUDGMENT…