The applications concern, among other things, 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 OF DAURBEKOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 60844/11 and…
CASE OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES IN THE NKR v. ARMENIA (European Court of Human Rights) 41817/10
The case concerns complaints, raised under Articles 9, 11 and 14 of the Convention, that the “NKR” authorities’ refusal to register the applicant as a religious organisation infringed its right to freedom of religion and association and amounted to discrimination…
CASE OF FILIPPOVY v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 19355/09
The present application concerns the ill-treatment and death of the applicants’ son, Pte Ye.F., during his compulsory military service, and the subsequent investigation. THIRD SECTION CASE OF FILIPPOVY v. RUSSIA (Application no. 19355/09) JUDGMENT Art 2 (substantive and procedural) •…
CASE OF Y AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA (European Court of Human Rights) 9077/18
The applicants are the relatives of a woman killed by her husband, who had been harassing her for several months. The main questions in the case are (a) whether the authorities were under a duty to take reasonable operational measures to…
CASE OF GVOZDEVA v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 69997/11
The application concerns an alleged failure by the national authorities to protect the life of the applicant’s son during his military service and to conduct an effective investigation into his death. THIRD SECTION CASE OF GVOZDEVA v. RUSSIA (Application no.…
CASE OF T.K. AND OTHERS v. LITHUANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 55978/20
The case concerns the decisions by the Lithuanian authorities to refuse requests for asylum lodged by the applicants and to remove them to Tajikistan. The applicants complained that their removal would put them at a risk of ill-treatment because of…
CASE OF COSOVAN v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (European Court of Human Rights) 13472/18
The present case concerns the positive obligations of the authorities under Article 3 regarding the medical treatment of a person with a serious illness in its terminal phase, as well as the compatibility of such a condition with continued detention.…
Decision on the competence of the Court to give an advisory opinion under Article 29 of the Oviedo Convention
By letter of 3 December 2019, the Chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Bioethics (“the DH-BIO”) informed the President of the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) of that Committee’s decision, taken in its composition restricted to…
CASE OF MOCANU v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 76888/13
The case originated in an application against Romania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 21 November 2013. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF MOCANU v. ROMANIA (Application…
CASE OF ISGANDAROV v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) 77612/11
The present application concerns the conditions of detention, pre-trial detention and subsequent criminal conviction of the applicant who alleges that his rights protected under Articles 3, 5 § 3 and 6 §§ 1 and 3 (d) of the Convention were…