The 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 »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 19 November 2013 – Bogdan Vodă Greek-Catholic Parish v. Romania (no. 26270/04)
13. 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 concerns a dispute between two Christian religious groups in Bogdan Vodă, namely the Greek-Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming hearing on 27 November 2013 at 9.15 a.m.: Grand Chamber hearing in the case of S.A.S. v. France (no. 43835/11)
31. Oktober 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe European Court of Human Rights will be holding the following hearing in November 2013: S.A.S. v. France, concerning 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. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Somali man would not be at risk due to current security situation in Mogadishu if deported from Sweden
5. September 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Chamber judgment in the case of K.A.B. v. Sweden (application no. 886/11), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, by five votes to two, that there would be no violation of Article 2 (right to life) or Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights if the applicant were returned to Somalia. The case addresses the prevailing security situation in Mogadishu (Somalia). It concerned a Somali national, originally from Mogadishu, who alleged that his deportation from Sweden to Somalia would put him at real risk of being killed or subjected to ill-treatment. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 5 September 2013 – K.A.B. v. Sweden (no. 886/11)
27. August 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant, K.A.B., is a Somali national who was born in 1960. He entered Sweden and requested asylum in April 2009, claiming that he had been threatened in Somalia by an Islamist group and that, if returned there, he would risk serious assault by that group. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Refusal to register a trade union for priests on account of the autonomy of religious communities – Păstorul cel Bun
9. Juli 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Sindicatul “Păstorul cel Bun” v. Romania (application no. 2330/09), which is final, the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority, that there had been no violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned the refusal by the Romanian State of an application for registration of a trade union formed by priests of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment – Păstorul cel Bun
2. Juli 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Sindicatul ‘Păstorul cel Bun’ v. Romania (application no. 2330/09) at a public hearing on 9 July 2013 at 11 a.m. – local time – in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg. The case concerns a union set up by members of the clergy and lay members of the Orthodox Church, and the refusal to register it as a trade union. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Deportation of failed asylum seekers originally from cities in northern Iraq would not breach their human rights as they could relocate to other regions
27. Juni 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Chamber judgments in the cases of A.G.A.M., D.N.M., M.K.N., M.Y.H. and Others, N.A.N.S., N.M.B., N.M.Y. and Others and S.A. v. Sweden (application nos. 71680/10, 28379/11, 72413/10, 50859/10, 68411/10, 68335/10, 72686/10 and 66523/10), which are not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, by five votes to two, that: the applicants’ deportation to Iraq would not be in violation of Article 2 (right to life) and/or Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights. All eight cases concerned the deportation of failed asylum-seekers, originally from Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk, to Iraq. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 27 June 2013
19. Juni 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherAll eight cases (A.G.A.M. v. Sweden – no. 71680/10, D.N.M. v. Sweden – no. 28379/11, M.K.N. v. Sweden – no. 72413/10, M.Y.H. and Others v. Sweden – no. 50859/10, N.A.N.S. v. Sweden – no. 68411/10, N.M.B. v. Sweden – no. 68335/10, N.M.Y. and Others v. Sweden – no. 72686/10, S.A. v. Sweden – no. 66523/10) concern the deportation of failed-asylum seekers to Iraq. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Removal of a Coptic Christian to Egypt would expose him to a risk of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment
6. Juni 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Chamber judgment in the case of M.E. v. France (application no. 50094/10), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there would be a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights if the order deporting the applicant to Egypt were enforced; and, that there had been no violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) taken in conjunction with Article 3. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Disclosure of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ medical files following their refusal of blood transfusions breached their right to private life
6. Juni 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing the following Chamber judgment, which is not final (Avilkina and Others v. Russia [application no. 1585/09]). The case concerned alleged harassment of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Relinquishment to the Grand Chamber of a case concerning the wearing of the burka in public places in France
30. Mai 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights to which the application S.A.S. v. France (application no. 43835/11) had been assigned has relinquished jurisdiction to the Grand Chamber, neither party having objected to relinquishment (Article 30 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Rule 72 of the Rules of Court). Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 6 June 2013 – Avilkina and Others v. Russia (no. 1585/09)
28. Mai 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicants are a religious organisation, the Administrative Centre of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, which is based in St Petersburg, and three Russian nationals who are Jehovah’s Witnesses: Yekaterina Avilkina, who was born in 2006 and lives in Nalchik, Nina Dubinina, who was born in 1959 and lives in Murmansk, and Valentina Zhukova, who was born in 1956 and lives in the Leningrad region. The case concerns alleged harassment of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 6 June 2013 – M.E. v. France (no. 50094/10)
28. Mai 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant, M.E., is an Egyptian national who was born in 1973 and lives in Metz Queuleu. A Copt Christian, he was raised and grew up in the Copt community, of which he became a very active member. From May 2007 he and his family came under attack on account of their religious beliefs. Their landlord expelled them from their house, but when M.E. attempted to lodge a complaint the police refused to register it. He was followed several times in the street when going to church, insulted and then beaten violently. In August 2007 he was accused of taking part in proselytising activities that were offensive to Islam and Muslims. Proceedings were brought against him, but he did not attend court and fled Egypt. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Factsheet – Freedom of religion
1. Mai 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThis factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Kasymakhunov and Saybatalov v. Russia (nos. 26261/05 and 26377/06)
14. März 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicants, Yusup Kasymakhunov, an Uzbek national, and Marat Saybatalov, a Russian national, were born in 1964 and 1972 respectively. They were both convicted by the Russian courts, in November 2004 and October 2005 respectively, for their membership of the radical Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, and sentenced to seven years and four months’ and five years and six months’ imprisonment respectively. Relying in particular on Article 7 (no punishment without law), they complained that the Russian Supreme Court’s decision banning the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Russia had not been officially published and that the legal provisions on the basis of which they had been convicted had therefore been not foreseeable in their application. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Grand Chamber hearing on the State’s responsibility for the sexual abuse of a schoolgirl in an Irish national school
6. März 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe European Court of Human Rights is holding a Grand Chamber hearing Wednesday 6 March 2013 at 9.15 a.m. in the case of O’Keeffe v. Ireland (application no. 35810/09). The case concerns the responsibility of the State for the sexual abuse of a schoolgirl, aged eight to nine, by a lay teacher in an Irish national school in 1973. The hearing will be broadcast from 2.30 p.m. on the Court’s Internet site (www.echr.coe.int). 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: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 14 March 2013 – Kasymakhunov and Saybatalov v. Russia (nos. 26261/05 and 26377/06)
6. März 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicants, Yusup Kasymakhunov, an Uzbek national, and Marat Saybatalov, a Russian national, were born in 1964 and 1972 respectively. They were both convicted by the Russian courts, in November 2004 and October 2005 respectively, for their membership of the radical Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, and sentenced to seven years and four months’ and five years and six months’ imprisonment respectively. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Bookseller convicted of „justifying genocide“ should have been notified of the amended charge against him in order to prepare his defence
5. März 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Varela Geis v. Spain (application no. 61005/09), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (a) and (b) (right to a fair trial and rights of the defence) of the European Convention on Human Rights. A bookshop owner who sold publications about the Holocaust complained that he had been convicted on appeal of „disseminating ideas or doctrines justifying acts of genocide“, an offence not corresponding either to the charges against him or to his conviction at first instance. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
