FIRST SECTION CASE OF JHANGIRYAN v. ARMENIA (Applications nos. 44841/08 and 63701/09) JUDGMENT Art 11 • Freedom of peaceful assembly • Arbitrary prosecution and conviction of opposition supporter, linked to his participation in a protest movement • Repetitive pattern of…
Karastelev and Others v. Russia (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 244 October 2020 Karastelev and Others v. Russia – 16435/10 Judgment 6.10.2020 [Section III] Article 10 Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Prosecutor’s unfettered discretion to issue warnings, cautions and orders under “anti-extremism” legislation lacking…
CASE OF S.A. v. THE NETHERLANDS (European Court of Human Rights)
FOURTH SECTION CASE OF S.A. v. THE NETHERLANDS (Application no. 49773/15) JUDGMENT Art 3 • Expulsion (Sudan) • General situation no longer entailing, in itself, a risk of ill-treatment in breach of the Convention • Personal situation • Region of…
CASE OF KAMINSKA AND OTHERS v. POLAND (European Court of Human Rights)
FIRST SECTION CASE OF KAMIŃSKA AND OTHERS v. POLAND (Application no. 4006/17) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 3 September 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Kamińska and Others v. Poland, The European…
CASE OF ANEV AND NAJDOVSKI v. NORTH MACEDONIA (European Court of Human Rights)
FIRST SECTION CASE OF ANEV AND NAJDOVSKI v. NORTH MACEDONIA (Applications nos. 17807/15 and 17893/15) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 3 September 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Anev and Najdovski v.…
CASE OF FACCHINETTI v. ITALY (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 34297/09
The case concerns legislative intervention in the course of ongoing proceedings. In particular, the applicant complained, under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, that the enactment of Law no. 296/2006 had denied her her right to a fair trial.…
CASE OF LEVCHUK v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights)
FIFTH SECTION CASE OF LEVCHUK v. UKRAINE (Application no. 17496/19) JUDGMENT Art 8 • Respect for private life • Domestic violence • Positive obligation of protection • Dismissal of woman’s claim for eviction of ex-husband • Domestic court’s failure to…
Mediani v. Italy (dec.) (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 244 October 2020 Mediani v. Italy (dec.) – 11036/14 Decision 8.9.2020 [Section I] Article 35 Article 35-1 Exhaustion of domestic remedies Requirement to exhaust the compensatory remedy (“Pinto” remedy) in respect of complaints concerning…
VEGIYEV v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights)
FIFTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 37454/12 Khamzat Kurbanovich VEGIYEV and Stanislav Kirillovich VEGIYEV against Ukraine The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 8 September 2020 as a Committee composed of: Mārtiņš Mits, President, Latif Hüseynov, Mattias Guyomar, judges,…
GULIYEVA v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights)
FIFTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 19228/11 Zarifa Rzagulu gizi GULIYEVA against Azerbaijan The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 8 September 2020 as a Committee composed of: Mārtiņš Mits, President, Latif Hüseynov, Mattias Guyomar, judges, and Anne-Marie Dougin,…