EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-15
40235/15
Judgment
Moldova
Violation of Article 14+11-1 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association; Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly)
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-10-08
72982/17, 74407/17
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 2 of Protocol No. 1 - Control of the use of property); No violation of Article 14+P1-1-1 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property; Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary …
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-10-08
39092/21
Judgment
France
Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; No violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court; Civil rights and obligations); No violation of Article 14+6-1 - Prohibit…
EMD
EMD
2026-10-01
9580/15, 19689/16, 50445/16, 24258/17, 35895/17, 26924/20, 27701/21, 53080/21, 30142/23, 27071/25
Decision
Russia, Ukraine
EMD
EMD
2026-10-01
68289/14, 25864/18, 48912/18, 3886/19, 20073/19, 45694/19, 2077/20, 26222/20, 1544/21, 24294/21, 33613/21, 54328/21, 54919/21, 30449/22
Decision
Russia
EMD
EMD
2026-09-29
28680/24
Communicated case
Poland
The application concerns allegedly inadequate protection against the homophobic hate speech. The applicants, a same-sex couple residing in Poland, were married in Portugal in 2017. On 24 May 2017 the applicants shared on Facebook a photograph depicting them kissing. The post received several thousand comments many of them hateful, homophobic, inciting to violence and containing death threats. On 10 July 2017 the appl…
EMD
EMD
2026-09-29
37616/25
Communicated case
Georgia
The application concerns the allegations by the applicant, a former Minister of the Interior and Prime Minister, and currently one of the opposition leaders in Georgia, that he was subjected to a State-orchestrated campaign of political persecution, in the course of which he was subjected to two violent physical attacks carried out by State agents.
EMD
EMD
2026-09-28
20695/24
Communicated case
United Kingdom
The applicant was sexually assaulted by a teacher, X, at her boarding school in 1990 when she was eight years old. The offence was reported to the police at the time but the applicant was not believed. She reported it again to the police as an adult in 2012 but the police declined to reopen the investigation even though, unknown to the applicant, X had been convicted in 2007 of the sexual assault of a child in very s…
EMD
EMD
2026-09-22
9810/25
Communicated case
Spain
The application concerns the domestic courts’ decision not to award the litigation costs to the applicant, even though his complaint against a commercial bank concerning the unfairness of a contractual term had been upheld.
EMD
EMD
2026-09-21
6724/25, 6748/25
Communicated case
Slovakia
This case concerns the unavailability of marriage, civil partnership or any other form of legal recognition and protection for same-sex couples in Slovakia.
EMD
EMD
2026-09-17
14182/25
Decision
Cyprus
EMD
EMD
2026-09-17
15076/25
Decision
Spain
EMD
EMD
2026-09-15
13022/24
Communicated case
United Kingdom
On 18 May 2005 the applicant was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm and remanded in custody. He was subsequently convicted and on 16 February 2006 was sentenced to indeterminate imprisonment for the public protection (“IPP sentence”) with a minimum term of two years 91 days.
EMD
EMD
2026-09-09
15506/22
Communicated case
Russia
The application concerns the alleged risk to life of, and ill‑treatment suffered by, a Ukrainian prisoner of war (the second applicant) who was reportedly captured and detained by the Russian armed forces during the full‑scale invasion in the Kyiv region in March 2022 (see also Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others, § 67, 9 July 2025).
EMD
EMD
2026-09-03
26840/26
Communicated case
Denmark
AI 1) Fakta:
Hafed Matoussi, en tunesiske national født i Danmark i 1991, havde en kriminalitet og blev i 2018 pålagt udvisning med en varig re-indsættelsesforbud. Efter flere forlængelser af udvisningsordren blev Matoussi pålagt at bo på Kærshovedgård return center om natten og mellem dagsregisteringen på centeret og politiet. Han indledte en civil sag mod Return Agency, men fik ikke ret i første instans eller på appel…
EMD
EMD
2026-09-02
41145/15, 32554/17, 2111/18, 24490/18, 41466/22
Communicated case
Russia
The applications arise from the conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, following the latter’s assertion of jurisdiction over Crimea as of 27 February 2014 (see Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea) (dec.) [GC], nos. 20958/14 and 38334/18, § 335, 16 December 2020). They primarily concern administrative expulsion orders and other restrictions imposed on the applicants by the Russian authorities in Crimea.
EMD
EMD
2026-09-01
39891/17, 45557/19, 22612/20
Communicated case
Russia
The applications arise from the conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, following the latter’s assertion of jurisdiction over Crimea as of 27 February 2014 (see Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea) (dec.) [GC], nos. 20958/14 and 38334/18, § 335, 16 December 2020). They primarily concern restrictions imposed on the applicants, who are journalists, from entering Crimea for periods of five or ten years on national…
EMD
EMD
2026-08-31
15710/26
Communicated case
Italy
The application concerns the domestic courts’ determination of the applicant’s custody rights in respect of his minor son, born in in August 2018.
EMD
EMD
2026-08-26
22006/24
Communicated case
Romania
The application concerns the respondent State’ responsibility for the inhuman treatment allegedly suffered by the applicant while placed in State orphanages during the communist era and the effectiveness of the legal framework available to obtain acknowledgment and redress for the resulting physical and psychological suffering. In particular, it raises the question whether the applicant was denied such redress as a r…
EMD
EMD
2026-08-25
10129/23
Decision
Iceland
EMD
EMD
2026-08-20
17736/26, 18767/26
Communicated case
Spain
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 …
EMD
EMD
2026-08-20
18183/25
Communicated case
Cyprus
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-08-20
37254/24
Communicated case
Cyprus
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-08-17
72796/16, 72798/16, 72799/16, 74936/16, 74938/16, 74939/16, 74942/16, 338/17, 1070/17, 1212/17, 5843/17, 51464/17, 54155/17, 54159/17, 54160/17, 54164/17, 57724/17, 57732/17, 57760/17, 57765/17, 57767/17, 68270/17, 68336/17, 1859/18, 1878/18, 2000/18, 2023/18, 2036/18, 2053/18, 2062/18, 2086/18, 2108/18, 2141/18, 2144/18, 2161/18, 2181/18, 2197/18, 2203/18, 2220/18, 2230/18, 2234/18
Communicated case
Türkiye
The Statement of facts and the initial questions to the parties are available in HUDOC.
EMD
EMD
2026-08-17
31204/22
Communicated case
Hungary
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…
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-07-16
16194/18
Judgment
Moldova
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment); No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment); Violation of Article 14+3 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture; Degrading treatment)
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
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
2026-07-13
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
2026-07-09
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 – 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
2026-07-06
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…