The case originated in the application (no. 43038/11) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Russian national, Mr Vitaliy Andreyevich…
CASE OF IVANOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 62082/10 and 6 others
The applicants in the present seven cases complained that they had been convicted of bribe-related offences which they had committed only because they had been incited to do so by agent provocateurs. Some applicants also complained that they had been…
Advisory opinion on the difference in treatment between landowners’ associations “having a recognised existence on the date of the creation of an approved municipal hunters’ association” and landowners’ associations set up after that date
By a decision of 15 April 2021, sent by a letter of the same date, the French Conseil d’État requested the European Court of Human Rights, under Article 1 of Protocol No. 16 to the Convention for the Protection of…
CASE OF BRYANSK-TULA DIOCESE OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX FREE CHURCH v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 32895/13
The case concerns the dissolution of the Bryansk and Tula Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Free Church (Брянско-Тульское Епархиальное управление Российской Православной Свободной Церкви) – a religious organisation registered under Russian law in 1995 in the Bryansk Region (“the applicant…
CASE OF KOTLYAR v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 38825/16 and 2 others
The case concerns the commission of migration law offences by the applicant in protest against what was perceived as Russia’s restrictive system of residence registration. THIRD SECTION CASE OF KOTLYAR v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 38825/16 and 2 others – see list…
Kavala v. Türkiye [GC] (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 264 July 2022 Kavala v. Türkiye [GC] – 28749/18 Judgment 11.7.2022 [GC] Article 46 Article 46-4 Infringement proceedings Infringement proceedings against Türkiye for failure to abide by Court’s final judgment explicitly indicating applicant’s immediate…
CASE OF KAVALA v. TÜRKİYE (European Court of Human Rights) 28749/18
Under the terms of Article 46 § 4 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”), the Committee of Ministers referred to the Court, on 2 February 2022, the question whether the Republic of…
Tagiyeva v. Azerbaijan (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 264 July 2022 Tagiyeva v. Azerbaijan – 72611/14 Judgment 7.7.2022 [Section V] Article 2 Positive obligations Absence of real and immediate risk to life of well-known writer, subject of a religious fatwa with no…
Chocholáč v. Slovakia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 264 July 2022 Chocholáč v. Slovakia – 81292/17 Judgment 7.7.2022 [Section I] Article 8 Article 8-1 Respect for private life General and indiscriminate ban on prisoner possession of pornographic material not permitting proportionality assessment…
CASE OF MEDAK AND OTHERS v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (European Court of Human Rights) 45689/21 and 3 others
The applicants complained of the excessive length of administrative proceedings. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF MEDAK AND OTHERS v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (Application no. 45689/21 and 3 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 7 July 2022 This judgment is final…