Decisions 267 found

La requête concerne la durée de la procédure pénale menée contre les requérants qui débuta le 9 septembre 2015 et se termina avec l’arrêt de la Cour de cassation du 28 octobre 2025. La partie de la procédure devant cette juridiction dura du 3 décembre 2020 au 28 octobre 2025, soit environ quatre ans et dix mois.

The application concerns custody proceedings and the alleged failure of the Serbian authorities to secure contact between the applicant and her two minor children.

The applicant, a former judge of the Supreme Court, sought damages from the State for length of administrative proceedings concerning her judicial office, and claimed 5,000 euros (EUR) in just satisfaction. Although the competent court found a violation, it awarded the applicant EUR 500. The Constitutional Court dismissed her constitutional complaint by a decision of 4 January 2026.

The application concerns the alleged failure of the Serbian authorities to secure effective contact between the applicant and his two minor children, owing to the “excessive length” of the related civil proceedings and “the inadequate” enforcement or “non-enforcement” of interim access orders issued in this context.

Inadmissible

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 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court); Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court); Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court); Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions); Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court); Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court); Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court); Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions)

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 failure of the Federal Court of Justice to provide reasons for its decision not to refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling notwithstanding the applicant’s request in this respect.

The applications concern the admissibility of witness evidence and the examination of the defendants in civil proceedings.

The applications concern the right to legal representation by a lawyer of one’s own choosing in criminal proceedings. On 25 February 2020 the applicants were convicted by the Court of First Instance in Curaçao of accepting bribes in connection with a tender process conducted by their employer, a State-owned company. The criminal investigation had been initiated following a report filed by the Prime Minister of Curaça…

The application concerns the alleged unfairness of the applicant’s trial and conviction in absentia as well as the lack of an effective defence.

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Reasonable time); Violation of Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 - Freedom of movement-{general} (Article 2 para. 2 of Protocol No. 4 - Freedom to leave a country)

Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression - {general} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression); Violation of Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly)…

Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression - {general} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression); Violation of Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly)…

The application concerns the failure of the Oldenburg Court of Appeal to provide reasons for its decision not to refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling notwithstanding the applicant’s request in this respect.

The application concerns the failure of the Federal Court of Justice to provide reasons for its decision not to refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling notwithstanding the applicant company’s request in this respect.

The applicant bought a flat from a private party. Domestic courts later found that the flat had been alienated from a previous owner through a fictitious transaction and ordered its return to the previous owner’s alleged heir. The applicant considers that the courts’ findings and the order requiring the return of the flat breached his rights under Article 6 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1.

The applicant was the victim of a sexual assault in Pamplona in July 2016. Her attackers were convicted for rape and sentenced to fifteen years of imprisonment. The case attracted great media and public attention in Spain and became known as the Manada case. The Manada was the name of a WhatsApp group used by the convicted to communicate among themselves.

The applications concern the applicants’ deprivation of property in favour of the State. In applications nos. 12930/21, 42966/22, 37406/23 and 38227/23 the applicants purchased from private persons commercial premises which had initially belonged to municipal property of the city of Dnipro and which had subsequently been sold at public auctions following the bankruptcy and liquidation of the respective municipal ente…

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.

Les requêtes concernent des sanctions prononcées contre sept athlètes de niveau international pour violation des règles antidopage, au sens du code mondial antidopage (CMAD), sanctions qui ont été confirmées par le Tribunal arbitral du sport (TAS) et le Tribunal fédéral suisse.

The applicants are a court prosecutor, Mr. R (“first applicant”), and an association of prosecutors, “Asociación de Fiscales” (“second applicant”). The first applicant applied to the specific role of “Court Prosecutor for Minors” at the Public Prosecutor’s Office. On 30 March 2021, a different candidate, Mr. E, was appointed. He belonged to a different association of prosecutors, “Unión Progresista de Fiscales”. The …

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 case concerns the alleged unfairness of the administrative-offence proceedings against the applicant. On 20 September 2018 the applicant’s car collided with another vehicle at an uncontrolled intersection. The patrol police drew up an administrative-offence report in respect of the applicant, concluding, on the basis of the accident scheme and the explanations provided by both drivers, that, under the applicable …

The applications concern the denial of special renumeration for seriously wounded servicemen to which the applicants were allegedly entitled pursuant to Government’s Resolution No. 168 of 28 February 2022.

The application concerns the disappearance of the applicant’s car from a vehicle pound where it had been placed by the State Bailiffs Service under the safekeeping of a third party.

The application concerns the seizure, for debt, of the applicant company’s mortgaged assets. The applicant company complains that, in the proceedings in which it attempted to challenge that seizure, Article 6 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 were breached.

The Statement of facts and the initial questions to the parties are available in HUDOC.

The application concerns the applicants’ complaints about the alleged inappropriate procedural response of the domestic authorities to the death of their relative (‘the mother’) and her child (‘the child’), allegedly caused by medical negligence during childbirth. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

The applications concern the failure by the courts to examine a claim for interest concerning seized cash due to the conflicting competence of civil and criminal jurisdictions.

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 application concerns the applicant’s administrative conviction for hooliganism in the absence of an oral hearing. On 11 December 2018 the applicant had a dispute with a lawyer inside a courthouse in Chișinău. On 27 February 2019, following that incident and in the absence of the applicant, the police drew up an administrative offence report for hooliganism and fined him 1,000 Moldovan lei – approximately 50 euros…

Preliminary objection partially joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art 35-1) Four-month period (former six-month); Struck out of the list (Art. 37) Striking out applications-{general}; (Art. 37-1) Striking out applications; (Art. 37-1-a) Absence of intention to pursue application; Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Ratione materiae; (Art. 35-3-a) Rati…

Preliminary objection partially joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art 35-1) Four-month period (former six-month); Struck out of the list (Art. 37) Striking out applications-{general}; (Art. 37-1) Striking out applications; (Art. 37-1-a) Absence of intention to pursue application; Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Ratione materiae; (Art. 35-3-a) Rati…

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court); Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions); Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

The application concerns the applicant’s conviction in absentia following the alleged defective service of the criminal proceedings.

In April 1996, an oil pipeline situated beneath the applicants’ land ruptured, resulting in a spill that contaminated their agricultural plots. Croatia ratified the Convention on 5 November 1997.

The case concerns the applicant’s conviction for attempted murder and his complaint, under Article 6 of the Convention, that the conviction was based on mere assumptions, based on shifting the burden of proving his innocence to him in breach of the principle of presumption of innocence, including the principle that all doubt must benefit the accused. The applicant also complains that the courts failed to give adequat…

The application concerns the applicant’s complaints that his appeals cannot be examined and an attachment imposed on an apartment cannot be lifted because a case file remains in occupied territory, outside the control of the respondent State (Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1).

The application concerns the applicant’s rights to remain silent, to have access to a lawyer, and to the privilege against self-incrimination.

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).

Inadmissible

Inadmissible

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…

The application concerns the freezing of the applicants’ assets (apartments, plots of land, stocks and vehicles) by three separate orders (“the freezing orders”) issued on 18 November 2020, 30 December 2020 and 15 January 2021 by the Skopje Criminal Court of First Instance at the preliminary investigation stage of criminal proceedings against the applicants. The proceedings concerned suspicions of abuse of office and…

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 application concerns the prolonged stay of the applicant, who suffers from psychiatric disorders as well as substance and alcohol abuse, in the custodial specialised structure (Residence for Execution of Security Measures – “REMS”) of Spinazzola, notwithstanding a judicial decision ordering his transfer to a non-custodial specialised medical facility (Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Support Community – “Community”…

The applications concern two sets of defamation proceedings brought by the applicant in respect of statements disseminated by private media and private individuals alleging that he had been involved in corporate raiding activities and was associated with criminal circles. The applicant relies on Article 6 § 1 and Article 8 of the Convention.

The application concerns the applicant’s complaint that a television broadcaster was ordered to retract statements he had made as a journalist (Article 10 of the Convention).

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 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 sexual-offence proceedings against the applicants, in which the victim’s testimony before the Court of Appeal was taken by video link while she was abroad.

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 …

The applications concern the State’s positive obligations to protect the applicants from exposure to severe air pollution by taking measures to mitigate ambient air pollution.

The case concerns criminal proceedings in which the applicant was convicted of unlawful possession of two grams of cocaine with intent to supply it to others, and the confiscation of a vehicle used in the commission of the offence, which was driven by the applicant but owned by a third party.