EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-22
48646/13
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-22
34638/17, 41041/17, 66987/17, 70146/17, 70376/17, 10546/18, 13885/18, 11204/19, 45771/19, 51995/19, 31785/20, 32100/20
Judgment
Russia
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-22
1921/24, 6805/24
Judgment
Slovakia
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Speediness of review)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-22
40610/17
Judgment
Armenia
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-13
17010/21
Judgment
Türkiye
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-13
52490/21, 52527/21, 14211/22, 19444/22, 43670/22, 49756/22
Judgment
North Macedonia
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Procedural guarantees of review)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-13
54358/19, 56868/19, 7087/20, 14807/20, 15026/20, 15638/20, 21219/20, 21239/20, 23120/20, 23376/20, 23619/20, 25539/20, 25787/20, 33412/20, 33441/20, 34888/20, 39226/20, 40911/20, 44099/20, 44213/20, 45821/20, 49538/20, 51741/20, 52095/20, 40875/21, 59143/21
Judgment
Türkiye
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-08
55579/19
Judgment
Greece
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Speediness of review)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-08
57948/17
Judgment
Azerbaijan
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-08
3395/17
Judgment
Azerbaijan
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention); Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6-2 - Presumption of innocence)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-06
26760/21
Judgment
Russia
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention); Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for family life)
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-10-06
7869/25
Judgment
Hungary
No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention; Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)
EMD
EMD
2026-10-02
691/19
Communicated case
Armenia
The application concerns the alleged inadequacy of compensation for unlawful detention and the alleged denial of access to the Court of Cassation.
EMD
EMD
2026-10-02
10922/19
Communicated case
Armenia
The case concerns the alleged inadequacy of compensation for unlawful detention. On 12 March 2010 the applicant was taken to the police station and was charged with theft (under Article 177 § 3(1) of the former Criminal Code, in force at the relevant time). On 15 March 2010 he was detained. On 26 July 2012 the applicant was released on bail. On 6 September 2012 the prosecutor withdrew the charges against the applican…
EMD
EMD
2026-10-01
4964/23
Decision
Poland
EMD
EMD
2026-10-01
43922/22, 43925/22, 43941/22, 43947/22, 43953/22, 6417/23, 6470/23
Decision
Russia
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
7475/15, 7665/15, 7674/15, 7728/15, 8124/15, 8149/15, 8152/15, 9804/15, 10499/15, 10504/15, 11531/15, 11543/15, 12040/15, 12445/15, 14222/15, 18467/15, 19888/15, 24798/15, 24803/15, 24807/15, 24817/15, 24824/15, 25655/15
Decision
Russia, Ukraine
EMD
EMD
2026-10-01
15630/25, 27167/25, 27210/25
Decision
Poland
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-01
3018/17, 37202/17, 18540/18, 33147/18
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention); Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-01
5755/25
Judgment
Cyprus
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention); No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Review of lawfulness of detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-10-01
52459/18
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention); Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6-2 - Presumption of innocence)
EMD
EMD
2026-09-29
14652/24
Decision
Netherlands
EMD
EMD
2026-09-28
53200/20
Communicated case
Russia
The application emanates from the armed conflict with Russia in the east of Ukraine. The applicant was prosecuted on suspicion of having committed a crime in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. On 12 February 2014 a Ukrainian first instance court sentenced him to life imprisonment. He appealed against his sentence, but the appellate proceedings were interrupted by the outbreak of the armed conflict. It is not clear from t…
EMD
EMD
2026-09-28
33721/25
Communicated case
Georgia
The application primarily concerns the arrest and subsequent pre-trial detention of the applicant, a civil education teacher and civil society activist, on charges of attacking a court bailiff in the course of his duties (an offence under Article 352(2) § 3 of the Criminal Code). The applicant also complained that the psychiatric medical examination imposed on her had been unlawful.
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-09-24
7509/22, 7392/24, 8786/24, 12966/24, 12790/25, 13926/25, 20351/25
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture; Degrading treatment); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-…
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-09-24
7725/25, 23340/25
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-09-24
16088/17
Judgment
Türkiye
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention)
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 – Chamber
2026-09-22
49096/19
Judgment
United Kingdom
Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-09-22
45501/22
Judgment
Bulgaria
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention)
EMD
EMD
2026-09-17
30614/22, 30848/22
Decision
Poland
EMD
EMD
2026-09-17
13990/24, 15626/24
Decision
Poland
EMD
EMD
2026-09-17
43134/22
Decision
Latvia
EMD
EMD
2026-09-17
31928/19, 33936/19
Decision
Moldova
EMD
EMD
2026-09-17
16660/25, 20909/25, 31435/25, 8332/26, 10071/26
Decision
Hungary
EMD
EMD
2026-09-17
8333/23
Decision
Slovakia
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
2026-09-14
30039/20, 8445/21, 17963/21, 31382/21, 24522/22, 45548/22, 3482/25
Communicated case
Türkiye
The applications mainly concern the pre-trial detention of the applicants, who were all judges or prosecutors at the material time, on suspicion of membership of FETÖ/PDY (an organisation described by the Turkish authorities as “Fetullahist Terror Organisation / Parallel State Structure”), in the aftermath of the attempted coup d’état which took place on 15 July 2016.
EMD
EMD
2026-09-10
22440/22
Decision
Latvia
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
41480/17, 51617/17, 4440/19, 8081/19, 9033/19, 14751/19, 19788/19, 20359/19, 23504/19, 27600/19, 40777/19, 47482/19, 49430/19, 50222/19, 41583/20, 46666/20, 47332/20
Communicated case
Russia
The applications emanate from the armed conflict with Russia in the east of Ukraine. Each of the applicants was convicted of crimes by Ukrainian courts on various dates predating the outbreak of the armed conflict. Applicant no. 2, Mr Oleksiy Varganov, applicant no. 8, Mr Ruslan Kuzmin, and applicant no. 9, Mr Sergiy Rybalko were sentenced to eleven, nine and fifteen years of imprisonment, respectively. All other app…
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
2026-09-08
59306/18, 12769/19, 12879/19, 20701/19
Communicated case
Russia
The applications emanate from the armed conflict with Russia in the east of Ukraine. Each of the applicants was convicted of crimes by Ukrainian courts and sentenced to life imprisonment. The applicants’ sentences became final on various dates preceding the establishment of the effective control over the east of Ukraine by the Russian Federation (see Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (dec.) [GC], nos. 8019/16 and…
EMD
EMD
2026-09-07
23096/25, 26443/25, 26476/25, 26573/25, 26586/25, 26668/25, 27166/25, 32596/25, 34544/25
Communicated case
Türkiye
The applications concern the alleged unfairness of criminal proceedings against several members of the Turkish Armed Forces (“the TAF”), holding various ranks, in connection with their alleged involvement in the attempted coup on the night of 15 July 2016, on account of their deployment to and acts carried out at the Ankara 4th Main Jet Base Command (“the Akıncı base”). According to the domestic courts, the events fo…
EMD
EMD
2026-09-07
34092/24, 9044/25, 10887/25
Communicated case
Netherlands
The applications concern the applicants’ pre-placement detention in ordinary prisons pending their transfer to a suitable institution under an order for placement at the disposal of the Government with confinement in a custodial clinic (terbeschikkingstelling met bevel tot verpleging van overheidswege - “TBS”). Time-expired convict prisoners awaiting transfer to a suitable institution under a TBS order are colloquial…
EMD
EMD
2026-09-03
69644/17, 47441/19, 20296/20, 57465/21, 36341/22
Communicated case
Russia
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 3 September 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.
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 – Committee
2026-09-03
42909/23
Judgment
Italy
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention; Article 5-1-f - Expulsion; Prevent unauthorised entry into country); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-2 - Information on reasons for arrest); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Speediness of review)
EMD
EMD
2026-08-27
14272/26, 14306/26, 14323/26
Communicated case
Poland
The applications concern the proceedings for the applicants’ removal from Poland to Afghanistan and their detention in that connection.
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-08-27
5195/17
Judgment
Armenia
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Speediness of review); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-08-27
24627/16
Judgment
Armenia
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-08-27
41386/17, 35666/18, 22888/19, 58121/19, 29347/20, 40677/20, 40815/20, 50588/20
Judgment
Türkiye
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Procedural guarantees of review); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Speediness of review)
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-08-27
35336/24
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Procedural guarantees of review)
EMD
EMD
2026-08-26
344/26
Communicated case
Poland
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.
EMD
EMD
2026-08-26
14586/26
Communicated case
Romania
The application mainly concerns the allegations of deprivation of liberty in the publicly run Medical and Social Care Centre where the first applicant was placed. It also concerns alleged breach of her right to private life, as she does not have a legal guardian appointed by the authorities despite her severe mental and physical disability.
EMD
EMD – Grand Chamber
2026-08-25
2170/24
Judgment
Türkiye
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)…
EMD
EMD
2026-08-25
2170/24
Legal summary
Türkiye
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)…
EMD
EMD
2026-08-24
2899/26
Communicated case
Serbia
The application concerns the reasonableness and duration of the applicant’s pre-trial detention. By an order of the Novi Sad High Court of 23 November 2024, the applicant was placed in detention on remand. Her detention was subsequently extended on several occasions and remained in force until 17 June 2025, when it was replaced by house arrest. Between 20 December 2024 and 20 June 2025, the applicant lodged seven con…
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-07-23
24465/23, 25217/23
Judgment
Ukraine
Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)
EMD
EMD – Chamber
2026-07-23
39465/23, 43066/23
Judgment
Ukraine
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention); No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Deprivation of liberty; Article 5-1-c - Reasonable suspicion); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention); Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Pecuniary damag…
EMD
EMD
2026-07-21
8755/26
Communicated case
Albania
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…
EMD
EMD – Committee
2026-07-16
5899/23
Judgment
Croatia
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Speediness of review)
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
2026-07-10
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
2026-07-09
37855/19
Decision
Ukraine
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
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
2026-07-02
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…