THIRD SECTION CASE OF VOVK AND BOGDANOV v. RUSSIA (Application no. 15613/10) JUDGMENT Art 2 (procedural) • Positive obligations • Failure to investigate explosion of grenade in a residential area causing severe injuries • Failure to verify possible involvement of…
CASE OF KLOPCOVS v. LATVIA (European Court of Human Rights)
FIFTH SECTION CASE OF KLOPCOVS v. LATVIA (Application no. 26902/13) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 13 February 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Klopcovs v. Latvia, The European Court of Human Rights…
CASE OF IBRAHIMOV AND MAMMADOV v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights)
FIFTH SECTION CASE OF IBRAHIMOV AND MAMMADOV v. AZERBAIJAN (Applications nos. 63571/16 and 5 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT Art 3 (substantive and procedural limbs) • Inhuman and degrading treatment • Police ill-treatment with a view to forcing the…
CASE OF GAUGHRAN v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (European Court of Human Rights)
FIRST SECTION CASE OF GAUGHRAN v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (Application no. 45245/15) JUDGMENT Art 8 • Respect for private life • Disproportionate character of indefinite retention of DNA profile, fingerprints and photograph of person convicted of minor offence • Narrowed…
CASE OF TRAJKOVSKI AND CHIPOVSKI v. NORTH MACEDONIA (European Court of Human Rights)
FIRST SECTION CASE OF TRAJKOVSKI AND CHIPOVSKI v. NORTH MACEDONIA (Applications nos. 53205/13 and 63320/13) JUDGMENT Art 8 • Respect for private life • Disproportionate character of indefinite retention of DNA profiles of convicted persons • Blanket and indiscriminate nature…
CASE OF N.D. AND N.T. v. SPAIN (European Court of Human Rights)
GRAND CHAMBER CASE OF N.D. AND N.T. v. SPAIN (Applications nos. 8675/15 and 8697/15) JUDGMENT Art 4 P 4 • Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens • Immediate and forcible return of aliens from a land border, following an attempt…
CASE OF OPREA AND OTHERS v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights)
SECOND SECTION CASE OF OPREA AND OTHERS v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA (Application no. 36545/06) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 18 February 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Oprea and…
CASE OF OJOG AND OTHERS v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (European Court of Human Rights)
SECOND SECTION CASE OF OJOG AND OTHERS v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (Application no. 1988/06) JUDGMENT (Just satisfaction) STRASBOURG 18 February 2020 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Ojog and…
CASE OF PAVLOVA v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights)
THIRD SECTION CASE OF PAVLOVA v. RUSSIA (Application no. 8578/12) JUDGMENT Art 8 • Respect for family life • Remand prisoner denied family visits for the entire duration of his trial • Domesticlawconferringunrestricteddiscretiontoauthoritiestograntorrefuseprisonvisits Art 13 (+8) • Effective remedy •…
CASE OF MARILENA-CARMEN POPA v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights)
FOURTH SECTION CASE OF MARILENA-CARMEN POPA v. ROMANIA (Application no. 1814/11) JUDGMENT Art 6 (criminal) • Fair hearing • Acquittal overturned without rehearing a witness by final-instance court on the basis of decisive weight given to expert evidence • Direct…