Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Request for revision of a judgment (Rule 80 of the Rules of Court) Ireland v. the United Kingdom[196] concerned the interpretation and application of Rule 80 of the Rules of Court in…
Derogation in time of emergency (Article 15)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Other Convention provisions Derogation in time of emergency (Article 15) The judgments in Mehmet Hasan Altan v. Turkey and Şahin Alpay v. Turkey[186] concerned the validity of a derogation for the purposes of…
Prohibition of discrimination. Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1.
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14) Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 The judgment in Molla Sali v. Greece[146] concerned the application of Sharia law and discrimination by…
Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11) Freedom of peaceful assembly In Navalnyy v. Russia[142], the applicant was a political activist, anti-corruption campaigner and popular blogger, as well as one of the most…
Freedom of expression (Article 10)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Freedom of expression (Article 10) Freedom of expression Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania[136] concerned commercial speech using religious symbolism. The applicant company published advertisements on public hoardings intended to promote a range of clothing…
Right to respect for one’s private and family life, home and correspondence (Article 8)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Other rights and freedoms Right to respect for one’s private and family life, home and correspondence (Article 8) Private life Denisov v. Ukraine[103] concerned the notion of private life in the context of…
Procedural rights. Right to a fair hearing in civil proceedings (Article 6, 7)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Procedural rights Right to a fair hearing in civil proceedings (Article 6 § 1) Applicability[28] In Denisov v. Ukraine[29], the Court examined the applicability of Article 6 § 1 to disputes concerning the mandates…
Right to liberty and security (Article 5)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Right to liberty and security (Article 5)[7] Reasonable suspicion (Article 5 § 1 (c)) Length of pre-trial detention (Article 5 § 3) In Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2)[8] the Court examined the pre-trial detention of…
“Core” rights. Right to life (Article 2). Effective investigation
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 “Core” rights Right to life (Article 2) Effective investigation In the Mazepa and Others v. Russia[4] judgment, the Court examined the scope of an investigation into the contract killing of a prominent…
Jurisdiction and admissibility. Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Jurisdiction and admissibility Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35) Radomilja and Others v. Croatia[2] concerned Articles 32 and 34 of the Convention and in particular the elements that define a complaint and thus the…