. The case concerns the placement in detention and continued detention of the applicant, an investigative journalist working for the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, in the context of criminal proceedings brought against the newspaper’s managers and some of its journalists on…
CASE OF KURBAN v. TURKEY (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 75414/10
INTRODUCTION. The case concerns the annulment of the applicant’s public procurement contract and forfeiture of his guarantee on the grounds that an indictment against him had been filed with a criminal court in relation to an offence concerning previous public…
CASE OF UNUANE v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 80343/17
INTRODUCTION. The applicant complained under Article 8 of the Convention that his deportation to Nigeria disproportionately interfered with his family and private life. He further complained, under Article 8 of the Convention taken alone and/or read together with Article 13…
B and C v. Switzerland (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 245 November 2020 B and C v. Switzerland – 43987/16 and 889/19 Judgment 17.11.2020 [Section III] Article 3 Expulsion Risk of and availability of protection against ill-treatment of a homosexual by non-State actors in…
CASE OF PANAYOTOV v. BULGARIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 66491/14
. The case concerns the allegedly excessive duration of restitution proceedings. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF PANAYOTOV v. BULGARIA (Application no. 66491/14) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 17 November 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the…
CASE OF KONYA AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 37087/03 and 24 others
. The cases concern the inability of the applicants to recover possession of their properties which had been unlawfully nationalised under the former communist regime and had been sold by the State to third parties. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF KONYA…
CASE OF B AND C v. SWITZERLAND (European Court of Human Rights) Applications nos. 889/19 and 43987/16
. The case concerns the refusal of a residence permit for the first applicant on the basis of his registered same-sex partnership with the second applicant as well as the order that the first applicant be expelled. The applicants rely…
CASE OF SULEYMAN v. TURKEY (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 59453/10
. The application concerns the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings against the applicant in so far it concerned his conviction for the murder of M.Ü., owing to his alleged inability to examine an anonymous witness as required by Article…
Project-Trade d.o.o. v. Croatia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 245 November 2020 Project-Trade d.o.o. v. Croatia – 1920/14 Judgment 19.11.2020 [Section I] Article 34 Victim Cancellation and revocation of shares in private bank directly affecting shareholders’ property rights: victim status upheld Facts –…
CASE OF JANEVSKI v. NORTH MACEDONIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 30259/15
. The case concerns the alleged unfairness of criminal proceedings against the applicant on account of the courts’ reliance on the testimony of four witnesses examined in the absence of the applicant and his lawyer. FIRST SECTION CASE OF JANEVSKI…