EMD
EMD
2026-10-15
52652/20, 3536/21, 21602/21, 29177/21, 51690/22, 14635/23, 28207/23, 12111/24
Legal summary
Ukraine
Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications; (Art. 34) Victim; Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); No violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Prohibition of torture); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary da…
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-10-15
52652/20, 3536/21, 21602/21, 29177/21, 51690/22, 14635/23, 28207/23, 12111/24
Judgment
Ukraine
Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications; (Art. 34) Victim; Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); No violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Prohibition of torture); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary da…
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-10-08
2091/19, 22953/19
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); Pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-10-06
42160/21
Judgment
Serbia
Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications; (Art. 34) Victim; Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8 - Positive obligations; Article 8-1 - Respect for private life); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just sat…
EMD
EMD
2026-10-01
43922/22, 43925/22, 43941/22, 43947/22, 43953/22, 6417/23, 6470/23
Decision
Russia
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-09-24
11022/17, 18179/20, 48822/20, 1880/21
Judgment
Greece
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 34 - Individual applications (Article 34 - Hinder the exercise of the right of application); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect)
EMD
EMD
2026-09-23
20858/22, 25980/22, 27968/22, 41145/22, 41313/22, 41317/22, 42838/22, 48449/22
Communicated case
Russia
The applications arise from the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, which began on 24 February 2022. They concern the alleged injuries, ill-treatment, forced labour and unlawful detention of a number of Ukrainian prisoners of war – some of the applicants and the remaining applicants’ close relatives – by agents of the Russian Federation.
EMD
EMD
2026-09-09
27697/22, 35147/22, 56742/22
Communicated case
Russia
The applications concern the alleged ill-treatment and unlawful detention of a number of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were reportedly captured and detained by the Russian armed forces during the full-scale invasion in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Luhansk regions, in April 2022 (see also Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others, §§ 68-69, 71, 9 July 2025).
EMD
EMD
2026-09-09
20493/22, 31258/22, 39275/22
Communicated case
Russia
The applications concern the alleged ill-treatment, forced labour, and unlawful detention of a number of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were reportedly captured and detained by the Russian armed forces during the full‑scale invasion in Mariupol, Donetsk region, between March and June 2022 (see also Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others, § 69, 9 July 2025).
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-09-03
23169/16, 23834/18, 37683/19, 17937/20
Judgment
Italy
Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications; (Art. 34) Victim; Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment; Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect); No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment; Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - …
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-09-03
20068/21
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 13+13 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 13 - Right to an effective remedy; Effective remedy); Violation of Article 34 - Individual applications (Article 34 - Hinder the exercise of the right of application)
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-08-25
30915/23
Judgment
Bulgaria
Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications; (Art. 34) Victim; Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; (Art. 35-3-a) Ratione materiae; Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for home); Respondent State to take measures of a…
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
2026-07-03
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.