Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016 Right to liberty and security (Article 5) Lawful arrest or detention (Article 5 § 1) The judgment in Mozer[65], cited above, concerned the lawfulness of detention ordered by courts of the “Moldavian Republic of…
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Prohibition of slavery and forced labour (Article 4) / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016 Prohibition of slavery and forced labour (Article 4) Work required of detainees (Article 4 § 3 (a)) The judgment in Meier v. Switzerland[63] concerned the obligation for prisoners to perform work in prison after…
Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (Article 3) / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016 Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (Article 3) [17] Inhuman or degrading treatment The Khlaifia and Others v. Italy[18] case concerned the arrival of the applicants, three Tunisian…
Right to life (Article 2) / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016 “Core” rights Right to life (Article 2) Effective investigation The Armani Da Silva v. the United Kingdom[11] judgment concerned the criminal conviction of the police force, but not the individual police officers,…
Jurisdiction and admissibility / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016 Jurisdiction and admissibility Jurisdiction of States (Article 1) The Mozer v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia[2] judgment concerned the lawfulness of detention ordered by courts of the “Moldavian Republic of Transdniestria” (“MRT”).…
Foreword to the 2015 edition. Introduction / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016 Foreword to the 2015 edition I welcome the decision to publish annually, as a separate publication in its own right, the Overview of the Court’s principal judgments and decisions. While the Overview…
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword to the 2015 edition Introduction Jurisdiction and admissibility Jurisdiction of States (Article 1) Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35) Locus standi (Article 34) No significant disadvantage (Article 35 § 3 (b)) “Core” rights Right to life (Article 2)…
Other Convention provisions / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 Other Convention provisions Restrictions not prescribed by the Convention (Article 18) The Merabishvili v. Georgia[228] judgment concerned Article 18 read in conjunction with Article 5 of the Convention. The applicant was a former…
Other rights and freedoms / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 Other rights and freedoms Right to respect for one’s private and family life, home and correspondence (Article 8)[112] Private life[113] The A.-M.V. v. Finland[114] judgment concerned restrictions on the right to self-determination…
Procedural rights / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 Procedural rights Right to a fair hearing in civil proceedings (Article 6 § 1) Applicability Fairness of the proceedings Right to a fair hearing in criminal proceedings (Article 6 § 1) Applicability…