As regards Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, the European Court of Human Rights finds that in the circumstances of the present case section 1(218) of Law no. 266/2005 of 23 December 2005 resolved the merits of the dispute…
CASE OF SHCHURKO AND OTRYSHKO v. UKRAINE – The applicants alleged that they did not receive adequate medical care in detention
Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has identified the shortcomings in the applicants’ medical treatment, which are listed in the appended table. The Court has already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those…
CASE OF SADIO v. ITALY – The case concerns the poor conditions of the applicant’s accommodations in the reception centre in Cona (Venice)
The applicant complained that his reception conditions in Cona had been poor. He alleged that the centre had been overcrowded and that there had been a lack of basic facilities, such as proper heating and hot water, and a lack…
CASE OF PADALKA AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE – The applicants complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings and of the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law
The European Court of Human Rights has examined the applications and considers that, in the light of all the material in its possession and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, these complaints either do…
CASE OF BULKACH AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE – The applicants complained of the inadequate conditions of their detention and of the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law
Having examined all the material submitted to it, the European Court of Human Rights has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility and merits of these complaints. Having regard…
CASE OF YAKOVIN AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE – The applicants complained of the ineffective investigation into ill‑treatment inflicted by private parties or in circumstances that exclude involvement of State agents
The European Court of Human Rights notes at the outset that the violent treatment in question fell within the scope of Article 3 of the Convention. The Court reiterates that Article 3 of the Convention requires that the authorities conduct…
CASE OF FIGURKA v. UKRAINE – The absence of a prosecutor in court during the consideration of a case of an administrative offense
On 23 November 2020 the police drew up an administrative offence report charging the applicant with an administrative offence under Article 130 § 1 of the Code of Administrative Offences, namely driving while displaying signs of intoxication and refusing to…
CASE OF DZIBUTI AND OTHERS v. LATVIA – Reducing the use of Russian as a language of instruction in private schools
The case concerns legislative amendments of 2018 whereby the proportion of subjects to be taught in the State language, that is, Latvian, was increased in private schools and the use of Russian as the language of instruction was consequently reduced.…
CASE OF G.T.B. v. SPAIN – The Court considers that the authorities failed in their positive obligation to act with due diligence in order to assist the applicant to have his birth registered and, as a consequence, to have his identity documents obtained
The case concerns the delay by the public authorities in processing the applicant’s mother’s request to register his birth, which was made several years after the applicant was born. Not having a birth certificate also prevented the applicant from having…
CASE OF A.E. AND T.B. v. ITALY – The case concerns the allegedly unlawful detention of the applicants, Sudanese nationals, and an attempt by the Italian authorities to remove them to their country of origin
The applicants complained about the material conditions of their transfer from Ventimiglia to Taranto and back, the conditions in which they had been accommodated during their stay at the Taranto hotspot and the alleged ill-treatment of Mr T.B., the second…