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Press Service
We aim to help media professionals with questions about the work of the Court in general, to provide information which is publicly available about cases, and guide you in the use of our database of previous cases and those which have been notified to Governments.
Press officers are available to brief journalists by email or by phone.
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We aim to help media professionals with questions about the work of the Court in general, to provide information which is publicly available about cases, and guide you in the use of our database of previous cases and those which have been notified to Governments.
Press releases
All press releases issued by the Registry since 1 January 1999 are available in the HUDOC database.
Press releases are available in both English and French. Some press releases for high-profile cases are translated into non-official languages.
Press releases on Chamber judgments are generally published at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both Chamber and Grand Chamber judgments are announced in press releases about a week in advance with a short summary of the cases concerned. Upcoming hearings are announced in a press release at the end of the preceding month.
The Press Service has compiled Questions & Answers on cases and themes on the Court’s case-law.
Cases
- Ali Samatar and Others v. France and Hasan and Others v. France* (apprehension of suspects in piracy)
- A.M. v. France (deportation to Algeria)
- Bărbulescu v. Romania (surveillance at workplace)
- Big Brother Watch and Others v. United Kingdom (secret surveillance)
- Big Brother Watch and Others v. United Kingdom & Centrum för rättvisa v. Sweden (secret surveillance)
- Bodein v. France (life sentences)
- Delfi AS v. Estonia (liability for comments on Internet)
- De Souza Ribeiro v. France* (inability to challenge removal order)
- Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary (asylum seekers)
- Ireland v. United Kingdom (revision request)
- M.N. and Others v. Belgium (visa application to an embassy's consular service)
- Matelly v. France (trade unions in the armed forces)
- Mennesson v. France and Labassee v. France* (gestational surrogacy)
- Morice v. France (lawyer’s freedom of expression)
- Mutu and Pechstein v. Switzerland (arbitration proceedings brought by athletes)
- Paradiso and Campanelli v. Italy (gestational surrogacy)
- Perinçek v. Switzerland (conviction for genocide denial)
- Platini v. Switzerland (suspension from football-related professional activity)
- Roman Zakharov v. Russia (secret surveillance)
- Vavřička and Others v. the Czech Republic (compulsory childhood vaccination in the Czech Republic)
- Vinci Construction and GMT génie civil et services v. France (inspections and seizures under competition law)
To receive press releases
You can receive the Court’s press releases systematically:
- by following the Court on Twitter
- by subscribing to RSS feeds ('Press releases')
- by subscribing to its mailing list
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Press conferences
Each year the President of the Court meets members of the press as part of the Court’s annual press conference. The latter, which coincides with publication of the annual report and the opening of the judicial year of the Court, takes places in January, in hybrid format.
On this occasion, the President takes stock of the preceding year and presents key elements of the Court’s annual report, which is published on the Court’s website the same day. The President’s intervention is followed by a questions and answers session with journalists.
Press Conference 2024
President Síofra O'Leary held a press conference that was streamed live on Internet.
The President of the Court gave an overview of the Court's activities in 2023 and presented the statistics for the past year. Accompanied by Marialena Tsirli, Registrar, she then took questions from journalists.
Speech by President Síofra O’Leary
Multimedia
Webcast of the Press conference: - Original language - English version - French version
Documents and Statistics
Press conference 2024
President Síofra O'Leary held a press conference that was streamed live on Internet.
The President of the Court gave an overview of the Court's activities in 2023 and presented the statistics for the past year. Accompanied by Marialena Tsirli, Registrar, she then took questions from journalists.
Multimedia
Webcast of the Press conference: - Original language - English version - French versionDocuments and Statistics
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