Relying on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention and Article 14 of the Convention, the applicant complained that the domestic authorities’ refusal to grant him a special pension for his years of service with the prosecution authorities…
CASE OF GOULANDRIS AND VARDINOGIANNI v. GREECE – 1735/13. Criminal proceedings duplicating administrative fine for unlawful construction, but not the annual fine for its preservation
The case concerns the imposition of urban-planning administrative fines on the applicants relating to two stone walls constructed on their property without the requisite building permit, and their trial and punishment in criminal proceedings resulting in a sentence of seven…
CASE OF ŻUREK v. POLAND (European Court of Human Rights) 39650/18
The applicant alleged that he had been denied access to a court to contest the premature and allegedly arbitrary termination of his term of office as a judicial member of the National Council of the Judiciary. He also complained of…
CASE OF SKORUPA v. POLAND – 44153/15. The case concerns the alleged ill-treatment inflicted on the applicant in the course of his processing for sobering-up, as well as the unlawfulness of his detention at the sobering-up centre
On 12 March 2014 at 9.00 p.m. the applicant, who had been drinking, was stopped by two police officers when he was on his way home from a nearby bar. He was then taken to Czerwionka police station, which was…
Stoyanova v. Bulgaria (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 263 June 2022 Stoyanova v. Bulgaria – 56070/18 Judgment 14.6.2022 [Section IV] Article 14 Discrimination Homophobic motives underlying a murder not constituting a statutory aggravating factor and having no measurable effect on sentencing: violation…
L.B. v. Lithuania (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 263 June 2022 L.B. v. Lithuania – 38121/20 Judgment 14.6.2022 [Section II] Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 Article 2 para. 2 of Protocol No. 4 Freedom to leave a country Formalistic, non-individualised refusal…
Algirdas Butkevičius v. Lithuania (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 263 June 2022 Algirdas Butkevičius v. Lithuania – 70489/17 Judgment 14.6.2022 [Section II] Article 8 Article 8-1 Respect for correspondence Respect for private life Lawful and proportionate disclosure of intercepted conversation by Prime Minister…
Alexandru-Radu Luca v. Romania (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 263 June 2022 Alexandru-Radu Luca v. Romania – 20837/18 Judgment 14.6.2022 [Section IV] Article 6 Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing Article 6-3-c Defence through legal assistance Pre-trial judge proceedings confirming indictment decision not…
Abdullah Yalçın v. Turkey (No. 2) (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 263 June 2022 Abdullah Yalçın v. Turkey (No. 2) – 34417/10 Judgment 14.6.2022 [Section II] Article 9 Article 9-1 Manifest religion or belief Unjustified refusal to allocate room in high-security prison to Muslim prisoner…
Ecodefence and Others v. Russia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 263 June 2022 Ecodefence and Others v. Russia – 9988/13, 14338/14, 45973/14 et al. Judgment 14.6.2022 [Section III] Article 11 Article 11-1 Freedom of association Application of Foreign Agents Act to non-governmental organisations and…