The applicant complained that the judgment of the national courts, upholding a sanction imposed on him for having organised and participated in a protest action, had violated his rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly provided for by Articles…
Khasanov and Rakhmanov v. Russia [GC] (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 261 April 2022 Khasanov and Rakhmanov v. Russia [GC] – 28492/15 and 49975/15 Judgment 29.4.2022 [GC] Article 3 Extradition No real individual risk of ill-treatment in case of extradition of ethnic Uzbeks to Kyrgyzstan:…
CASE OF KHASANOV AND RAKHMANOV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 28492/15 and 49975/15
The applicants, relying on Article 3 of the Convention, alleged that they would be exposed to a real risk of ill-treatment on account of their Uzbek ethnic origin in the event of their extradition to Kyrgyzstan. GRAND CHAMBER CASE OF…
CASE OF SPITERI v. MALTA (European Court of Human Rights) 43693/20
The case concerns the length of the criminal proceedings against the applicant. FIRST SECTION CASE OF SPITERI v. MALTA (Application no. 43693/20) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 28 April 2022 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In…
CASE OF GERA DE PETRI TESTAFERRATA v. MALTA (European Court of Human Rights) 19465/20
The case concerns an imposed lease as a result of the application of Chapter 69 of the Laws of Malta. The applicant’s property originally officially numbered 68 and 68A in Republic Street, Valletta, (hereinafter referred to as “the property’) was…
CASE OF KVIRIKASHVILI v. GEORGIA (European Court of Human Rights) 34720/16
The case concerns, under Article 3 of the Convention, the alleged ill‑treatment of the applicant by police officers, and the alleged inadequacy of the investigation conducted in that regard. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF KVIRIKASHVILI v. GEORGIA (Application no. 34720/16) JUDGMENT…
CASE OF SPLIT FERRY PORT JSC v. CROATIA (European Court of Human Rights) 23472/15
The application concerns fairness of concession-related administrative proceedings in which the Constitutional Court decided on constitutional complaints lodged by a public entity and quashed the Administrative Court’s judgments favourable to the applicant. The main question in those proceedings was the…
CASE OF HASANOV v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) 59202/12
The present case concerns the applicant’s arrest, detention and conviction in the administrative proceedings against him on the charge of a failure to comply with the lawful order of a police officer. The applicant alleged that his rights protected under…
CASE OF BURSAĆ AND OTHERS v. CROATIA (European Court of Human Rights) 78836/16
The application concerns the investigation into the killing of the applicants’ father in 1995, purportedly by Croatian soldiers. It also concerns a decision ordering the applicants to pay the costs of the State’s representation in the civil proceedings in which…
Advisory opinion on the applicability of statutes of limitation to prosecution, conviction and punishment in respect of an offence constituting, in substance, an act of torture
GRAND CHAMBER ADVISORY OPINION on the applicability of statutes of limitation to prosecution, conviction and punishment in respect of an offence constituting, in substance, an act of torture Requested by the Armenian Court of Cassation (Request no. P16-2021-001) STRASBOURG 26…