Decisions 127 found

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Reasonable time); Violation of Article 13+6-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial; Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings; Article 6-1 - Reasonable time); Violation of Article 13+6-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial; Civil proceedings; Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Administrative proceedings; Article 6-1 - Reasonable time); Violation of Article 13+6-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial; Administrative proceedings; Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)

The application concerns the arbitrary detention of the applicant, and torture and ill-treatment, to which he was allegedly subjected in Poland during the extraordinary rendition operations by the United States authorities.

The application concerns the applicant’s pending extradition to Chile from Spain, the applicant being the sole guardian of her 14-year-old daughter with whom she resides in Spain.

The applications concern the applicants’ deprivation of property bought at public auctions. The applicants bought some real property at public auctions conducted by the State Bailiffs’ Service or the Deposit Guarantee Fund in connection with the relevant proceedings against private persons or entities which were unable to pay off their creditors (see Appendix below). Those auctions were later invalidated for various …

The applications concern the authorities’ alleged failure to protect the applicants’ relatives who were healthcare workers, contracted COVID-19 at workplace and died in April 2020.

The application concerns the applicant’s complaint about the application of the Law on Rehabilitation of Convicted Persons (Law 70/1981), which automatically rendered his conviction for manslaughter ineligible for rehabilitation, with the result that it could never become spent, thereby excluding him from employment in his chosen field.

The application concerns the applicant’s removal from office as Auditor General of the Republic of Cyprus – where he served since 2014 – pursuant to a decision of the Supreme Court’s Council of 18 September 2024.

The application concerns the non-renewal of the applicant company’s licence to use a radio frequency. On 8 November 2019, before the expiry of its broadcasting licence to use a specific radio frequency, the applicant requested the Media Council of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) to renew its licence for a further seven years, without tendering, which is a special opportunity provided to ser…

The case concerns the detention of a mentally ill person, subject to involuntary confinement, in an ordinary prison. In the criminal proceedings against the applicant, on 8 February 2001 the Fier District Court found the applicant not criminally liable because of his mental condition, and ordered his involuntary medical treatment in the Tirana Psychiatric Hospital. Following that judgment, the applicant was placed in…

The case concerns the applicant’s complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 and Article 13 of the Convention regarding the allegedly arbitrary retention of his property by the investigating authorities, as well as the alleged damage and eventual loss of some of that property.

Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 13+9 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion; Article 9-1 - Freedom of conscience; Freedom of thought); Violation of Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 9 - Positive obligations; …

Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 13+9 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion; Article 9-1 - Freedom of conscience; Freedom of thought); Violation of Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 9 - Positive obligations; …

The application concerns the applicant’s arrest and unrecorded detention in connection with her comment on Facebook. According to the applicant, on 11 October 2021 she was arrested by several police officers while walking with her neighbour and was taken to the Organised Crime Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She submits that she was detained there for approximately three hours and questioned about a Faceboo…

The applicant is the president of a human rights organisation advocating for the rights of the transgender community. On 5 April 2019 she participated in parliamentary hearings concerning National Human Rights Agenda within the framework of the Universal Periodic Review. She delivered a speech addressing issues of discrimination, hatred and harassment faced by transgender persons in Armenia. Following her speech, the…

The application concerns the alleged non-enforcement of a judicially determined contact arrangement between the applicant and his five children (born between 2010 and 2020).

The application arises from the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation that began on 24 February 2022. It concerns the rape and other forms of violence allegedly inflicted upon the first applicant and the alleged unlawful killing of her husband by Russian forces in their home in the Kyiv region on 9 March 2022 (see, for the context, Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 othe…

The applications concern the accessibility and possible disclosure of the applicant’s personal data in the state personal address register (statens personadressregister, SPAR) and the taxation database (beskattningsdatabasen), administrated by the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), and in the companies register (aktiebolagsregistret) and the trade register (handelsregistret), administrated by the Swedish Companies Re…

1. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. The circumstances of the case 2. The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows. Background of the case 3. The present application is a follow-up to the Court’s judgment in Xero Flor w Polsce sp. z o.o. v. Poland (no. 4907/18, 7 May 2021). In that case, the Court found a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention as regards…

The case concerns the applicant’s complaints under Articles 6 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 that, because of a delay in domestic proceedings and decisions taken in them, she has been unable to obtain deposit insurance compensation after her bank had become insolvent even though the domestic courts acknowledged that she was entitled to it.

The application concerns the alleged failure of the State to comply with its positive obligations under Article 8 of the Convention, taken alone and in conjunction with Article 14 of the Convention, as well as under Article 13 of the Convention, in connection with a verbal and physical attack on the applicants, a gay couple, in that the authorities failed to conduct an adequate investigation and, in the ensuing crimi…

The application concerns the demolition of the applicant’s commercial property by municipal authorities and subsequent civil proceedings in which the applicant sought compensation for the destroyed property.

The application concerns criminal proceedings against the applicant on charges of possession of drugs. On 3 November 2017, in accordance with a simplified guilt recognition procedure (judecata pe baza probelor administrate în faza de urmărire penală), and on the basis of the evidence admitted during the criminal investigation, the first-instance court, convicted the applicant of possession of drugs and sentenced him …

Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 2 July 2026, the Court decided, under Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, that notice of the applications should be given to the Government of Russia. It is to be noted that the issue of jurisdiction over the area where the incidents giving rise to the complaints allegedly took place has been examined and decided by the Grand Chamber o…

Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 2 July 2026, the Court decided, under Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, that notice of the applications should be given to the Government of Russia. It is to be noted that the issue of jurisdiction over the area where the incidents giving rise to the complaints allegedly took place has been examined and decided by the Grand Chamber o…

Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 2 July 2026, the Court decided, under Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, that notice of the applications should be given to the Government of Russia. It is to be noted that the issue of jurisdiction over the area where the incidents giving rise to the complaints allegedly took place has been examined and decided by the Grand Chamber o…