Overview of Rule 9 Submissions in view of the Committee of Ministers' Deputies Human Rights Meeting in June 2023
/From 5th -7th June 2023, the Committee of Ministers will meet for their quarterly Human Rights Meeting. During this meeting, the Committee of Ministers will examine 41 leading judgments of the European Court of Human Rights that are pending implementation.
EIN members and partners, other civil society actors, lawyers and applicants have made the 36 Rule 9 submissions for 24 cases under consideration. The list below sets out an overview of these submissions related to cases on the current agenda.
Overview of Submissions
Oganezova v. Armenia
Violation: Lack of protection against homophobic attacks and hate speech; failure to carry out effective investigation; absence of effective domestic criminal-law mechanism for investigating discrimination complaints.
First Examination.
Latest Submissions:
Makuchyan and Minasyan v. Azerbaijan
Violation: Failure to continue to enforce prison sentence for ethnic hate crime committed abroad, after transfer to Azerbaijan.
First Examination.
Latest Submissions:
Mammadli group v. Azerbaijan
Violation: Arrest and pre-trial detention to punish the applicants for activities in the area of electoral monitoring or for their active social and political engagement in breach of Article 18 taken in conjunction with Article 5.
Last Examination: March 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1459/H46-3
Latest Submissions:
Sejdić and Finci Group v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Violation: Ethnic-based discrimination on account of the ineligibility of persons not affiliated with one of the “constituent peoples” (Bosniaks, Croats or Serbs) to stand for election to the House of Peoples and the Presidency.
Last Examination: March 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1459/H46-36
Latest Submissions:
Statileo Group v. Croatia
Violation: Statutory limitations on use of property by landlords, including through the rent control scheme for flats subject to protected leases.
Last Examination: 30 November – 2 December 2021- CM/Del/Dec(2021)1419/H46-11
Latest Submissions:
Moustahi v. France
Violation: Detention and rapid return of two foreign unaccompanied minors from Mayotte to the Comoros, without an examination of their individual situation
Last Examination: March 2022 - CM/Del/Dec(2022)1428/H46-10
Latest Submissions:
Tsintsabadze Group v. Georgia
Violation: Lack of effective investigations into allegations of ill-treatment or violations of the right to life; excessive use of force by the police in the course of arrest and/or while detaining suspects.
Last Examination: March 2022 - CM/Del/Dec(2022)1428/H46-12
Latest Submissions:
Bekir-Ousta and Others Group v. Greece
Violation: Refusal of domestic courts to register associations or dissolution of the applicants’ associations.
Last Examination: December 2022 - CM/Del/Dec(2022)/1451/H46-15
Latest Submissions:
Sy and Itraro and Molino v. Italy
Violation: Detention in ordinary prison of persons mentally ill (Sy) and failure to protect their right to life (Citraro and Molino).
First Examination.
Latest Submission:
Sarban Group v. Republic of Moldova
Violation: Various violations mainly arising from pre-trial detention.
Last Examination: 30 November – 2 December 2021 - CM/Del/Dec(2021)1419/H46-23
Latest Submissions:
T.M and C.M Group v. Republic of Moldova
Violation: Authorities' failure to provide protection from domestic violence
Last Examination: March 2020 - CM/Del/Dec(2021)1369/H46-17
Latest Submissions:
Reczkowicz Group, Broda and Bojara, and Grzęda v. Poland
Violation: Tribunal not established by law due, inter alia, systemic dysfunction in the judicial appointments procedure.
Last Examination: December 2022 - CM/Del/Dec(2022)1451/H46-25
Grzęda - First examination
Latest Submissions:
Tysiąc, R.R., and, P. and A. v. Poland
Violation:
Absence of an adequate legal framework for the exercise of the right to therapeutic abortion in the event of disagreement between the patient and the specialist doctor (Tysiac) and lack of access to prenatal test enabling to take an informed decision on whether to seek an abortion (R.R.).
Failure to provide effective access to reliable information on the conditions and procedures to be followed to access lawful abortion lawful abortion (P. and S.).
Last Examination: September 2022 CM/Del/Dec(2022)1443/H46-19
Latest Submissions:
Xero Flor W Polsce SP. Z O.O. v. Poland
Violation: Insufficient reasons of courts for refusal to refer a legal question to the Constitutional Court. Tribunal not established by law due to grave irregularities in the election of one of the Constitutional Court's judges examining the applicant company’s constitutional complaint.
Last Examination: December 2022 CM/Del/Dec(2022)1451/H46-34
Latest Submissions:
Centre for Legal Resources on Behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu & N. (no. 2) v. Romania
Violation: Deficiencies in the legal protection and medical and social care afforded to vulnerable persons.
Lack of legal safeguards allowing an incapacitated person to have a say in the proceedings leading to the change of a legal guardian.
Last Examination: June 2019 - CM/Del/Dec(2019)1348/H46-20
N. (no. 2) v Romania - First examination
Latest Submissions:
N. v. Romania and R.D. and I.M.D. v. Romania
Violation: Unlawful psychiatric confinement as security measures and deficiencies in the judicial review proceedings. Absence of a legal basis for compulsory administration of medical treatment to such patients.
Last Examination: March 2022 - CM/Del/Dec(2022)1428/H46-23
R.D. and I.M.D - First examination
Latest Submissions:
Parascineti & Cristian Teodorescu Group v. Romania
Violation: Issues related to the living conditions and treatment of patients subjected to involuntary placements in psychiatric hospitals and to the procedure and safeguards for such placements.
Last Examination: June 2020 - CM/Del/Dec(2020)1377/H46-28
Latest Submissions:
Finogenov and Others v. Russian Federation
Violation: Loss of life and injuries caused during a mass hostage-rescue operation at the “Nord-Ost” theatre in Moscow and lack of effective investigation.
Last Examination: September 2016 - CM/Del/Dec(2016)1265/H46-23
Latest Submissions:
Navalnyy and Ofitserov Group v. Russian Federation
Violation: Criminal convictions based on an unfair trial and an arbitrary application of criminal law (violations of Articles 6 and 7).
Last Examination: March 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1459/H46-22
Latest Submissions:
Cumhuriyetçi Eğitim ve Kültür Merkezi Vakfi Group & Hasan and Eylem Zengin Group v. Türkiye
Violation: Structural and administrative problems leading to various differences in treatment between followers of the Alevi faith and adherents of the majority branch of Islam, including compulsory religious education classes.
Last Examination: 30 November – 2 December 2021- CM/Del/Dec(2021)1419/H46-36 & December 2022 - CM/Del/Dec(2022)1451/A2b
Latest Submissions:
Selahattin Demirtaş (no. 2) v. Türkiye
Violation: Unjustified detention of the applicant without reasonable suspicion that he had committed an offence, with the ulterior purpose of stifling pluralism and limiting freedom of political debate. Unforeseeable lifting of the parliamentary immunity and subsequent criminal proceedings to penalise the applicant for his political speeches. (Individual measures)
Last Examination: March 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1459/H46-26
Latest Submissions:
Kavala v. Türkiye
Violation: Unjustified and extended detention of the applicant without reasonable suspicion and with the ulterior purpose of reducing him to silence.
Last Examination: December 2022 - CM/Del/Dec(2022)1451/H46-40
Latest Submissions:
Ülke Group v. Türkiye
Violations: Repetitive convictions and prosecutions for refusing to carry out compulsory military service on account of religious beliefs or convictions as pacifists and conscientious objectors.
Last Examination: June 2020 - CM/Del/Dec(2020)1377/H46-40
Latest Submissions:
Mckerr Group v. United Kingdom
Violation: Actions of security forces in Northern Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s; failure to conduct Article 2 - compliant investigations.
Last Examination: March 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1459/H46-35
Latest Submissions: