Information Note on the Court’s case-law 264 July 2022 Drousiotis v. Cyprus – 42315/15 Judgment 5.7.2022 [Section III] Article 10 Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Insufficient reasons and disproportionate damages award in defamation action against journalist for newspaper article on…
CASE OF IVANOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 50942/08 and 5 others
The applications concern, among other things, complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention about alleged ill-treatment of the applicants at the hands of State officials and the lack of a proper investigation in that regard. THIRD SECTION CASE…
CASE OF KURSISH AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 62003/08 and 5 others
The applicants alleged that between 2007 and 2016 they had been ill‑treated by State officials and that there had been no effective investigation into the matter. THIRD SECTION CASE OF KURSISH AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 62003/08 and 5…
CASE OF STĂNESCU v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 3861/16
The application concerns the applicant’s complaint that her property was seized for an excessive amount of time, constituting a breach of her right to the peaceful enjoyment of her possessions, in the absence of an effective possibility to challenge the…
CASE OF AGROKUALITA EOOD v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 18669/19
The application concerns the applicant company’s complaint that because of a wrongful interpretation of the domestic law regulating insolvency proceedings, namely Law no. 85/2014, and in particular Article 42 § 3 of that Law, the domestic courts denied it the…
CASE OF VLAD v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 1020/20
The application concerns the non-enforcement of court decisions setting the contact schedule between the applicant and his child. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF VLAD v. ROMANIA (Application no. 1020/20) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 5 July 2022 This judgment is final but it may…
CASE OF LILIAN ERHAN v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (European Court of Human Rights) 21947/16
The case concerns the alleged unfairness of criminal proceedings in which the applicant was found guilty of drink-driving and in which he was not afforded adequate facilities for the preparation of his defence. SECOND SECTION CASE OF LILIAN ERHAN v.…
CASE OF LOIZIDES v. CYPRUS (European Court of Human Rights) 31029/15
The case concerns the fairness of criminal appeal proceedings, owing to the alleged failure of the Supreme Court to render a reasoned judgment which was sufficiently clear as to its outcome, in view of that court’s tied vote. THIRD SECTION…
CASE OF DROUSIOTIS v. CYPRUS (European Court of Human Rights) 42315/15
The case concerns a judgment given against a journalist in civil defamation proceedings. The applicant complained of a breach of his right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the Convention. THIRD SECTION CASE OF DROUSIOTIS v. CYPRUS (Application…
CASE OF ASSOCIATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND UNION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING v. GERMANY (European Court of Human Rights) 815/18 and 4 others
The applications concern the compatibility with Article 11 of the Convention of the Uniformity of Collective Agreements Act (Tarifeinheitsgesetz), which regulates conflicts that arise if several collective agreements are applicable in one business unit of a company. The Act prescribes…