The applicants complained of the unfair trial in view of restrictions on their right to examine witnesses. THIRD SECTION CASE OF DMITRIYEVA AND STYROV v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 38419/14 and 40301/15) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 27 October 2022 This judgment is final…
CASE OF SIROTA v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 31751/14
The applicant complained that he had been unfairly convicted of drug offences following entrapment by State agents. THIRD SECTION CASE OF SIROTA v. RUSSIA (Application no. 31751/14) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 27 October 2022 This judgment is final but it may be…
CASE OF I.T. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 18693/14 and 3 others
The applicants complained of the inadequate conditions of detention under strict imprisonment regime. THIRD SECTION CASE OF I.T. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 18693/14 and 3 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 27 October 2022 This judgment is…
CASE OF TRETYAKOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 51127/13 and 3 others
The applicants complained of secret surveillance in the context of criminal proceedings against them. THIRD SECTION CASE OF TRETYAKOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 51127/13 and 3 others – see appended list) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 27 October 2022 This judgment…
CASE OF PETLIN AND YAKUPOV v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) 14829/12 and 20420/12
The case originated in applications against Russia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”). The applicants complained of the secret surveillance in the context of criminal proceedings.…
Xenofontos and Others v. Cyprus – The case mainly concerns the question whether a criminal trial can be considered to be “fair” within the meaning of Article 6 of the Convention if it led to a conviction based to a decisive extent on accomplice testimony
Information Note on the Court’s case-law October 2022 Xenofontos and Others v. Cyprus – 68725/16, 74339/16 and 74359/16 Judgment 25.10.2022 [Section III] Article 6 Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing Applicants’ conviction decisively based on confession by accomplice, who was…
CASE OF XENOFONTOS AND OTHERS v. CYPRUS (European Court of Human Rights) 68725/16, 74339/16 and 74359/16
The case mainly concerns the question whether a criminal trial can be considered to be “fair” within the meaning of Article 6 of the Convention if it led to a conviction based to a decisive extent on accomplice testimony. THIRD SECTION…
M.T. and Others v. Sweden (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law October 2022 M.T. and Others v. Sweden – 22105/18 Judgment 20.10.2022 [Section I] Article 8 Positive obligations Article 8-1 Respect for family life Justified temporary statutory three-year suspension period, for family reunification of persons…
Bierski v. Poland (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law October 2022 Bierski v. Poland – 46342/19 Judgment 20.10.2022 [Section I] Article 8 Positive obligations Article 8-1 Respect for family life Authorities’ failure to take measures re-establishing father’s contact with incapacitated adult son resulting…
CASE OF MUSHYNSKYY v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) 27182/16
The case concerns the applicant’s complaint under Article 3 of the Convention that he was ill-treated during an emergency fire evacuation in Sokal Prison no. 47 on 27 March 2012 and that there was no effective domestic investigation into the…