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News
Interlaken Conference on the future of the Court
22/02/2010
President Costa, accompanied by a delegation of judges and members of the Registry, travelled to Interlaken (Switzerland) on 18 and 19 February to attend a Ministerial Conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights. A joint declaration was adopted at the close of the Conference.
More information, Special file, Conference website, Interlaken Declaration
Photo : © Yoshiko Kusano / Monika Flückiger
Grand Chamber
Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment
17/03/2010
The Court will deliver its Grand Chamber
judgment in the case of Cudak v. Lithuania on Tuesday
23 March 2010.
In connection with the termination of her employment at foreign Embassy, the
applicant complains that she was denied access to a court on the basis of
State immunity from jurisdiction. Press Release
Referrals before Grand Chamber
08/03/2010
Three cases have been referred to the Grand Chamber: Lautsi v. Italy concerning crucifixes in classrooms,
Giuliani and Gaggio v. Italy concerning the death of a demonstrator during the G8 summit in 2001
(Press Release), and
Al-Khawaja and Tahery v. the United Kingdom. (Press Release).
President's news
Exchange of views held by the Council of Europe's European Committee of Social Rights
15/03/2010
President Costa, on 15 March 2010, attended an exchange of views held by the Council of Europe's European Committee of Social Rights with Vassilios Skouris, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Link to the President's pages
Hearings
Hearing in the Yukos case
04/03/2010
The Court held a Chamber hearing on Thursday 4 March 2010 in the case of
OAO Neftyanaya kompaniya YUKOS v. Russia. The applicant company was a publicly-traded private open joint-stock company incorporated under the laws of Russia. The case concerns the applicant company's complaint that it was targeted by the Russian authorities with tax and enforcement proceedings, which eventually led to its liquidation.
Press Release,
webcast of hearing
Recent hearings
03/03/2010
The Court held a Grand Chamber hearing
in the case of McFarlane v. Ireland.
The case concerns the Irish authorities’ delay of more than
fourteen years in initiating criminal proceedings against him for an offence
allegedly committed in 1983.
Press Release,
webcast of hearing
Calendar of hearings
Webcast of hearings
Hearings are available from 2.30 pm.
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Chamber judgments
Forthcoming judgments
19/03/2010
The Court will be notifying in writing 20 Chamber judgments on Tuesday 23 March 2010 and 13 on Thursday 25 March 2010.
Press
Release
Recent judgments
18/03/2010
The Court notified in writing nine Chamber judgments on Thursday 18 March 2010.
Press
Release
In the case of Kuzmin v. Russia, the Court concluded that the statements made by a politician about a person charged with rape breached the presumption of innocence.
Press
Release
16/03/2010
The Court notified in writing 22 Chamber judgments on Tuesday
16 March 2010.
See all Press Releases
09/03/2010
The Court notified in writing one Chamber judgment
R.C. v. Sweden on Tuesday 9 March 2010.
Press
Release
04/03/2010
The Court notified in writing 12 Chamber judgments
on Thursday 4 March 2010 (Press
Release), in particular the case of
Patrikova v. Bulgaria.
02/03/2010
The Court notified in writing 18 Chamber judgments on Tuesday 2 March 2010
(Press
Release), in particular the cases of
Adamkiewicz v. Poland,
Antica and company "R" v. Romania and
Grosaru v. Romania.
In the case of Kozak v. Poland the Court held that there had been a violation of the Convention on grounds of failure to recognise a homosexual's right to succeed to a tenancy of a flat after his partner's death.
Press
Release
In the case of Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. the United Kingdom the Court held, among other things, that there had been a violation of the prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatment. The applicants, who were two Iraqis who had been held in British-run detention facilities, were surrendered to the Iraqi authorities.
Press
Release
Decisions
Inadmissibility decisions
11/03/2010
The Court declared inadmissible the case of Dalea v. France. The Court held that the refusal of entry to Schengen area on national security grounds did not breach applicant’s rights to respect for private life.
Press Release,
Decision (in French only)
05/03/2010
The Court declared inadmissible the case of
Demopoulos v. Turkey and seven other cases raising a similar issue. The applicants in these cases are Greek Cypriots who complained in particular that they have been deprived of the enjoyment of their possessions since Turkey's occupation of the northern part of Cyprus in 1974.
Press Release,
Decision
Pilot-judgment procedure
25/02/2010
The Court applies the pilot-judgment procedure to Romanian cases concerning the restitution of properties nationalized under communism.
Press Release
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