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Z And Others v The United Kingdom: ECHR 10 May 2001

Four children complained that, for years before they were taken into care by the local authority, its social services department was well aware that they were living in filthy conditions and suffering ‘appalling’ neglect in the home of their parents. Suspicions of abuse had arisen in 1987, but they were given effective support only in … Continue reading Z And Others v The United Kingdom: ECHR 10 May 2001

Volozhanin And Others v Ukraine: ECHR 6 Oct 2022

ECHR Judgment : Article 6 – Right to a fair trial : Fifth Section Committee Citations: 8810/21, [2022] ECHR 796 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 03 November 2022; Ref: scu.681760

Khural And Zeynalov v Azerbaijan: ECHR 6 Oct 2022

ECHR Judgment : No Article 10 – Freedom of expression-{general} : Fifth Section Citations: 55069/11, [2022] ECHR 771 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 03 November 2022; Ref: scu.681682

Fitt v United Kingdom: ECHR 16 Feb 2000

(Grand Chamber) Complaint as to non-disclosure of prosecution evidence. Judges: Wildhaber P Citations: 29777/96, [2000] ECHR 89, (2000) 30 EHRR 480, [2000] Po LR 10 Links: Bailii, Worldlii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 5 6.1 Jurisdiction: Human Rights Cited by: Conjoined Hearing – Rowe and Davis v The United Kingdom ECHR 16-Feb-2000 (Grand Chamber) … Continue reading Fitt v United Kingdom: ECHR 16 Feb 2000

M, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Home Department: Admn 2 Dec 2010

Judges: Sir Anthony May P Citations: [2010] EWHC 3541 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 3 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Cited – Haward and others v Fawcetts HL 1-Mar-2006 The claimant sought damages from his accountants, claiming negligence. The accountants pleaded limitation. They had advised him in connection with an investment … Continue reading M, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Home Department: Admn 2 Dec 2010

P-B (a Minor) (child cases: hearings in open court): CA 20 Jun 1996

The applicant sought to have his application for a residence order heard in open court: ‘Article 6 (1) provides for the public hearing and the public pronouncement of judgment of cases, but with the proviso of exclusion of the press and the public from all or part of the trial ‘in the interest of morals, … Continue reading P-B (a Minor) (child cases: hearings in open court): CA 20 Jun 1996

The Christian Federation of Jehovah’s Witnesses of France v France: ECHR 6 Nov 2001

(Non-admissibility Decision) It was affirmed: ‘that Article 34 of the Convention requires that an individual applicant should claim to have been actually affected by the violation he alleges. That Article does not institute for individuals a kind of actio popularis for the interpretation of the Convention; it does not permit individuals to complain against a … Continue reading The Christian Federation of Jehovah’s Witnesses of France v France: ECHR 6 Nov 2001

Schalk and Kopf v Austria: ECHR 22 Nov 2010

The applicants, a same sex couple sought the right to marry. Held: The application failed. Same-sex couples are in a relevantly similar situation to different-sex couples as regards their need for legal recognition and protection of their relationship, although since practice in this regard is still evolving across Europe, the Contracting States enjoy a wide … Continue reading Schalk and Kopf v Austria: ECHR 22 Nov 2010

Schalk and Kopf v Austria: ECHR 24 Jun 2010

The applicants alleged discrimination in that as a same sex couple they were not allowed to marry. Held: There was no violation.The Court cannot but note that there is an emerging European consensus towards legal recognition of same-sex couples. Moreover, this tendency has developed rapidly over the past decade. Nevertheless, there is not yet a … Continue reading Schalk and Kopf v Austria: ECHR 24 Jun 2010

Schalk and Kopf v Austria: ECHR 16 Feb 2010

The applicants, same sex partners, complained of the refusal of their request to be married, saying that the legal impossibility for them to get married constituted a violation of their right to respect for private and family life and of the principle of non-discrimination. Citations: 30141/04, [2010] ECHR 218 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on … Continue reading Schalk and Kopf v Austria: ECHR 16 Feb 2010

Rees v The United Kingdom: ECHR 17 Oct 1986

The applicant had been born and registered as a female, but later came to receive treatment and to live as a male. He complained that the respondent had failed to amend his birth certificate. Held: The court accepted that, by failing to confer on a transsexual a right to an amended birth certificate, the state … Continue reading Rees v The United Kingdom: ECHR 17 Oct 1986

Kavala v Turkey: ECHR 10 Dec 2019

ECHR Judgment : Right to liberty and security : Second Section ECHR Judgment : Grand Chamber Citations: 28749/18, [2019] ECHR 898, [2022] ECHR 579 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 20 October 2022; Ref: scu.646762

Ete v Turkiye: ECHR 6 Sep 2022

ECHR Judgment : Article 10 – Freedom of expression-{general} : Second Section Citations: 28154/20, [2022] ECHR 658 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 17 October 2022; Ref: scu.681013

Madam v The Republic Of Moldova: ECHR 6 Sep 2022

ECHR Judgment : Article 6 – Right to a fair trial : Second Section Committee Citations: 42715/19, [2022] ECHR 660 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 15 October 2022; Ref: scu.681020

Korshunova v Russia: ECHR 6 Sep 2022

ECHR Judgment : Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 – Protection of property : Third Section Citations: 46147/19, [2022] ECHR 659 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 15 October 2022; Ref: scu.681019

V.P v The Republic Of Moldova: ECHR 6 Sep 2022

ECHR Judgment : Article 6+6-3-d – Right to a fair trial : Second Section Committee Citations: 27402/16, [2022] ECHR 664 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 15 October 2022; Ref: scu.681031