January 2019 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Detention and mental health See also the factsheets on “Detention conditions and treatment of prisoners” and “Prisoners’ health rights”. “The [European] Court [of Human Rights] has held…
Rooman c. Belgique [GC] (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 225 January 2019 Rooman v. Belgium [GC] – 18052/11 Judgment 31.1.2019 [GC] Article 5 Article 5-1-e Persons of unsound mind Obligation of means in overcoming a linguistic obstacle to treatment of the mental disorders…
AL-HAWSAWI v. LITHUANIA (European Court of Human Rights)
Communicated on 30 January 2019 FOURTH SECTION Application no.6383/17 Mustafa Ahmed Adam AL-HAWSAWI against Lithuania lodged on 19 December 2016 STATEMENT OF FACTS 1. The applicant, Mr Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi, is a Saudi Arabian national, who was born in 1968…
KÖVESI v. ROMANIA (European Court of Human Rights)
Communicated on 30 January 2019 FOURTH SECTION Application no.3594/19 Laura CodruțaKÖVESI against Romania lodged on 28 December 2018 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The applicant, a prosecutor, held the position of chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Prosecutor Department (“DNA”)…
K.Z. v. RUSSIA and 1 other application (European Court of Human Rights)
Communicated on 30 January 2019 THIRD SECTION Applications nos.35960/18 and 42874/18 K.Z. against Russia and DalerdzhonBozorovich BURIYEV against Russia lodged on 31 July 2018 and 11 September 2018 respectively STATEMENT OF FACTS 1. The applicants are Tajik nationals. They are represented…
CASE OF GÜZELYURTLU AND OTHERS v. CYPRUS AND TURKEY (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 36925/07
The applicants complained under the substantive and procedural aspects of Article 2 of the Convention that the Cypriot and Turkish authorities, including the authorities of the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (the “TRNC”), had failed to conduct an effective investigation…
CASE OF MIFSUD v. MALTA (European Court of Human Rights)
THIRD SECTION CASE OF MIFSUD v. MALTA (Application no. 62257/15) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 29 January 2019 This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision. In the…
CASE OF ALBERT AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY (European Court of Human Rights)
FOURTH SECTION CASE OF ALBERT AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY (Application no. 5294/14) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 29 January 2019 This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.…
CASE OF NIKITIN AND OTHERS v. ESTONIA (European Court of Human Rights)
SECOND SECTION CASE OF NIKITIN AND OTHERS v. ESTONIA (Applications nos. 23226/16 and 6 others) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 29 January 2019 This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to…
CASE OF ORLEN LIETUVA LTD. v. LITHUANIA (European Court of Human Rights)
FOURTH SECTION CASE OF ORLEN LIETUVA LTD. v. LITHUANIA (Application no. 45849/13) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 29 January 2019 This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to…