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 The case concerns proceedings in which the applicant’s licence to plead cases before the Finnish courts was revoked
The case concerns proceedings in which the applicant’s licence to plead cases before the Finnish courts was revoked.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
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…
CASE OF SARANCHUK AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 15326/19 and 24 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 MAHMUDOV v. AZERBAIJAN – 50612/18. The case concerns a travel ban imposed on the applicant, an independent journalist
The case concerns a travel ban imposed on the applicant, an independent journalist, in the absence of any judicial decision in that regard, and his allegedly unlawful arrest and detention. On 22 June 2017 when attempting to cross the border…
CASE OF SAFRONOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – The applicants complained of the inadequate conditions of detention under strict imprisonment regime
The applicants complained principally of the inadequate conditions of detention under strict imprisonment regime. They relied, expressly or in substance, on Article 3 of the Convention. Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any…