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27. On 16 December 2005 the applicant filed an application to be granted full parental rights. His application was dismissed by the Zawiercie District Court on 28 July 2006. The court held that D. had been living with his mother, with whom he had very close relations, and it was in the child's best interest to leave h...
26 October 2005
21. The applicant lodged a complaint against this decision, but on 19 March 2004 the Regional Administrative Court (Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny) dismissed it. The applicant's cassation appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Administrative Court on
November 2007
7. According to the applicant, he went to the Leninskiy District police department the following day and submitted a written statement explaining the events of the previous night. He denied having robbed Ms K. but admitted to hitting her a number of times in the course of a heated argument. An officer on duty immediat...
the following days
14. According to written statements by Zh.E., M.G., Z.M. and R.B., dated 20 December 2004 and furnished by the applicant, those persons submitted that on 2 October 2004 they had seen Timur Beksultanov get inside a vehicle together with a man who introduced himself as I.M., an OMON officer. I.M. had picked up Timur Bek...
November 2002
7. On 7 January 2003 the Slovakian police arrested the applicant. On 8 January 2003 the Regional Office of the Judicial Police in Nitra accused her of forgery and attempted fraud. She and another person were suspected of having attempted to cash two cheques for more than seven million pounds sterling (GBP) and 1,800,0...
5 February 2000
46. On 20 January 2002 the investigators interviewed S.D. as a witness. He stated that on 2-3 February 2000 rebel fighters had entered Shaami-Yurt, following which the village had been blocked off by federal forces which had put the village under fire. As he did not have a basement, S.D. went to O.V.’s house, where ot...
30 June 2006
18. In a letter, which was sent by registered mail and was registered with the Italian court’s registry on 22 February 2007 and signed by the applicant’s Albanian lawyer, the applicant requested that his right of access to his child pursuant to the Durrës District Court’s decision of
28 November 2007
74. The entries of October-December 2007 in the applicant’s medical file attest that on several occasions the applicant refused to undergo medical examination in the prison hospital. However, there is no information about the treatment the applicant received, or was offered. As follows from the entry of
27 December 2010
36. On 26 January 2011 the regional court upheld the decision of 29 December 2010 on appeal. The court rejected the lawyer’s arguments that the nature of the charges brought against the applicant in Uzbekistan had not been defined and that he had not been prosecuted for the crimes allegedly committed in Russia. The co...
between eight days and six months
31. Article 458 of the Belgian Criminal Code provides: “Medical practitioners, surgeons, health officers, pharmacists, midwives and all other persons who, by reason of their status or profession, are guardians of secrets entrusted to them and who disclose them, except where they are called to give evidence in legal pr...
1 January 1999
24. The applicants first submitted that their houses had sustained damage as a result of soil subsidence caused by mining activities and presented an acknowledgement of this signed by the mine's director on
4 March 2003
70. According to the information from the Prosecutor General’s office, the investigative authorities undertook, inter alia, the following measures: on 12 February 2003 they had examined the place where the remains were discovered and, as a result, had collected portions of the clothing and two metal objects for analys...
almost nine years
11. The applicant rejected the description of the conditions of his detention as submitted by the Government. As regards the certificates provided by the Government, he considered them to be an unreliable source of information given that they had been prepared
30 June 2008
15. In a judgment of 27 November 2006 the Prague 9 District Court rejected his claim, holding that his restitution claims had expired on 31 December 2005 under the Amendment Act. On 11 July 2007 the Municipal Court upheld that judgment. On
6 February 2007
12. On 21 February 2007 the applicant was examined again by a forensic medical expert, S. According to the medical report drawn up by S. on that date, he observed “a curved, whitish scar measuring 3 x 0.3 cm” in the middle of the applicant’s forehead. The expert came to the conclusion that the scar had formed as a res...
28 February 2015
24. During late 2012 and January 2013, a peace process known as the “solution process” had been initiated with a view to finding a lasting, peaceful solution to the “Kurdish question”. A series of reforms aimed at improving human rights protection were implemented. A delegation of members of parliament, including the ...
8 September 1999
38. On 14 May 1999 the court closed the examination of the case and informed the parties that the final decision would be delivered on 24 May 1999. It later resumed the examination of the case and listed a hearing for
between three and fifteen years
56. On 20 February 2013 the Supreme Court found that the applicant’s detention was to be extended only under Article 123 § 1 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (risk of reoffending). It explained that the 2013 amendments to the Criminal Code provided that the offence at issue was punishable by a prison sentence of
January 2003
12. In 2001 the applicant complained to the Court about the non-enforcement of the final judgment of 5 November 1997. The applicant’s application was given number 74153/01 and was communicated to the Government in
a period of at least one year
56. On 23 February 2006 the Siedlce District Court (Sąd Rejonowy) refused to suspend the applicant’s sentence (odroczenie wykonania kary; zawieszenie postępowania wykonawczego) (file nos. II K 11/00, II K 1070/02, II 1Ko 488/05). The court observed that two medical opinions prepared by an expert neurologist and an exp...
23 October 1995
14. On 18 June 1997 the Wels Regional Court (Landesgericht) dismissed the applicant’s appeal. The Regional Court noted that the European Court of Human Rights had meanwhile found that the Austrian reservation in respect of Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 was invalid (see the Gradinger v. Austria judgment of
3 October 2001
36. On 10 September 2001 the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic informed the third applicant of the decision of 8 July 2001, stating that the disappearance of Apti Isigov and Zelimkhan Umkhanov was being investigated in the context of those proceedings. On
4 June 2002
19. From the Government’s submission concerning the official investigation into the events, it transpires that during a passport check on 27 May 2002, federal servicemen killed Mr A. Saltamirzayev. In addition, on
three years'
16. The new trial began on 14 April 2004. According to the Government, the applicant refused to have the proceedings discontinued due to the expiration of the prescribed period for prosecuting him. By a judgment of 7 May 2004, the Town Court reclassified the charges brought against the applicant and found him guilty o...
31 December 2010
50. In its appeal decision the court addressed the lawfulness of the applicant’s detention pending the first-instance trial and considered that there had been no breach: “... after the report on the administrative offence had been drawn up, the information necessary for establishing the circumstances of the committed ...
7 April 2000
14. The judgment in the Else Thrane case was passed by the Supreme Court on 24 November 1999 (published in the Danish Weekly Law Reports (Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen 2000, page 365/2), in the light of which the proceedings in the present case were adjourned awaiting the parties’ settlement negotiations. The proceedings an...
21 September 1999
42. On 29 June 2001 a prosecutor from the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office dismissed the request. In his view, there were no grounds for forwarding the case file to a court, since the decision of the Sofia military regional prosecutor’s office of
28 December 2001
5. Her minor son M., who was twelve years old at the time of the events, was frequently suspected of committing petty thefts and was taken to the police station on numerous occasions. No criminal proceedings were ever instituted against him because of his age. On several occasions he complained about being beaten up b...
15 May 1996
42. The Court notes that the Government did not submit observations on the merits of the case (see paragraph 7 above). The following submissions are therefore taken from the observations submitted to the Commission on
28 December 2012
14. On 21 December 2012 the head of IV police station in Zagreb, S.T., compiled a report for the public-order division of the Zagreb police, on the basis of the report of A.L. S.T. stated that the applicant had said that he had fallen and that the police officers had caught him and applied force against him and denied...
six months’
7. On 8 April 2005 the Novi Sad Municipal Court, acting on the basis of a private criminal action (privatna krivična tužba) filed on 10 March 2003, found the applicant guilty of criminal defamation (kleveta) and sentenced her to
15 September
16. On 29 August 2003 the Bielsko-Biała District Court extended the applicant’s detention until 18 December 2003. On 17 December 2003 the Katowice Court of Appeal extended that period to 18 June 2004. The applicant’s detention was subsequently extended on 9 June,
the night of 15 August 2007
10. The applicant was taken to a forensic medical expert who found that the applicant had the following physical injuries (examination report of 16 August 2007): (i) two abrasions on the left side of the forehead, measuring 2.5 cm by 0.7 cm and 0.7 cm by 0.5 cm; (ii) an abrasion on the bridge of the nose, measuring 4....
27 January 2003
13. Between January and October 2003 the criminal case against the applicant was examined by the Chişinău Court of Appeal. On 7 October 2004 the Chişinău Court of Appeal declined jurisdiction in favour of the Cahul Court of Appeal, which, in turn, declined jurisdiction on 31 October in favour of the Comrat Court of Ap...
16 November 2010
15. In the course of 2010 the first applicant pursued an anti‑corruption campaign and published a number of articles and documents exposing high ranking officials’ involvement in large-scale fraud. In particular, on
25 November 2004 to 16 January 2005
8. The first applicant requested the local administration to authorise the second applicant's entry to, and permanent residence in, Ozersk. It appears the authorities permitted the second applicant's temporary stay in Ozersk from
26 May 2005
8. On 5 September 2002 the applicant appealed to the Celje Higher Court (Višje sodišče v Celju). On 23 March 2005 the court allowed the applicant’s appeal in part. The judgment was served on the applicant on
Some months
17. The Court of Appeal then concluded that it should view the material ex parte and rule on the claim for public interest immunity. Having done so, on 26 October 2000 it ordered the following summary of the undisclosed evidence to be released to the applicants and their representatives, but declined to order any furt...
12 February 1996
12. The applicant's criminal case was examined by the Military Chamber of the Supreme Court (Ali Məhkəmənin Hərbi Kollegiyası) sitting in first instance. He was tried together with six other accused persons. On
approximately two weeks
17. During his second detention in Prison no. 13 the applicant suffered from haemorrhoids and a urinary tract disorder. On 13 September 2006 he underwent surgery to his anus by an independent doctor of his choice. According to the applicant, he had to bear the costs of the surgery and medication. After
27 April 2000
35. At five hearings (namely on 8 and 9 October 2008, on 14 January 2009, and on 9 and 13 February 2009) the court heard evidence from different witnesses, including: the applicant’s daughter (A.J.’s sister); nurses, doctors and medical auxiliaries who had worked for or were still working for the HSC, some of whom had...
23 March 2007
17. On the same day the investigating judge issued a secret surveillance order with the following statement of reasons: “By orders under the above number secret surveillance was ordered in respect of Ante Dragojević (on
23 January 1997
59. On 22 November 2002 the Supreme Court found the applicant guilty as charged. Relying on the same facts as established in the lower courts’ decisions, the Supreme Court held that the applicant’s actions and the company’s activities had been improper and unlawful. The Supreme Court’s judgment, in so far as relevant,...
the period from 11 September 1997 to 18 December 1998
57. The applicant gave evidence that his mother had requested permission for a priest to come to see the applicant. However, from the undated document signed by Mr Y.M. Pavlyuk, Deputy Head of the Isolation Block, it appeared that during
24 January 2013
46. On 5 September 2011, after his release from Jilava Prison on 23 August 2011, the applicant asked the DGSACP for permission to visit his son on a regular basis. The authorities granted his request. According to the most recent information provided by the Government on
24 September 1999
8. The Tax Office requested the company to submit its observations regarding the alleged errors in its tax returns for the fiscal years 1996-1998. In its observations of 23 August 1999 the company contested the allegation that certain sales had not been entered in the books. On
1998 or 1999
10. The first applicant and his family started using premises adjacent to the cottage to create a small household economy by installing various fixtures and fittings for growing fruit and vegetables, and keeping poultry and small livestock. Later, the Saghinadze family gave free accommodation to eight homeless relativ...
15 March 2006
8. It would appear from the case file that the salient fact in the domestic proceedings was the applicant’s association with the mujahedin in Bosnia and Herzegovina (“BH”)[1]. The term mujahedin has been widely used to refer to foreigners – mainly from the Arab world – who came to BH during the war in support of Bosni...
between June and September 2015
11. In the meantime, the District Court had appointed an expert in economics, accountancy and tax, and had ordered the applicant to pay fees in advance for the expert evidence. That order was challenged by the applicant before the Žilina Regional Court, but to no avail. The appointed expert then prepared her opinion
8 December 2006
22. On 5 February 2007 the District Court accepted the prosecutor’s request and extended the applicant’s detention until 6 May 2007. The relevant part of the decision read as follows: “Thus, [the applicant] is currently suspended from his position as mayor of Tomsk; however, by virtue of Article 114 of the Code on Cri...
25 January 2005
130. This note stated that the “TRNC” Attorney-General did not intend to hand over to the police of the Republic of Cyprus the three suspects that were detained in the “TRNC” for the murders, relying on the 1960 Constitution. The “TRNC” Attorney-General had notified UNFICYP of this. An attached memo by UNFICYP stated ...
30 December 2002
9. Subsequently, the police officers explained to the applicant how the murders had been committed. Under threat of torture the applicant repeated that version of the events during a crime scene reconstruction on
11 January 2001
30. On 19 September 2000 the administrative commission of Grīvas prison decided to transfer the applicant from the “higher” or most lenient type of prison regime to the stricter “medium” regime, due to his persistent breaches of the internal rules of the prison. Neither the applicant nor his defence counsel were prese...
Twelve days later
24. On 15 July 2005 the prosecutor ordered the Kaunas police to carry out the aforementioned actions. The prosecutor also informed the applicant’s mother that the criminal investigation file had been examined by a prosecutor.
18 January 2001
123. Amongst all those interviewed, only one person – a Greek Cypriot builder, Mr N.M., who also subsequently appeared before the Famagusta Assize Court as a witness – claimed to have witnessed anything suggesting an abduction on the relevant morning. In his statement to the SBA police on
27 June 2000
7. In 1998 the applicant was charged with assaulting a certain A.B. On 15 April 1999 criminal proceedings against him and a co-accused were instituted. On 9 May 2000 the bill of indictment was filed with the Szczecin District Court. On
prior to 1 January 2013
25. On 22 January 2013 the Russian Supreme Court issued a letter instructing the lower courts to allow the transfer of adopted Russian children into families of United States nationals where the adoption decision had been taken
10 November
48. On 31 October and 21 November 2000 the Žilina District Court repeatedly requested the applicant to provide better particulars and warned him that if he failed to do so, the proceedings would be discontinued. The applicant responded on
26 October 2000
12. After one hearing being adjourned due to the applicant's absence, the first-instance court dismissed the applicant's compensation claim on 19 January 2000. This decision was confirmed on the merits by the Bitola Court of Appeal's decision of
13 January 2000
19. The conclusion of that investigation provides, in so far as relevant, as follows: “The inspection established that: In accordance with instruction no. 20/10-33 of 9 January 2000 issued by the Kherson Regional Department of the Ministry of Interior ..., L. ... drafted a training scenario for traffic police personne...
every three days
27. In April 2011 the applicant was transferred to the prison hospital in correctional colony no. 8, where he has remained ever since. The medical records provided by the Government indicate that the applicant has been receiving antiretroviral therapy. His drug regimen has been adjusted to take account of his health c...
26 October 1999
37. The judges of the division selected to hear the case declared bias and withdrew from the case. Subsequently, on 7 October 1999 the president of the Regional Court selected another division. This division later declared bias also, having regard to the applicant’s behaviour in another case pending before it. On
4 April 1995
41. On 31 March 1995 the applicant's daughter, Astrid Nowicka, filed with the Łódź District Court an application for leave to visit the applicant. She asked for two separate authorisations, for herself and her sister Inez Nowicka, to visit their mother on “multiple occasions” (wielokrotne widzenia). On
27 March 2003
30. On 29 January 2004 the Kotayk Regional Court dismissed the applicants' claim. In doing so, the Regional Court found: “... the enforcement proceedings were stayed by the Kotayk Regional Division of the DEJA on the basis of Government decree no. 329-A of
June of 2005
26. On 27 September 2004 the judge was informed that the applicant had lodged an out-of-time appeal with the Court of Appeal against his conviction. Accordingly, there was little point in fixing a date for a substantive hearing in the confiscation proceedings. The applicant suggested a postponement to
3 March 2004
7. On 29 November 2001 the Orekhovo-Zueyvo Town Court, located in the Moscow Region, found the applicant guilty as charged and sentenced him to twelve years’ imprisonment. According to the Government, on
Between April and early June 2000
19. From 26 April 2000 to an unspecified date the applicant was detained in Moscow remand centre no. 77/6. According to her, cells were normally overcrowded so that each detainee was afforded less than four square metres.
23 November 1993
33. According to the report, prepared by the Regional Criminal Police Laboratory, a Kalashnikov automatic rifle, a Browning semi-automatic pistol, 251 bullet cases, and 12 bullets were taken into examination following the clash of
2 and 3 June 2007
21. The applicants had not contested the courts’ conclusions; they had not made any statements or submissions on the merits. The police had been obliged to take into consideration the general security situation in Rostock on
fifty-years of age
17. On 7 December 2007 the trial court examined the driver. According to the depositions taken on that date, he was regarded as a protected witness (заштитен сведок) and his examination was carried out under section 293 of the Act (which corresponds to section 270-a of the Act of 1997 as amended in 2004 (see paragraph...
six years old
33. His wife, Mrs Saleh, and their children initially remained in Bulgaria. In May 2000 the second applicant, who was then seven years' old, completed first grade in the elementary school in Smolyan. The third applicant, who was
11 April 1995
14. Following the request of L.N., the third and the fourth applicants (see paragraph 13 above), the Kaunas City Municipality assessed the value of the entire house and on 8 October 1996 set it at 239,190 Lithuanian litai (LTL – approximately 69,274 euros (EUR)) in total, the third applicant signed for himself and as ...
6 November 2005
92. Although the applicant was released because the sentence was suspended, his conviction would remain on his criminal record for a period of six years. According to the applicant, he had intended to stand as a candidate for the parliamentary elections of
21 August 2009
26. On 18 August 2009 a medical assistant reported to the head of the medical colony that a medical examination of the applicant performed that same day had revealed that, in addition to the facial oedema, the applicant had an abrasion 1.5 cm in length on his left shin. The necessary medical assistance was provided. O...
11 April 2005
33. Following the rejection of the first criminal complaint (see paragraph 30 above), on 17 November 2004 the applicant attempted to take over the prosecution as a subsidiary prosecutor by filing a request for an investigation with the District Court in Belgrade and subsequently, on
12 February 2008
8. The applicant’s detention was subsequently extended by the Wrocław-Śródmieście District Court on 12 February, 8 May and 21 August 2007, by the Wrocław Court of Appeal (Sąd Apelacyjny) on 13 November 2007 and on
twelve years
49. On 24 April 2017 the Court of Appeal held that although during the search of the applicant’s room the amounts of narcotic and psychotropic substances found had not been large, he had known that a certain D.J. had stored large amounts of narcotic and psychotropic substances in the same flat. Moreover, testimony of ...
21 March 2007
17. On 5 March 2007 the Forensic Institute lodged a request with the Almada Administrative Court seeking access to all the medical reports in respect of the birth of the applicant’s son. On 9 March 2007 the parties were notified to submit the relevant medical reports. On
2 April 2007
6. The applicant requested that a certificate be issued that he had been carrying out forced labour during his military service. Such a service would have had incidence on the amount of his retirement pension. His claim was dismissed by a decision given by the first-instance administrative authority on
9 April 1999
18. On 16 November 2000 the Bailiff of the Warsaw District Court discontinued the enforcement proceedings instituted under the writ of execution of 1 February 1993. Nevertheless, the attachment of the applicants’ property made on
16 March 2015
21. The first two hearings were scheduled for 19 January and 16 February. The applicants’ lawyer requested the postponement of the trial because she could not be present. The next hearing was scheduled for
4 July 2003
11. On 23 May 2003 the Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) dismissed the applicant’s complaint. It found that exemption from the obligation to perform military service merely applied to members of recognised religious societies and could not be extended to members of registered religious communities. This de...
16 December 2013
26. On 19 March 2014 the Prosecutor General’s Office charged the applicant under Articles 179.3.2 (high-level embezzlement) and 313 (forgery in public office) of the Criminal Code, in addition to the original charges under Articles 192.2.2, 213.1 and 308.2 of the Criminal Code. The description of the allegations again...
the day before
78. The next day he typed up a report from his notes about the corpse, which had not been identified as no identity papers had been found, although Mr Şen’s name had been written on the jacket. The Prosecutor must have been shown that. He had not been aware of Mrs Şen’s missing person report
about a year
8. On the afternoon of the same day a senior clerk at the District Court went to the hospital and interviewed the applicant and his treating doctor. A one-paragraph record of the interview with the doctor shows that the latter stated that the applicant had been hospitalised at the recommendation of his general practit...
recent years
17. The Regional Court, having heard the applicant and having regard to the evidence before it, considered that the continuation of the applicant’s detention in a psychiatric hospital had to be ordered. Despite the fact that the applicant had proved reliable during leave from detention during
22 June and 23 August 2004
26. According to the Government, on 16 February 2004 the Prikubanskiy District Court held a preliminary trial hearing of the case and ruled, inter alia, that the applicant should remain in custody pending trial. It again extended the applicant’s detention on
18” February 2008
20. According to the Government’s submissions, on the same date the applicant was questioned as a suspect. He admitted his guilt in respect of the burglary and provided the relevant details. Before the questioning, he had been apprised of his procedural rights and waived his right to legal assistance. Copies of the in...
two-year old
128. According to the applicants, on 4 July 2004 the servicemen severely beat the second applicant, who is a pensioner and disabled (he is blind in one eye), on his head and torso, knocking him unconscious. They also threatened to shoot the first applicant, her daughter-in-law and
the same day
13. On 25 July 2005 the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a press release which stated that the first applicant was a member of a criminal gang which was robbing car drivers in Chişinău. The major Moldovan media reported on the event
25 July 2003
24. On 10 July 2003 the applicant's detention was prolonged by a decision of the interlocutory-proceedings chamber. An appeal of 14 July 2003 was dismissed on 16 July 2003 and a request for the protection of legality, lodged on
24 September 2008
14. During his detention at the gendarmerie station he was not allowed to contact anyone, including any lawyer. He was only able to make a brief unauthorised telephone call to his brother in the United States of America (“the USA”) to inform him of his situation. He arranged for a local lawyer to assist the applicant ...
no later than six months
9. Meanwhile, on 19 March 2002 the applicants lodged a constitutional complaint under section 63 of the Constitutional Court Act complaining about the length of the above proceedings. On 7 July 2004 the Constitutional Court (Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske) found a violation of their constitutional rights to a hearing ...
two years and six months’
17. On 28 May 2003 the County Court considered that the evidence in the file proved that the attack had taken place and that there had been a causal link between the attack and the applicant’s health problems. It therefore found B.F. guilty as charged and sentenced him to
16 April 1999
40. On 1 April 2003 the Criminal and Military Court of Appeal decided to uphold the applicant’s conviction. In doing so, the Court of Appeal found that the above submissions were made as a result of collusion between the applicant and the witnesses, aimed at helping him to avoid criminal liability. These submissions w...
4 April 2001
19. The Police discovered subsequently that the applicant, although registered as living in Zagreb, actually lived in Karlovac. On 23 March 2001 the passport was sent to the Karlovac Police Department which invited the applicant to collect his passport. He did so on
2 to 7 September 2002
46. According to a letter of 13 September 2002 from the head of the VOVD, a special operational-investigating group of the Ministry of the Interior (the MVD), had been stationed outside Tsotsi-Yurt. The group had participated in the security operation in the village from
21 November 2005
16. On 17 January 2006 the applicant was heard by a prosecutor and stated that on 19 November 2005 he had been walking along the street when a red car stopped and someone got out and punched him in the face. He could not remember anything after that. The applicant’s mother informed the prosecutor that following the ap...
The next day
7. On 29 September 2002, when the second applicant was returning home, Kazakh police officers stopped her in the street and questioned her about her father. They took her away and she was beaten up. They tried to shut her in a vehicle and threatened to rape and kill her. She managed to escape.
20 January 1999
16. On 20 November 1998 the City Court heard the applicant and his lawyer on the sixth application by the investigator to extend the applicant's detention. Noting again that the applicant had no place of residence, work or family to support him, it decided to prolong his detention until