The application, which was lodged on 6 May 2015, concerns civil proceedings brought by the applicant against the Suceava Bar Association’s decision not to grant him admission to the legal profession. Relying on Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, he complained that…
CASE OF VEGH AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 13064/18 and 13 others
The present case concerns the non-enforcement of an outstanding judgment given in the applicants’ favour in their capacity as former civil parties in criminal proceedings against the National Fund of Investment. It raises issues under Article 6 § 1 of…
CASE OF PAL v. THE UNITED KINGDOM – The present application concerns the decision to arrest and charge a journalist with the offence of harassment
The present application concerns the decision to arrest and charge a journalist with the offence of harassment. It raises issues under Article 10 of the Convention. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF PAL v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (Application no. 44261/19) JUDGMENT Art…
CASE OF T.A. AND OTHERS v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (European Court of Human Rights) 25450/20
The present case concerns the removal of the third applicant from the care of his grandparents, with whom he spent his first five years, to that of his biological father, and the manner in which the domestic courts took into…
CASE OF MIRONESCU v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 17504/18
The application concerns the applicant’s inability to vote in legislative elections, despite his right not being restricted by court order, for the sole reason that, on the date of the elections, he was serving a sentence in a prison situated…
CASE OF ȚIRIAC v. ROMANIA – The applicant complained about a breach of his right to honour and reputation, alleging that the domestic courts had failed to protect his rights following an allegedly defamatory press article
FOURTH SECTION CASE OF ȚIRIAC v. ROMANIA (Application no. 51107/16) JUDGMENT Art 8 • Private life • Dismissal of general tort law claim brought by well-known public figure in respect of allegedly defamatory press article on business practices affecting the…
CASE OF AVCI v. DENMARK – The application concerns the order for the expulsion of a settled migrant, issued in criminal proceedings
SECOND SECTION CASE OF AVCI v. DENMARK (Application no. 40240/19) JUDGMENT Art 8 • Expulsion • Private life • Expulsion order with a permanent re-entry ban • Existence of very serious reasons for expelling settled migrant, born in Denmark and…
CASE OF GENOV AND SARBINSKA v. BULGARIA – The two applicants, a popular blogger and a political activist, were found guilty of hooliganism and fined for spray-painting a monument to “partisans” on the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution
The two applicants, a popular blogger and a political activist, were found guilty of hooliganism and fined for spray-painting a monument to “partisans” on the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, in the context of nation-wide protests against a government…
CASE OF DERENIK MKRTCHYAN AND GAYANE MKRTCHYAN v. ARMENIA (European Court of Human Rights) 69736/12
The applicants are the grandfather and the mother of Derenik G., who died following a fight at a State school. The applicants complained, under Article 2 of the Convention, that the State had failed to protect Derenik G.’s life while…
Biancardi v. Italy (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 256 November 2021 Biancardi v. Italy – 77419/16 Judgment 25.11.2021 [Section I] Article 10 Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Civil sanctioning of an editor for lengthy refusal to de-index article on a criminal case…