The application concerns the official use of two standard variants of the Serbian language, Ekavian and Ijekavian, in judicial proceedings. FOURTH SECTION CASE OF PAUN JOVANOVIĆ v. SERBIA (Application no. 41394/15) JUDGMENT Art 1 P12 • Prohibition of discrimination •…
CASE OF MARCINIAK v. POLAND (European Court of Human Rights) 52089/18
The present case concerns the allegedly excessive length of the applicant’s detention on remand and the alleged failure of the domestic authorities to examine speedily appeals lodged by the applicant against decisions to extend her pre-trial detention. FIRST SECTION CASE…
CASE OF POLETTI v. ITALY (European Court of Human Rights) 50326/10
The case concerns legislative intervention in the course of ongoing civil proceedings. FIRST SECTION CASE OF POLETTI v. ITALY (Application no. 50326/10) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 2 February 2023 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In…
CASE OF ALIYEV v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) 34717/10 and 8791/11
The applications concern two separate sets of proceedings resulting in two criminal convictions of the same applicant, a journalist who wrote under the pen name “Sardar Alibeyli”, on account of defamatory articles. At the material time the applicant was editor-in-chief…
CASE OF COMPOSTELLA AND SALAMONE v. ITALY (European Court of Human Rights) 46306/06 and 24940/07
The case concerns the expropriation of the applicants’ land and the subsequent award of compensation based on the criteria established by section 5 bis of Law no. 359 of 8 August 1992 (“Law 359/1992”). FIRST SECTION CASE OF COMPOSTELLA AND SALAMONE v.…
CASE OF ALHOWAIS v. HUNGARY (European Court of Human Rights) 59435/17
The case concerns the death of F., a Syrian migrant and the applicant’s brother, which occurred during a border control operation at a river on the Hungarian-Serbian border. FIRST SECTION CASE OF ALHOWAIS v. HUNGARY (Application no. 59435/17) JUDGMENT Art…
CASE OF JANACEK v. THE CZECH REPUBLIC (European Court of Human Rights) 9634/17
The present case concerns the failure of the Constitutional Court to communicate to the applicant the written observations of the general courts involved in his case, as a result of which the applicant was unable to comment on them. FIFTH…
CASE OF AKSHIN GARAYEV v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) 30352/11
The application, lodged under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention and Article 13 of the Convention, concerns the continuing and lengthy retention, as physical evidence in criminal proceedings, of property owned by a company fully owned by…
CASE OF SINITSYN AND ALEKHIN v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 39879/12
The present case concerns a ban on the publications of the Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) a Chinese spiritual movement whose practice combines meditation and exercises with a moral philosophy. THIRD SECTION CASE OF SINITSYN AND ALEKHIN v. RUSSIA (Application no.…
CASE OF NABOKIKH AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 19428/11 and 6 others
The cases concern the disruption of Jehovah’s Witnesses religious meetings. THIRD SECTION CASE OF NABOKIKH AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 19428/11 and 6 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 31 January 2023 This judgment is final but it…