Decisions

Inadmissibility decision

07/02/2012

The Court declared inadmissible the applications in the case of Seckerson and The Times Newspapers Limited v. the United Kingdom. The case concerned the disclosure in newspaper articles, of comments made by one of the jurors in a criminal trial regarding the jury’s deliberations and the UK courts’ finding against that juror and newspaper company.

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Grand Chamber

Grand Chamber judgments

07/02/2012

The Court delivered its Grand Chamber judgments in the cases of Axel Springer AG v. Germany and Von Hannover v. Germany (no. 2). The Court held that there had been a violation of the Convention in the case Axel Springer AG, and no violation of the Convention in the case Von Hannover (no. 2). Both cases concerned the publication in the media of articles and, in the second case, of photos depicting the private life of well-known people.

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Hearing of 13/10/2010

Relinquishment of jurisdiction to the Grand Chamber

06/02/2012

The Chamber dealing with the case of El-Masri v. "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" has relinquished it to the Grand Chamber. The applicant in this case, a German national of Lebanese origin, complains alleges that he was arrested and tortured in Skopje, because he was suspected of belonging to a terrorist organisation, and that he was handed over to the CIA which had kept him in a secret detention centre in Afghanistan.

Cases pending before the Grand Chamber

Chamber judgment

Chamber judgment

02/02/2012

In the case of I.M. v. France, the Court held that there had been a violation of the Convention. The case concerned the risks the applicant would face in the event of his deportation to Sudan and the effectiveness of the remedies available to him in France in view of the fact that his asylum application was dealt with under the fast-track procedure.

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