EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-07-16
49015/16
Judgment
Moldova
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-07-16
74259/17
Judgment
Greece
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-07-16
28273/23
Judgment
Czech Republic
Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations; Article 2-1 - Life; Article 2-2 - Use of force) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 -…
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-07-16
7411/24
Judgment
Czech Republic
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); Violation of Article 14+3 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture; Effective investigation); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-07-16
55299/20, 31515/22
Judgment
Switzerland
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; …
EMD
EMD
2026-07-16
28273/23
Legal summary
Czech Republic
Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations; Article 2-1 - Life; Article 2-2 - Use of force) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 -…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-16
55299/20, 31515/22
Legal summary
Switzerland
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; …
EMD
EMD
2026-07-13
16989/26
Communicated case
Denmark
AI 1) Fakta:
Sagen omhandler en mand, Thomas Mira KUUR, der påstår, at han blev udsat for overgrep under sin arrestation den 18. juli 2024. Den 15. maj 2025 besluttede direktøren for offentliggørelse ikke at indledte straffesager mod den involverede politibetjent. Den 11. marts 2026 afviste direktøren også KUUR's anmodning om at genåbne efterforskningen efter den 19. december 2025 ved den Uafhængige Politiklagemyndighed…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-13
14235/25
Communicated case
Greece
The application concerns the decision of the domestic courts to allow the mother of the applicant’s child to christen their child in accordance with the Christian Orthodox Religion. The applicant argued before the domestic courts that the child should not be christened and should be allowed to choose his religion at a later stage. The domestic courts granted the mother’s request on the grounds that the best interests…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-13
16977/26
Communicated case
Denmark
AI **Domstolsbeslutning**
1) **Fakta**: Sagen omhandler en mand, Henrik Hansen, der blev arresteret den 26. december 2023 og blev undergennemgået en nøgenundersøgelse på politistationen, mens han var håndcuffed. Han anlagde også en klag over, at politiet havde anvendt for meget fysisk kraft under sin arrestation. Efter at sagen blev afvist af anklagemyndighederne, undersøgte Den Uafhængige Politiklagemyndighed (Den Uaf…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-13
8174/23
Communicated case
Azerbaijan
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…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-13
4640/26
Communicated case
Greece
The application concerns the applicant’s conviction in absentia following the alleged defective service of the criminal proceedings.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-13
31568/22
Communicated case
Azerbaijan
The applicant’s mother was murdered in September 2010, and on an unspecified date in 2010 the criminal investigation commenced. The present application concerns the alleged ineffectiveness of the investigation into her death, as well as the alleged unlawful interference with the applicant’s private life by the prosecuting authorities.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-13
21630/24
Communicated case
Croatia
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
6624/20
Communicated case
Ukraine
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…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
48146/20
Communicated case
Ukraine
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).
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
5437/26
Communicated case
Spain
The application concerns the alleged defects of the jury trial stage of the criminal proceedings leading to the acquittal of the sole defendant charged with the murder of the applicant’s mother.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
30756/20, 40491/20, 54231/20, 54637/21
Communicated case
Moldova
The cases concern the alleged effectiveness of the domestic compensatory and preventive remedies in respect of allegedly inadequate material conditions of detention. The applicants complain about an allegedly incorrect calculation of the sentence reduction granted for each day of pre‑trial detention in inadequate conditions, the inefficiency of the preventive aspect of the remedy in respect of ongoing detention and/o…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
41094/20
Communicated case
Armenia
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…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
27957/23, 31613/23, 33420/23, 38659/23, 15828/24
Communicated case
Ukraine
The applications concern defamation proceedings brought by the applicants against private media outlets and/or private individuals in relation to statements alleging, in substance, that the applicants had been involved in unlawful activities.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
28182/24
Communicated case
Netherlands
The application concerns the applicant’s rights to remain silent, to have access to a lawyer, and to the privilege against self-incrimination.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
24677/26
Communicated case
Denmark
AI Her er en sammenfatning af dommen på dansk:
1) Fakta: Sagen omfatter en statsløs mand, født i Polen i 1994, der indvandrede til Danmark med sin mor i 1997. Han har en kriminalitet og er blevet advarset om udvisning flere gange. I 2023 blev han beordret udvist med en 6-årig re-entry forbud. Efter at udvisningsordren ikke kunne gennemføres, blev han beordret til at bo på et returncenter om natten og melde sig til poli…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
18315/26
Communicated case
Denmark
AI **Domstolsbeslutning:**
1. **Fakta:** Sagen omhandler en 20-årig syrisk mand, Rafiq Alazem, der blev dømt for vold med forstærkende omstændigheder og fik en udvisningsordre med en 6-årig re-entry forbud. Han klager over, at udvisningsordren er i strid med artikel 8 om respekt for privatliv og familie.
2. **Retlige spørgsmål:** Er udvisningsordren med et 6-årig re-entry forbud i strid med artikel 8 af Den Europæiske…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
20603/26
Communicated case
Netherlands
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).
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
14231/25
Communicated case
Netherlands
The application concerns restrictions on the applicant’s contact rights with her young child in the context of a court‑imposed co‑parenting arrangement based on geographical proximity.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-10
17821/26
Communicated case
Denmark
AI **Facts**
Sagen omhandler en afghansk statsborger, Moein MOHSENI, født i 2007, som indvandrede til Danmark i 2009 som 2-årig. Han blev dømt for overfald og narkotikabeslutning og fik en fængselsstraf på 1 år og 6 måneder samt en udvisningsordre med en 4-årig re-entry forbud.
**Lovlig spørgsmål**
Spørgsmålet er, om udvisningsordren med et 4-årigt re-entry forbud er i strid med artikel 8 om ytringsfrihed i Den Europ…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-09
7123/23
Communicated case
Russia
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…
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-07-09
5053/24
Judgment
Italy
Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Life) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-07-09
20332/17, 22284/17, 71278/17, 77394/17, 84281/17, 17806/18, 19594/18, 27175/18, 42939/18, 10296/19, 44685/19, 50507/19
Judgment
Russia
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-07-09
38727/21
Judgment
Croatia
Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions)
EMD
EMD
2026-07-09
62360/13
Decision
Poland
EMD
EMD
2026-07-09
22360/25, 29741/25, 35079/25, 35089/25
Decision
Poland
EMD
EMD
2026-07-09
37855/19
Decision
Ukraine
EMD
EMD
2026-07-09
23827/25
Decision
Spain
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-07-09
31582/20
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 14+3 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture; Effective investigation); Violation of Article 14+9 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion; Positive obligations; Article 9-1 - Freedom of religion; Manifest religion or belief); Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-09
48047/15, 2276/20
Legal summary
Portugal
No violation of Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 - Right not to be tried or punished twice - {general} (Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 - Right not to be tried or punished twice)
Key case.
EMD
EMD – Grand Chamber
2026-07-09
48047/15, 2276/20
Judgment
Portugal
No violation of Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 - Right not to be tried or punished twice - {general} (Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 - Right not to be tried or punished twice)
Separate opinion(s) attached.
Key case.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-08
16831/24, 12781/25
Communicated case
Sweden
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…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-07
5362/23
Communicated case
North Macedonia
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…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-07
12017/23
Communicated case
North Macedonia
The application concerns the refusal of the applicant company’s compensation claim against the respondent State for damages suffered as a result of the seizure and confiscation of its vehicles.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-07
17392/26
Communicated case
Poland
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…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
6540/26
Communicated case
Italy
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”…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
59800/21, 43481/22
Communicated case
Ukraine
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
63224/19
Communicated case
Moldova
The present case concerns the protection of the applicant’s reputation after a police officer shared a police photograph – a mugshot – of the applicant via a messaging application.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
54899/22, 684/25
Communicated case
Ukraine
The applications concern civil defamation proceedings brought by private companies against the applicants. In both cases, the final domestic decisions resulted in findings of liability against the applicants for disseminating false negative information damaging the companies’ business reputation. The cases raise an issue under Article 10 of the Convention.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
5884/24, 33911/24
Communicated case
Hungary
The applications concern daily strip searches the applicant had to undergo while at Szombathely Prison (application no. 5884/24) as well as an alleged assault by prison guards at Miskolc Prison and the subsequent criminal investigation into the circumstances (application no. 33911/24).
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
43292/20
Communicated case
Ukraine
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).
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
28341/20
Communicated case
Ukraine
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
40847/23
Communicated case
Hungary
The application concerns the applicant’s 12 days of administrative detention, imposed despite the fact that he had already served his sentence of community service for the same administrative offence.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
26214/20
Communicated case
Ukraine
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…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
2811/21, 22124/24, 2685/25
Communicated case
Belgium
À l’instar de l’affaire Sahiti c. Belgique (no 24421/20, 9 octobre 2025), les trois requêtes concernent l’absence de décision définitive sur une demande d’autorisation de séjour pour raisons médicales introduite par des ressortissants étrangers malades respectivement en 2010, 2013 et 2020, en raison des allers et retours entre l’Office des étrangers (l’« OE ») et le Conseil du contentieux des étrangers (le « CCE »).
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
21562/24
Communicated case
Croatia
The application concerns the alleged lack of an effective investigation into the killing of the applicants’ father, an elderly civilian of Serbian ethnicity, in 1995 allegedly perpetrated by Croatian soldiers.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
15127/26
Communicated case
Armenia
The application concerns the State’s alleged failure to enforce the applicants’ contact rights in respect of a child, raising an issue under Article 8 of the Convention.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
20377/20
Communicated case
Ukraine
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
10319/26
Communicated case
Iceland
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-06
12116/19
Communicated case
Moldova
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 …
EMD
EMD
2026-07-03
31601/22
Communicated case
North Macedonia
The application concerns a temporary freezing order in respect of the applicant company’s bank transactions, issued in the context of an ongoing pre-trial investigation concerning allegations of money laundering.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-03
9643/24, 13426/24, 13428/24
Communicated case
North Macedonia
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-03
41330/23, 2407/24
Communicated case
Hungary
The applications concern the allegedly excessive burden sustained by the applicant companies through new taxes imposed on their carbon dioxide emission allowances that they receive under the EU Emission Trading System.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-03
1759/23
Communicated case
North Macedonia
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-07-02
21546/26
Communicated case
Denmark
AI **Sagsbeskrivelse**
1) Fakta: Sagen handler om en statsløs palæstinenser fra Libanon, født i 1979, som kom til Danmark med sine forældre i 1986, da han var 8 år gammel. Han har en kriminalitetshistorik og er blevet advarsel om udvisning flere gange. I 2018 blev han pålagt at bo på et returncenter, hvor han skulle registrere sig 3 gange om ugen. Han blev også udvisning med en permanent re-entry forbud.
2) Lovlige s…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-02
13820/24, 20881/24, 25825/24, 26261/24, 27459/24, 28460/24, 28667/24, 33160/24, 33363/24, 33552/24, 33597/24, 33947/24, 34460/24, 34838/24, 34972/24, 35085/24, 35398/24, 36097/24, 36133/24, 36307/24, 36452/24, 36471/24, 37526/24
Communicated case
Russia
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…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-02
23264/24, 25597/24, 25889/24, 26665/24, 29673/24, 29886/24, 29961/24, 30006/24, 30157/24, 30201/24, 30461/24, 30963/24, 31013/24, 31302/24, 33109/24, 33491/24, 33700/24, 33703/24, 33930/24, 33976/24, 34003/24, 34013/24, 34256/24, 35146/24, 35467/24, 36992/24, 1412/25
Communicated case
Russia
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…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-02
50126/22, 24121/24, 30553/24, 31763/24, 33121/24, 33269/24, 33453/24, 33713/24, 34091/24, 34279/24, 34342/24, 34491/24, 34992/24, 35078/24, 35132/24, 35155/24, 35179/24, 35235/24, 35388/24, 35393/24, 35472/24, 35479/24, 35481/24, 35523/24, 35603/24, 35613/24, 35633/24, 35645/24, 35911/24, 36882/24, 37156/24, 37524/24, 37525/24, 37543/24, 37592/24
Communicated case
Russia
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…
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2024-11-12
5199/23
Judgment
Denmark
AI **Sagens baggrund**
Sagen omhandler en irakisk statsborger, Zana Sharafane, som blev født i Danmark og har boet her i 23 år. Han blev dømt for en alvorlig forbrydelse og fik en udvisningsordre med en seksårig re-entry-ban.
**Lovlige spørgsmål**
Spørgsmålet er, om udvisningen af Sharafane er i overensstemmelse med artikel 8 om privatlivets fred.
**Dommen og årsagen**
Domstolen finder, at udvisningen af Sharafane …