Information Note on the Court’s case-law 253 July 2021 Polat v. Austria – 12886/16 Judgment 20.7.2021 [Section IV] Article 8 Positive obligations Article 8-1 Respect for family life Respect for private life Post-mortem and organ removal for preservation of prematurely…
CASE OF YARTSEV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 16683/17
The case concerns the applicant’s conviction for an administrative offence for shouting slogans during a lawful public assembly that did not correspond to the declared aims of that assembly. THIRD SECTION CASE OF YARTSEV v. RUSSIA (Application no. 16683/17) JUDGMENT…
CASE OF AVANESYAN v. ARMENIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 12999/15
The case concerns the applicant’s refusal to perform military service for reasons of conscience and his conviction for draft evasion, and raises issues under Article 9 of the Convention. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF AVANESYAN v. ARMENIA (Application no. 12999/15) JUDGMENT…
CASE OF POLAT v. AUSTRIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 12886/16
The application concerns the applicant’s objection on religious grounds to the post-mortem examination of her prematurely born and subsequently deceased son, which she alleged had violated her rights under Articles 8 and 9 of the Convention. Moreover, under Article 8 of…
CASE OF ZOLTÁN VARGA v. SLOVAKIA (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 58361/12 and 2 others
The three applications originate from various facts linked to a surveillance operation carried out in 2005 and 2006 by the Slovak Intelligence Service (“the SIS”). In 2011 the existence of that operation became publicly known, with reference to the codename…
CASE OF Y.B. v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 71155/17
The case concerns, under Article 2 of Protocol No. 7 to the Convention, the domestic courts’ refusal to accept and examine the applicant’s statement of appeal. THIRD SECTION CASE OF Y.B. v. RUSSIA (Application no. 71155/17) JUDGMENT Art 2 P7…
TULEYA v. POLAND (NO. 2) (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 51751/20
Published on 19 July 2021 FIRST SECTION Application no. 51751/20 Igor Zygmunt TULEYA against Poland (no. 2) lodged on 24 November 2020 communicated on 16 July 2021 STATEMENT OF FACTS 1. The applicant, Mr Igor Zygmunt Tuleya, is a Polish…
CASE OF YAGUBLU v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 69686/12
The applicant complained that his arrests and periods of detention by the police, had been in breach of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention and that the administrative offence proceedings against him had fallen short of the guarantees of…
CASE OF ARCELORMITTAL AMBALAJ CELIGI SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 23819/11
The case concerns, under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, the failure of the national courts to provide adequate reasoning when setting aside an arbitral award. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF ARCELORMITTAL AMBALAJ CELIGI SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI v.…
Fedotova and Others v. Russia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 253 July 2021 Fedotova and Others v. Russia – 40792/10, 30538/14 and 43439/14 Judgment 13.7.2021 [Section III] Article 8 Positive obligations Lack of any opportunity to have same-sex relationships formally acknowledged: violation Facts –…