Grand Chamber hearing concerning Iceland
09/10/2019
The Court held a Grand Chamber hearing in the case of Gestur Jónsson and Ragnar Halldór Hall v. Iceland on 9 October 2019.
The applicants are two lawyers who had been appointed to defend the accused in a criminal trial; they asked the court to be allowed to withdraw from the case. They complain about the fact that they were ordered, in their absence, to pay a fine for contempt of court and dilatory conduct.
Chamber
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Judgment concerning Portugal
08/10/2019In the case of L.P. and Carvalho v. Portugal, the Court found that there had been a violation of freedom of expression on account of a judgment against the applicants for criticising judges when they were acting in their capacity as lawyers.
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Judgment concerning the Russian Federation
08/10/2019In the case of Margulev v. Russia, the Court found that there had been a violation of the right to freedom of expression.
The applicant, who was the director of an NGO set up to preserve the Tsaritsyno complex, had criticised in the press the restoration work on the complex, financed by Moscow City Council. The newspaper Moskovskiy Korrespondent was sued by the council and found liable for defamation.
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Judgment concerning the Russian Federation
08/10/2019In the case of Zelikha Magomadova v. Russia, the Court found that there had been a violation of the right to respect for private and family life.
Being a widow and mother of 6 children, the applicant alleged that she had been denied access to her children in 2010 by her brother-in-law, who had subsequently obtained a decision to withdraw her parental authority. The Court found, in particular, that such an arbirtrary interference with her right to respect for her private life had no place in a democratic society governed by the rule of law.
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Judgment concerning Hungary
08/10/2019In the case of Szurovecz v. Hungary the Court held that there had been a violation of freedom of expression.
The case concerned media access to reception facilities for asylum-seekers. The applicant, a journalist for an Internet news portal, complained about the authorities’ refusal of his request to carry out interviews and take photographs at the Debrecen Reception Centre, thus preventing him from reporting on the living conditions there.
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Grand Chamber
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Advisory opinion: request accepted
11/10/2019
The Court has accepted a request for an advisory opinion from the Constitutional Court of Armenia. This request is related to an Article in Armenia’s Criminal Code which penalizes the overthrowing of the Constitutional order.
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Forthcoming judgment
10/10/2019The Court will deliver its Grand Chamber judgment in the case of López Ribalda and Others v. Spain on 17 October 2019.
The applicants, five cashiers working for the supermarket chain M.S.A., were dismissed on disciplinary grounds following proceedings in which video recordings showing them stealing items were admitted in evidence. In the proceedings before the Court the applicants complain in particular of the covert video surveillance and of the courts’ use of the data obtained to find that their dismissals were fair.
Webcast of the hearing (28/11/2018)
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Delivered Judgments & Decisions
Forthcoming Judgments & Decisions
17/10/2019