The applicant complained under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (c) of the Convention that he was convicted on the grounds of statements made without a lawyer. The European Court of Human Rights notes the following: The applicant’s right not…
CASE OF ROBULET v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA – The court cannot consider a late appeal without extending the time limit for filing an appeal and without giving reasons
The case concerns the alleged breach of the principle of “legal certainty” protected by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention owing to the domestic courts’ examination of a late appeal of the opposing party without giving any reasons and…
CASE OF JANAKIESKI v. NORTH MACEDONIA – The difficulties involved in dealing with the applicant’s numerous appeals, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, do not justify failure to comply with the “speediness” requirement set out in Article 5 § 4 of the Convention
The present case concerns the alleged unlawfulness and arbitrariness of the applicant’s deprivation of liberty, lack of relevant and sufficient reasons for his deprivation of liberty and lack of a speedy review of his deprivation of liberty, in breach of…
CASE OF CANGI AND OTHERS v. TÜRKIYE – 48173/18. There had been a violation of the applicants’ rights in that they had not been familiarised with all the evidence submitted to the expert
The case concerns the applicants’ complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention that in the administrative proceedings they had lodged, they had not been allowed to participate effectively in the court-appointed expert examination procedure. The European Court of…
CASE OF NIKA v. ALBANIA – 1049/17. Shooting into the air as a means of crowd dispersal is forbidden
The case concerns allegations of a breach of the substantive and procedural limbs of Article 2 of the Convention in connection with the death of the applicants’ relative, A.N., from a fatal gunshot wound to the head that he received…
CASE OF VUKUSIC v. CROATIA – 37522/16. Violation of Article 3 of the Convention in relation to the conditions of the applicant’s detention in Zagreb prison and Split prison
The case concerns the applicant’s prolonged confinement in a specially secured cell and his alleged ill-treatment by prison guards in Split Prison, as well as the conditions of his detention in Zagreb and Split Prisons. The applicant complains of a…
CASE OF TOIVANEN v. FINLAND – 46131/19. The case concerns proceedings in which the applicant’s licence to plead cases before the Finnish courts was revoked
The case concerns proceedings in which the applicant’s licence to plead cases before the Finnish courts was revoked. The applicant, invoking Article 6 of the Convention, complained of bias and procedural unfairness in that his case had been allegedly unlawfully transferred…
Toivanen v. Finland
Legal summary November 2023 Toivanen v. Finland – 46131/19 Judgment 9.11.2023 [Section I] Article 6 Civil proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing Impartial tribunal Decision by Court of Appeal’s Acting Chief Justice to transfer examination of applicant’s appeal against revocation of…
CASE OF BAKHMATOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 14839/21 and 9 others. The applicants complained of the disproportionate measures taken against them as organisers or participants of public assemblies
The applicants complained principally of disproportionate measures taken against them as organisers or participants of public assemblies, namely their arrest in relation to the dispersal of these assemblies and their conviction for administrative offences. They relied, expressly or in substance,…
CASE OF RIELA v. ITALY – 17378/20. The application concerns the applicant’s continued detention in prison despite his multiple diseases
The application concerns the applicant’s continued detention in prison despite his multiple diseases and the risk of contracting COVID-19, as well as the medical care provided to him during detention. The applicant, aged 67, is serving a life sentence in…