. The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention of being deprived of his right of access to the Supreme Administrative Court. He complained that his legal aid lawyer had refused to prepare and lodge a cassation…
CASE OF MAHADDINOVA AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 34528/13
FIFTH SECTION CASE OF MAHADDINOVA AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN (Application no. 34528/13) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 19 November 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Mahaddinova and Others v. Azerbaijan, The European…
CASE OF HAJIYEV v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 29648/07
. The applicant complained under Article 6 § 3 (c) of the Convention that the domestic criminal proceedings against him had been unfair on account of his absence from the appeal hearings in his case. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF HAJIYEV…
CASE OF PANTALON v. CROATIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 2953/14
. The case concerns the applicant’s conviction for a minor offence of failing to declare a weapon, specifically a diving speargun, at border control even though diving spearguns were expressly excluded from the definition of a weapon under the relevant…
CASE OF SHAVADZE v. GEORGIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 72080/12
INTRODUCTION. The applicant complains under Article 2 of the Convention about a death in police custody and the absence of an effective investigation thereof. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF SHAVADZE v. GEORGIA (Application no. 72080/12) JUDGMENT Art 2 (procedural) • Effective…
CASE OF KLAUS MULLER v. GERMANY (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 24173/18
. The application concerns the compatibility with Article 8 of the Convention of an administrative fine imposed on the applicant, a lawyer. Relying on legal professional privilege, the applicant had refused to testify as a witness in criminal proceedings against…
CASE OF PROJECT-TRADE D.O.O. v. CROATIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 1920/14
. The case mainly concerns the deprivation of property arising from the Government Decision on the restructuring and recovery of a commercial bank depriving the bank’s shareholders, including the applicant company, of their shares, and the lack of access to…
CASE OF DUPATE v. LATVIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 18068/11
. The case concerns an alleged breach of the applicant’s right to private life under Article 8 of the Convention by the publication of covertly taken photographs with captions that depicted her leaving hospital with her newborn baby and the…
Institution of proceedings – Practice Directions “Rules of the European Court of Human Rights”
(Individual applications under Article 34 of the Convention) I. General 1. An application under Article 34 of the Convention must be submitted in writing. No application may be made by telephone. Except as provided otherwise by Rule 47 of the…
Rule 47 of the Rules of the European Court of Human Rights
Rule 47 – Contents of an individual application 1. An application under Article 34 of the Convention shall be made on the application form provided by the Registry, unless the Court decides otherwise. It shall contain all of the information…