Chamber judgment concerning Finland
14/11/2019
In the case of N.A. v. Finland, the Court found that there had been a violation of the right to life and the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment. The applicant had complained of a decision by the Finnish authorities to deport her father to Iraq, where he was shot dead in 2017, shortly after his return.
The Court found in particular that the Finnish authorities had not carried out a thorough enough assessment of the individual risks faced by the applicant’s late father in Iraq although he had already faced two near deadly attacks there in a context of tension between Shia and Sunni groups (the father being a Sunni Muslim).
Official Visit
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Visit by the French Secretary of State for Child Protection
13/11/2019
On 13 November 2019, Adrien Taquet, French Secretary of State for Child Protection, was received by President Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos. André Potocki, Judge elected in respect of France, and Roderick Liddell, Registrar, also attended the meeting.
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Visit by the Government Spokeswoman of France
13/11/2019
On 8 November 2019, Sibeth Ndiaye, Secretary of State, Government Spokeswoman of France, was received by President Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos. Roderick Liddell, Registrar, also attended the meeting.
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Events
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Commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall
12/11/2019
President Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Mayor of Strasbourg, Roland Ries, and the Permanent Representative of Germany to the Council of Europe, Rolf Mafael, together with the Permanent Representative of France to the Council of Europe, Jean-Baptiste Mattei, took part in a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 2019. They addressed a gathering of people in front of the 4 slabs of the Berlin Wall that were donated by Germany in 1990 to the Council of Europe and now stand on the forecourt of the Human Rights Building.
Speech by President Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos (in French only)
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Chamber
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Judgment concerning Azerbaijan
07/11/2019
In the case of Natig Jafarov v. Azerbaijan the Court held that there had been several violations of the Convention.
The case concerned the arrest, pre-trial detention and confinement in a metal cage in court of the applicant, co-founder of the political movement called Republican Alternative Civic Movement (REAL) .
The Court reiterated its previous findings as regards a pattern of measures being used against opposition and civil society activists like the applicant which aimed at suppressing their activities. It thus found that the measures against him had similarly been imposed for an ulterior purpose.
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Commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Other Information
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Webcasting: contribution from Ireland
07/11/2019
Ireland has recently renewed its support for the webcasting project, which enables all the public hearings of the Court to be filmed, recorded and broadcast on the ECHR Internet site.
Thanks to the funding received since 2007 from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, more than 250 hearings have been filmed to date and have reached a wide audience via the Internet. The videos are made available on the day of the hearing and even the older videos can still be watched.
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Delivered Judgments & Decisions
Forthcoming Judgments & Decisions
19-21/11/2019