Legal summary October 2023 El-Asmar v. Denmark – 27753/19 Judgment 3.10.2023 [Section IV] Article 3 Degrading treatment Inhuman treatment Effective investigation
CASE OF EL-ASMAR v. DENMARK – 27753/19
On 4 April 2017, while the applicant was in prison and placed in an observation cell, two prison guards sprayed him with pepper spray. The precise circumstances were disputed. The applicant complained under the substantive and procedural aspects of Article…
CASE OF VASILE SORIN MARIN v. ROMANIA – 17412/16
The case concerns the applicant’s allegation that he was punished twice, firstly with a fine and subsequently with a criminal conviction, for the same act, in breach of his right not to be tried and punished twice for the same…
CASE OF EFGAN ÇETİN AND OTHERS v. TÜRKİYE – 14684/18
The application essentially concerns the applicants’ inability to have access to a court in order to challenge an administrative decision not requiring commissioning of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) in respect of a geothermal plant in the vicinity of the…
CASE OF BELUCH v. POLAND – 4065/21
FIRST SECTION CASE OF BELUCH v. POLAND (Application no. 4065/21) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 28 September 2023 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.
CASE OF ZHOKH v. UKRAINE – 29319/13
The application concerns an alleged denial of access to information of public interest despite a court judgment ordering the provision of the information requested.
CASE OF IVANOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 58772/18 and 9 others
The applicants complained of the torture or inhuman or degrading treatment.
CASE OF BARONIN AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 18032/19 and 9 others
The applicants complained of the torture or inhuman or degrading treatment.
Yordanov and Others v. Bulgaria
Legal summary September 2023 Yordanov and Others v. Bulgaria – 265/17 and 26473/18 Judgment 26.9.2023 [Section III] Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 Peaceful enjoyment of possessions
CASE OF JELCIC STEPINAC v. CROATIA – 16087/18
The case concerns the alleged failure of the domestic civil courts to observe the res judicata principle. In particular, the applicant instituted several sets of civil proceedings against an insurance company in which she sought various forms of compensation for…