FIFTH SECTION CASE OF H.N. v. HUNGARY (Application no. 26250/15) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 4 May 2023 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of H.N. v. Hungary, The European Court of Human Rights…
CASE OF ALIF AHMADOV AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN – 22619/14
The application concerns the planned demolition of a house where the applicants had lived for many years and their planned eviction from that house on the ground that it was an unauthorised construction built on a State‑owned plot of land.…
Mestan v. Bulgaria
Legal summary May 2023 Mestan v. Bulgaria – 24108/15 Judgment 2.5.2023 [Section III] Article 10 Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Freedom to impart information Freedom to receive information Administrative fine imposed as result of absolute statutory prohibition on the use…
S.P. and others v. Russia
Legal summary May 2023 S.P. and others v. Russia – 36463/11, 11235/13, 35817/13 et al. Judgment 2.5.2023 [Section III] Article 3 Degrading treatment Inhuman treatment Positive obligations Segregation, humiliation and abuse of prisoners by fellow inmates on account of inferior…
CASE OF STRASSENMEYER v. GERMANY- 57818/18
The case concerns the applicant’s conviction for murder based, in particular, on the pre-trial statement of a co-accused who had refused to testify in court. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF STRASSENMEYER v. GERMANY (Application no. 57818/18) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 2 May 2023…
CASE OF STOYANOV AND TABAKOV v. BULGARIA (No. 2) – 64387/14
THIRD SECTION CASE OF STOYANOV AND TABAKOV v. BULGARIA (No. 2) (Application no. 64387/14) JUDGMENT (Just satisfaction – friendly settlement) Art 41 • Just satisfaction • Art 39 • Friendly settlement STRASBOURG 2 May 2023 This judgment is final but…
CASE OF SAKSKOBURGGOTSKI AND CHROBOK v. BULGARIA – The case concerns the attempts of the applicants – the former King of Bulgaria (1943-46) and his sister – to obtain the restitution of former properties of the Crown
THIRD SECTION CASE OF SAKSKOBURGGOTSKI AND CHROBOK v. BULGARIA (Applications nos. 38948/10 and 8954/17) JUDGMENT (Just satisfaction) Art 41 • Just satisfaction • Award for pecuniary damage sustained from violation of Art 1 P1 on account of disproportionate ban on…
CASE OF S.P. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 36463/11 and 10 others
The case concerns the alleged inhuman and degrading treatment of the applicants in Russian penal facilities because of their inferior position in an informal prisoner hierarchy. THIRD SECTION CASE OF S.P. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 36463/11 and 10…
CASE OF KARPOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 11042/19 and 49 others
FIRST SECTION CASE OF KARPOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 11042/19 and 49 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 27 April 2023 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of…
CASE OF MASLAK v. SLOVAKIA (NO. 3) – 35673/18
FIRST SECTION CASE OF MASLÁK v. SLOVAKIA (No. 3) (Application no. 35673/18) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 27 April 2023 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Maslák v. Slovakia (no. 3), The European…