At its last meeting (Monday 2 June 2014), the Grand Chamber panel of five judges decided to refer the following case to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights: F.G. v. Sweden (no. 43611/11) concerning the refusal of asylum to an Iranian national who alleges that if expelled to Iran he would be at a real risk of being persecuted and punished or sentenced to death. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Buldu and Others v. Turkey (no. 14017/08)
3. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe four applicants, Çağlar Buldu, Barış Görmez, Ersin Ölgün and Nevzat Umdu are Turkish nationals, who were born between 1972 and 1983 and live in Istanbul and İzmir, except for Mr Görmez, who was being held at the Isparta military prison when he lodged his application. They are Jehovah’s Witnesses who refuse to carry out their military service for reasons of conscience. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 3 June 2014 – Buldu and Others v. Turkey (no. 14017/08)
27. Mai 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe four applicants, Çağlar Buldu, Barış Görmez, Ersin Ölgün and Nevzat Umdu are Turkish nationals, who were born between 1972 and 1983 and live in Istanbul and İzmir, except for Mr Görmez, who was being held at the Isparta military prison when he lodged his application. They are Jehovah’s Witnesses who refuse to carry out their military service for reasons of conscience. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Religious communities’ loss of full church status breached their rights to freedom of religion and freedom of association
8. April 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Magyar Keresztény Mennonita Egyház and Others v. Hungary (application nos. 70945/11, 23611/12, 26998/12, 41150/12, 41155/12, 41463/12, 41553/12, 54977/12 and 56581/12), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority, that there had been: a violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) read in the light of Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) of the European Convention on Human Rights. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: A. A. M. v. Sweden (no. 68519/10)
3. April 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerns the deportation of a failed asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 8 April 2014 – Magyar Keresztény Mennonita Egyház and Izsák-Bács and Others v. Hungary (nos. 70945/11, 23611/12, 26998/12, 41150/12, 41155/12, 41463/12, 41553/12, 54977/12 and 56581/12)
2. April 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicants are various religious communities, some of their ministers and some of their members. Prior to the adoption of a new Church Act, which entered into force in January 2012, the religious communities were registered as churches in Hungary and received State funding. Under the new law only a number of recognised churches continued to receive funding. All other religious communities, including the applicants, lost their status as churches but were free to continue their religious activities as associations. Following a decision of the Constitutional Court, which found certain provisions of the new Church Act unconstitutional, religious communities such as the applicants could continue to function and to refer to themselves as churches. However, the law continued to apply in so far as it required the communities to apply to Parliament to be registered as incorporated churches if they wished to regain access to the monetary and fiscal advantages they had previously enjoyed. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: W.H. v. Sweden (no. 49341/10)
27. März 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerned the deportation of a failed-asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. The applicant, W.H., is an Iraqi national who was born in 1978 and currently lives in Sweden. She is originally from Baghdad and is of Mandaean denomination. She arrived in Sweden in August 2007 and subsequently claimed asylum. Her request was examined by the Migration Board and Migration Court and ultimately rejected in 2010 on the ground that she was not in need of protection in Sweden. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 3 April 2014 – A. A. M. v. Sweden (no. 68519/10)
25. März 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerns the deportation of a failed-asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 27 March 2014 – W.H. v. Sweden (no. 49341/10)
19. März 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerns the deportation of a failed-asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. The applicant, W.H., is an Iraqi national who was born in 1978 and currently lives in Sweden. She is originally from Baghdad and is of Mandaean denomination. She arrived in Sweden in August 2007 and subsequently claimed asylum. Her request was examined by the Migration Board and Migration Court and ultimately rejected in 2010 on the ground that she was not in need of protection in Sweden. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. the United Kingdom (no. 7552/09)
4. März 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant organisation, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is a religious organisation, registered as a private unlimited company in the United Kingdom. It is part of the worldwide Mormon Church. The case concerned its complaint of being denied an exemption from local property taxes. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 4 March 2014 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. the United Kingdom (no. 7552/09)
26. Februar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant organisation, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is a religious organisation, registered as a private unlimited company in the United Kingdom. It is part of the worldwide Mormon Church. The case concerns its complaint of being denied an exemption from local property taxes. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Structure of primary education in Ireland in the 1970s failed to protect a schoolgirl from sexual abuse by her teacher
28. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of O’Keeffe v. Ireland (application no. 35810/09), which is final, the European Court of Human Rights held: by 11 votes to 6, that there had been a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) and of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the Irish State’s failure to protect Ms O’Keeffe from sexual abuse and her inability to obtain recognition at national level of that failure; and unanimously, that there had been no violation of Article 3 of the European Convention as regards the investigation into the complaints of sexual abuse at Ms O’Keeffe’s school. The case concerned the question of the responsibility of the State for the sexual abuse of a schoolgirl, aged nine, by a lay teacher in an Irish National School in 1973. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment concerning the adequacy of protection against sexual abuse of children in Irish schools
22. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of O’Keeffe v. Ireland (application no. 35810/09) at a public hearing on 28 January 2014 at 11 a.m. – local time – in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg. The case concerns the question of the responsibility of the State for the sexual abuse of a schoolgirl, aged nine, by a lay teacher in an Irish National School in 1973. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 16 January 2014 – F.G. v. Sweden (no. 43611/11)
8. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant, F.G., is an Iranian national who was born in 1962 and is currently in Sweden. He applied for asylum and a residence permit in Sweden in November 2009, stating in particular that he had been active in the opposition movement, that he had been arrested on two occasions, and that he had converted to Christianity after coming to Sweden. He therefore risked persecution if returning to Iran. He also submitted a summons to the Revolutionary Court in Iran ordering him to present himself at Evin prison in Teheran in November 2009. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 16 January 2014 – Abdulayeva v. Russia (no. 38552/05), Kushtova and Others v. Russia (no. 21885/07), Arkhestov and Others v. Russia (no. 22089/07) and Zalov and Khakulova v. Russia (no. 7988/09)
8. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherAll four cases concern the Russian authorities’ refusal to hand over to their relatives the bodies of presumed terrorists, who were killed in Russia’s North Caucasus region. The cases Arkhestov and Others v. Russia and Zalov and Khakulova v. Russia also concern the conditions in which the bodies of the applicants’ deceased relatives were stored during the identification process. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Reformed Church Foundation for Student Housing and Stanomirescu v. Romania (applications nos. 2699/03 and 43597/07)
7. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe first applicant, the Reformed Church Foundation for Student Housing, is an NGO which was set up in 1992 and has its registered office in Odorheiul Secuiesc. The second applicant, Marinică Stanomirescu, is a Romanian national who was born in 1929 and died in 2009. In the first case, the applicant association, whose main activity is to promote pupils’ education in line with the doctrines of the Reformed Church, had obtained a final judicial decision on 5 October 2000, ordering the administrative authorities to destroy six buildings on its land (they had been put up to provide temporary homes for workers on a construction site then in progress). 12 years later, and after numerous attempts at enforcement, the administrative authorities refused to execute the final judicial decision in the applicant association’s favour. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 7 January 2014 – Reformed Church Foundation for Student Housing and Stanomirescu v. Romania (nos. 2699/03 and 43597/07)
2. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe first applicant, the Reformed Church Foundation for Student Housing, is an NGO which was set up in 1992 and has its registered office in Odorheiul Secuiesc. The second applicant, Marinică Stanomirescu, is a Romanian national who was born in 1929 and died in 2009. In the first case, the applicant association, whose main activity is to promote pupils’ education in line with the doctrines of the Reformed Church, had obtained a final judicial decision on 5 October 2000, ordering the administrative authorities to destroy six buildings on its land (they had been put up to provide temporary homes for workers on a construction site then in progress). 12 years later, and after numerous attempts at enforcement, the administrative authorities refused to execute the final judicial decision in the applicant association’s favour. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: C.D. and Others v. Greece (nos. 33441/10, 33468/10 and 33476/10)
19. Dezember 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicants are 12 asylum seekers who left their countries at unknown dates, mainly on account of the political situations there. The case concerns the conditions of their detention pending their removal from Greece to their countries of origin. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: N.K. v. France (no. 7974/11)
19. Dezember 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant, N.K., is a Pakistani national who was born in 1989 and lives in Créteil (France). The case concerned his potential removal from France to Pakistan, where he said that he would sustain inhuman or degrading treatment. Following his conversion to the Ahmadiyya religion, according to whose rites he was married in 2009, Mr N.K.’s cousin filed a complaint against him for proselytising. Shortly afterwards he was allegedly abducted, confined then tortured for several days before managing to escape from his kidnappers. After learning that an arrest warrant had been issued against him for preaching the Ahmadiyya religion, Mr N.K. left Pakistan. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Vartic v. Romania (no. 2) (no. 14150/08)
17. Dezember 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant, Ghennadii Vartic, is a Moldovan national who was born in 1973 and is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in Jilava Prison (Romania). Relying in particular on Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience, and religion), he complained that during his detention in Rahova Prison from April to May 1998 and from 9 to 21 February 2009 the prison authorities had refused to provide him with a vegetarian diet as required by his Buddhist convictions. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 19 December 2013 – C.D. and Others v. Greece (nos. 33441/10, 33468/10 and 33476/10)
10. Dezember 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicants are 12 asylum seekers who left their countries at unknown dates, mainly on account of the political situations there. The case concerns the conditions of their detention pending their removal from Greece to their countries of origin. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 19 December 2013 – N.K. v. France (no. 7974/11)
10. Dezember 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant, N.K., is a Pakistani national who was born in 1989 and lives in Créteil (France). The case concerns his potential removal from France to Pakistan, where he says that he would sustain inhuman or degrading treatment. Following his conversion to the Ahmadiyya religion, according to whose rites he was married in 2009, Mr N.K.’s cousin filed a complaint against him for proselytising. Shortly afterwards he was allegedly abducted, confined then tortured for several days before managing to escape from his kidnappers. After learning that an arrest warrant had been issued against him for preaching the Ahmadiyya religion, Mr N.K. left Pakistan. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 17 December 2013 – Vartic v. Romania (no. 2) (no. 14150/08)
10. Dezember 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant, Ghennadii Vartic, is a Moldovan national who was born in 1973 and is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in Jilava Prison (Romania). The case concerns Mr Vartic’s complaint about not being provided with a vegetarian diet or adequate medical care in detention. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Grand Chamber hearing concerning the prohibition on wearing the full-face veil in public in France
27. November 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe European Court of Human Rights held a Grand Chamber hearing on Wednesday 27 November 2013 at 9.15 a.m. in the case of S.A.S. v. France (Application no. 43835/11). The case concerns the complaint of a French national, who is a practising Muslim, that she is no longer allowed to wear the full-face veil in public following the entry into force, in April 2011, of a law prohibiting concealment of one’s face in public places. After the hearing the Court will begin its deliberations, which will be held in private. Its ruling in the case will, however, be made at a later stage. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Bogdan Vodă Greek-Catholic Parish v. Romania (no. 26270/04)
19. November 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant is the Bogdan Vodă Greek-Catholic Parish, which belongs to the Maramureş Greek-Catholic Diocese United with Rome and is located in the village of Bogdan Vodă, Romania. The case concerned a dispute between two Christian religious groups in Bogdan Vodă, namely the Greek-Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. The Greek-Catholic Parish complained in particular about the non-enforcement of a judgment awarded by a Romanian court in its favour in January 1998. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
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