Legal summary January 2023 Svetova and Others v. Russia – 54714/17 Judgment 24.1.2023 [Section III] Article 8 Article 8-1 Respect for home Respect for private life Unjustified search of journalists’ home and indiscriminate seizure of their personal belongings: violation Rule…
CASE OF ABULADZE v. ESTONIA (European Court of Human Rights) 12928/20
The case concerns the applicant’s allegations of excessive length of his pre-trial detention, which lasted approximately four and half years, in breach of Article 5 § 3. THIRD SECTION CASE OF ABULADZE v. ESTONIA (Application no. 12928/20) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 24…
CASE OF NIKOLOV v. AUSTRIA (European Court of Human Rights) 48105/16
FOURTH SECTION CASE OF NIKOLOV v. AUSTRIA (Application no. 48105/16) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 24 January 2023 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Nikolov v. Austria, The European Court of Human Rights…
CASE OF VOSKANYAN v. ARMENIA (European Court of Human Rights) 31237/14
FOURTH SECTION CASE OF S.C. ECOREC S.A. AND DOMBROVSCHI v. ROMANIA (Application no. 31237/14) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 24 January 2023 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of S.C. Ecorec S.A. and Dombrovschi…
CASE OF KUTAYEV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 17912/15
The case concerns the alleged arrest, unlawful detention and ill‑treatment of a well-known Chechen human rights activist in connection with a drug-related offence, and his subsequent conviction on the basis of confessions allegedly obtained under duress. The applicant alleged that…
CASE OF SVETOVA AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 54714/17
The case concerns complaints about an unjustified search in the home of the applicants and the indiscriminate seizure of their personal belongings under Article 8 of the Convention. Ms Svetova also complained that the above measures amounted to a breach of…
Macate v. Lithuania [GC] (European Court of Human Rights)
Legal summary January 2023 Macatė v. Lithuania [GC] – 61435/19 Judgment 23.1.2023 [GC] Article 10 Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Freedom to impart information No legitimate aim for temporary suspension of children’s fairy tale book depicting same-sex relationships and its…
CASE OF MACATE v. LITHUANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 61435/19
The case concerns a collection of six fairy tales written by the applicant, two of which depicted marriage between persons of the same sex. After its publication, the distribution of the book was temporarily suspended, and was later resumed after…
CASE OF VALAITIS v. LITHUANIA (European Court of Human Rights) 976/20
The case concerns the applicants’ complaint that the first applicant had been dismissed from his job at the company AB Amber Grid because of his role in the activities of the second applicant – the trade union of that company’s…
CASE OF DARAIBOU v. CROATIA (European Court of Human Rights) 84523/17
The present case concerns a fire that broke out in a detention centre, in which three detained migrants died and the applicant suffered severe injuries. The applicant complained, under both the substantive and procedural limbs of Article 2 of the…