Mistake no. 1: not using the Court’s current application form Applicants must use the latest official Court application form. If possible, they should download the form from the Court’s website. This will ensure that the applicant sets out all the…
Notes for filling in the application form (How to fill out the correct application form to apply to the European Court of Human Rights)
I. What you should know before filling in the application form What complaints can the Court examine? The European Court of Human Rights is an international court which can only examine complaints from persons, organisations and companies claiming that their…
CASE OF KORNILOVA v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 47283/14
. The applicant was hit by a man whom she had been attempting to invite to a Jehovah’s Witnesses’ meeting. The individual was eventually convicted of infliction of a minor injury, sentenced to a fine and ordered to pay damages.…
CASE OF ZAGUBNYA AND TABACHKOVA v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 60977/14
. The applicants, Jehovah’s Witnesses, were assaulted by an Orthodox Christian priest. They complained, relying on Articles 3, 9 and 14 of the Convention, that the domestic authorities’ investigation into the incident had been inadequate. FIFTH SECTION CASE OF ZAGUBNYA…
CASE OF MIGORYANU AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES OF THE CITY OF IZMAIL v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 36046/15
. The case concerns the allegation of the applicants, a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses and its elder, under Articles 3, 9 and 14 of the Convention, that a group of Orthodox Christian believers disrupted their meeting in a violent fashion…
CASE OF PARFENTYEV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 44376/09
. The applicant complained that the publication of a newspaper article disclosing his personal information, accompanied by a photograph of him, and the prosecutor’s statement in relation to the pending criminal proceedings against him had been in breach of his…
Balaskas v. Greece (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 245 November 2020 Balaskas v. Greece – 73087/17 Judgment 5.11.2020 [Section I] Article 10 Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Suspended prison sentence imposed on journalist, in disregard of Convention standards, for calling a school…
Cwik v. Poland (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 245 November 2020 Ćwik v. Poland – 31454/10 Judgment 5.11.2020 [Section I] Article 6 Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing Admission of evidence obtained through ill-treatment of a third party by private individuals, without…
CASE OF JIDOVOIU AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights)
FOURTH SECTION CASE OF JIDOVOIU AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA (Application nos. 40930/15 and 8 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 5 November 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of…
CASE OF OMEROVIC AND OTHERS v. SERBIA (European Court of Human Rights)
SECOND SECTION CASE OF OMEROVIĆ AND OTHERS v. SERBIA (Application no. 72470/16) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 5 November 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Omerović and Others v. Serbia, The European…