INTRODUCTION. The present case concerns complaints raised under Articles 10 and 13 of the Convention of interference with the protection of journalistic sources as a result of judicial authorisation being given to the investigative authorities to access the applicant’s communications…
CASE OF M.B. AND OTHERS v. SLOVAKIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 45322/17
INTRODUCTION. The present application originates specifically from an incident that is alleged to have taken place in the police car after the applicants’ arrest. This incident was followed by another incident of ill-treatment of the applicants and other persons that…
Di Martino and Molinari v. Italy (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 249 March 2021 Di Martino and Molinari v. Italy – 15931/15 and 16459/15 Judgment 25.3.2021 [Section I] Article 6 Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing Failure by a court of appeal to hear prosecution…
Smiljanić v. Croatia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 249 March 2021 Smiljanić v. Croatia – 35983/14 Judgment 25.3.2021 [Section I] Article 2 Positive obligations Ineffective implementation of road traffic regulations and judicial system response to repeat offender who caused a fatal collision:…
Stoimenovikj and Miloshevikj v. North Macedonia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 249 March 2021 Stoimenovikj and Miloshevikj v. North Macedonia – 59842/14 Judgment 25.3.2021 [Section V] Article 6 Civil proceedings Article 6-1 Impartial tribunal Lack of impartiality of Supreme Court judge who sat in a…
Bivolaru and Moldovan v. France (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 249 March 2021 Bivolaru and Moldovan v. France – 40324/16 and 12623/17 Judgment 25.3.2021 [Section V] Article 3 Degrading treatment Inhuman treatment Surrender of an applicant to the Romanian authorities under a European arrest…
CASE OF AVRAIMOV v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 71818/17
INTRODUCTION. The case concerns the applicant’s complaints that the physical conditions of his detention in the Kyiv pre-trial detention centre were in breach of Article 3 of the Convention and that the Code of Criminal Procedure excluded the use of…
CASE OF ALEKSANDROVSKAYA v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 38718/16
INTRODUCTION. The case concerns the applicant’s complaints: under Article 3 of the Convention that she was placed in metal cages during court hearings; under Article 5 § 1 (c) that her arrest was unlawful; and under Article 5 § 3…
CASE OF VALENTYN IVANOV v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 9021/11
INTRODUCTION. The present case concerns a failure of the national courts to address a specific and pertinent argument which was important to the outcome of the applicant’s case concerning the allocation of the “children of war” supplement to his pension.…
CASE OF LABAZNIKOV v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 7670/11
INTRODUCTION. The present case concerns the alleged arbitrariness of the applicant’s pre-trial detention, the alleged absence of a meaningful review of the lawfulness of his detention, and the allegedly unreasonable duration of the criminal proceedings against him, in breach of…