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Grand Chamber
Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment
28/11/2008
The Court will deliver its
Grand Chamber judgment in the case of
S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom
in a public hearing on Thursday 4 December
2008 at 11 a.m.
Press Release
Recent Grand Chamber judgments
27/11/2008
In the case of Salduz v. Turkey, the Court held that there had been a violation of Article 6 (right to a fair trial). The applicant complained that he had been denied legal assistance while in police custody and that he had not had access to the written opinion of the Principal Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation.
Press Release
In the
case of Demir and Baykara v. Turkey,
the Court held that there had been a
violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly
and association). The case concerned the
failure by the Court of Cassation in 1995 to
recognise the applicants’ right, as
municipal civil servants, to form trade
unions, and the annulment of a collective
agreement between their union and the
employing authority.
Press
Release,
List of cases pending before the Grand
Chamber
President's news
Autumn session of the
Académie des Marches de l'Est,
Strasbourg
29/11/2008
On 29 November 2008 in
Strasbourg, President Costa chaired
the autumn session of the Académie des
Marches de l'Est, which awarded this
year's Europe Prize to Ms Simone Veil. (Speech,
in French only)
Visit to the Court of
Justice of the European Communities
24/11/2008
On 24 November 2008
President Costa led a Court
delegation to Luxembourg for a meeting with
the Court of Justice of the European
Communities. (Speech,
in French only)
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Hearings
Hearings in December
02/12/2008
The Court held a hearing on Tuesday 2 December 2008 in
the cases of Savino v. Italy,
Persichetti v. Italy and Borgo and others v.
Italy. The applicants complain that they had
not had access to a “tribunal”, within
the meaning of Article 6 § 1 (right to a
fair hearing).
Webcast,
Press releases
Recent hearings
The Court held a hearing in the case of Varnava v. Turkey on Wednesday 19
November 2008 (Press
Release) and a hearing in the case of
Enea v. Italy on Wednesday 5 November
2008. Press
Release
Webcast of hearings
Hearings are available from 2.30 pm.
Case-law
Judgments this week
02/12/2008
In the
case of K.U. v. Finland, the
Court held that there had been a
violation of Article 8
concerning the Finnish authorities’
failure to protect a child’s right to
respect for private life following an
advertisement of a sexual nature being
posted about him on an Internet dating
site.
Press Release
In the case of Juppala v. Finland, the Court held that there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) concerning Ms Juppala’s conviction for defamation of her son-in-law after she had taken her three-year-old grandson to a doctor and voiced a suspicion that he might have been hit by his father.
Press Release
The Court delivered in writing 29 Chamber judgments on
Tuesday 2 December 2008.
Press Release
Forthcoming judgments
The Cour
will be
notifying 32 Chamber judgments on Thursday 4 December 2008.
Press Release
The Court will also deliver its
Grand Chamber judgment in the case of
S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom
in a public hearing on Thursday 4 December
2008 at 11 a.m.
Press Release
Inadmissibility decision
27/11/2008
The Court has declared inadmissible the application lodged in the case of
Mann Singh v. France. The case concerns the refusal
to permit a practising Sikh to wear a turban in the identity photographs to be used on his licence.
Press Release
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