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Review of ECHR decisions for 22/01/2025

CASE OF JÓHANNES BALDURSSON AND BIRKIR KRISTINSSON v. ICELAND The decision concerns the case of two Icelandic nationals, Jóhannes Baldursson and Birkir Kristinsson, who were convicted of financial crimes related to transactions between Glitnir bank and BK-44 company following Iceland's financial crisis in 2008. The applicants challenged their convictions on several grounds, including the impartiality…

CASE OF PANAYOTOPOULOS AND OTHERS v. GREECE

This is a significant ECHR judgment concerning allegations of police ill-treatment of three Roma individuals in Greece during their arrest and detention in 2016. The key aspects are: Main findings: The Court found violations of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman treatment) in its procedural aspect regarding all three applicants due to ineffective investigation of…

CASE OF FADEYEVA AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered a judgment concerning 15 applications against Russia related to disproportionate measures taken against organizers and participants of public assemblies, including anti-war rallies and protests in support of Alexei Navalny.The Court found violations of Article 11 of the Convention (freedom of assembly) in all cases, determining that the…

CASE OF SHEMYAKIN AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE

This judgment concerns eight applications against Ukraine regarding excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of effective remedies. The European Court of Human Rights found violations of Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention in all cases.The Court examined eight separate cases jointly due to their similar subject matter. The cases involved…

CASE OF BALCAN AND ROMAȘCU v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

The case concerns complaints by two Moldovan citizens (Balcan and Romașcu) regarding non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic court decisions in their favor concerning allocation of social housing, as well as the lack of effective remedies in domestic law. The Court found violations of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of…

CASE OF KUNSHUGAROV v. TÜRKİYE

This judgment concerns the case of a Kazakhstani national who faced extradition from Turkey to Kazakhstan, where he was wanted for alleged terrorism-related offenses.The key aspects of the decision are:The Court found that Turkey violated Article 3 of the Convention by extraditing the applicant to Kazakhstan without adequately examining the risk of ill-treatment he would…

CASE OF PETROVIĆ AND OTHERS v. CROATIA

This judgment concerns three cases of women who suspect their newborn babies were abducted from Croatian state hospitals between 1986-1994 and given up for unlawful adoption. The Court found Croatia violated Article 8 of the Convention (right to respect for private and family life) by failing to provide the mothers with credible information about their…
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