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Press Conference

26/01/2012

Press ConferenceThe Court held its annual press conference on Thursday 26 January 2012. On this occasion, Sir Nicolas Bratza, the President of the Court, presented a summary of the Court’s activities and its statistics for 2011. He said that the European governments must assume their part of the shared responsibility for the protection of human rights across the continent.

pdf Annual Report 2011

pdf Facts and figures 2011, Table of violations 1959-2011

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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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Grand Chamber

Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgments

31/01/2012

The Court will be delivering two Grand Chamber judgments, in the cases of Axel Springer AG v. Germany and Von Hannover v. Germany (no. 2), on Tuesday 7 February 2012. Both cases concern 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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President's news

Visit by a delegation of German Parliamentarians

30/01/2012

On 30 January 2012 Sir Nicolas Bratza, President of the Court, received a delegation of German Parliamentarians for a working meeting. During the visit the delegation also met Judges of the Court.

 

Visit by the President of the Constitutional Court of Italy

27/01/2012

On 26 January 2012, Alfonso Quaranta, President of the Constitutional Court of Italy, visited the Court and was received by Sir Nicolas Bratza, President of the Court. Guido Raimondi, the judge elected in respect of Italy, and Erik Fribergh, Registrar, also attended the meeting.

 

Visit by the Minister for Europe of the United Kingdom

24/01/2012

Visite de Rt. Hon. David Lidington MP On 24 January 2012 the Rt. Hon. David Lidington, MP, Minister for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, visited the Court and was received by Sir Nicolas Bratza, President of the Court. Erik Fribergh, Registrar, also attended the meeting.

 

Visit by a delegation of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

24/01/2012

Officiel visit On 23 January 2012 Sir Nicolas Bratza, President of the Court, received a delegation from the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany led by his President, Andreas Voßkuhle, for a working meeting. During the visit the delegation met Judges of the Court and members of the Registry.

Other news

Opening of the judicial year

27/01/2012

Solemn hearing

The Court's judicial year was formally opened on Friday 27 January 2012. Some 200 leading judicial figures from across Europe were invited to participate in a seminar on the topic “How to ensure greater involvement of national courts in the Convention system?”.

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Video on admissibility

27/01/2012

Video on the criteria for admissibilityThe Court is today launching a short video in English and French on the criteria for admissibility, produced with the support of the Principality of Monaco (see video).

The video, which is approximately three minutes long, is aimed at the general public and sets out the main conditions required in order to apply to the Court; failure to satisfy these conditions is the reason why the vast majority of applications are rejected.

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Hearings

Recent hearings

25/01/2012

The Court held a Grand Chamber hearing in the case of Catan and Others v. Republic of Moldova and Russia. The case concerns complaints about the prohibition to use Latin script in schools in the self-proclaimed unrecognised entity known as “Moldovan Republic of Transdnistria”.

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Other judgments

02/02/2012

pdf 4 judgments

 

31/01/2012

pdf M.S. v. Belgium

pdf Sindicatul ‘Pastorul cel Bun’ v. Romania

pdf 10 other judgments

 

26/01/2012

pdf Nakonechnyy v. Ukraine

pdf 5 judgments against France

 

24/01/2012

pdf P.M. v. Bulgaria

pdf Iordan Petrov v. Bulgaria

pdf 10 other judgments

 

Forthcoming judgments

07-09/02/2012: 17 and 2 judgments

 

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