Overview of Rule 9 Submissions in view of the Committee of Ministers' Deputies Human Rights Meeting in June 2024
/
From the 11th to the 13th of June 2024, the Committee of Ministers will meet for their quarterly Human Rights Meeting. During this meeting, the Committee of Ministers will examine 40 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 47 Rule 9 submissions for 41 cases under consideration. The list below sets out an overview of these submissions related to cases on the current agenda.
Overview of Submissions
Khadija Ismayilova Group V. Azerbaijan
Violation: Violations of the applicants’ right to privacy and freedom of expression in connection with their work.
Last examination: September 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1475/H46-4
Namazov Group v. Azerbaijan
Violation: Lack of procedural safeguards in disciplinary proceedings, having led to the applicants’ disbarment for breach of professional ethics following verbal altercations with a judge.
Last examination: December 2022 - CM/Del/Dec(2022)1451/H46-5
Bell Group v. Belgium
Violation: Excessive length of civil proceedings.
Last examination: September 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1475/A2b
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: December 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1483/H46-8
Kehayov Group v. Bulgaria & Neshkov and Others v. Bulgaria
Violation: Poor conditions of detention in remand facilities and prisons and lack of an effective remedy.
Last examination: September 2021 - CM/Del/Dec(2021)1411/H46-10
Miroslava Todorova v. Bulgaria
Violation: Disciplinary proceedings and sanctions against the President of the judges’ association in retaliation against her criticism of the Supreme Judicial Council and the executive.
Last examination: June 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1468/H46-7
Kolevi v. Bulgaria
Violation: Systemic problem of ineffective criminal investigations with regard to shortcomings which affect investigations concerning both private individuals and law enforcement agents and lack of guarantees for the independence of criminal investigations against the Chief Prosecutor.
Last examination: December 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1483/H46-10
M.A Group v. France
Violation: Expulsion to Algeria in presence of a real and serious risk of ill-treatment (M.A.) and failure to comply with the Court’s interim measure (M.A. and A.S. cases).
Last examination: March 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1459/H46-8
Latest submission(s): 1501e réunion (juin 2024) (DH) - Règle 9.2 - Communication d’une ONG (La Cimade) (23/04/2024) relative à l’affaire M.A. c. France (requête n° 9373/15) [French only] [DH-DD(2024)506]
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: June 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1468/H46-10
Latest submission(s): 1501e réunion (juin 2024) (DH) - Règle 9.2 - Communication d’une INDH (Défenseur des droits) (30/04/2024) relative à l’affaire Moustahi c. France (requête n° 9347/14) [French only] [DH-DD(2024)567]
Merabishvili v. Georgia
Violation: Failure by the domestic courts to give relevant and sufficient reasons to justify continuation of detention on remand; continued detention on remand with the predominant purpose of obtaining information from the applicant about third persons.
Last examination: March 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1459/H46-9
Bekir-Ousta and Others Group v. Greece
Violation: Refusal of domestic courts to register associations or dissolution of the applicants’ associations.
Last examination: December 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1483/H46-15
Baka v. Hungary
Violation: Lack of access to a court as regards the premature termination of the applicant’s mandate as President of the Supreme Court which also led to a violation of his right to freedom of expression.
Last examination: December 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1483/H46-17
Szabo and Vissy v. Hungary
Violation: Absence of sufficient guarantees against abuse in legislation on secret surveillance.
Last examination: March 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1459/H46-12
J.A. and Others v. Italy
Violation: Unlawful detention of migrants at Lampedusa “hotspot” in poor conditions and collective expulsion from Italy.
Last examination: First examination
Sy v. Italy & Citrano 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).
Last examination: June 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1468/H46-14
Ozdil and Others v. Republic of Moldova
Violation: Extra-legal transfer of persons to Türkiye, circumventing domestic and international law.
Last examination: December 2022 - CM/Del/Dec(2022)1451/H46-21
Blokhin v. Russian Federation, Fudin v. Russian Federation, Matytsina Group v. Russian Federation, Vasilyev and Kovtun Group v. Russian Federation, Atyukov Group v. Russian Federation, Karelin Group v. Russian Federation
Violation: Groups of cases concerning unfair proceedings.
Last examination: First examination
Boris Popov v. Russian Federation, Boyko v. Russian Federation, Gorlov and Others Group v. Russian Federation, Igranov and Others Group v. Russian Federation, N.T. Group v. Russian Federation, Khoroshenko Group v. Russian Federation, Resin v. Russian Federation, Vlasov Group v. Russian Federation & Zakharkin v. Russian Federation
Violation: Groups of cases concerning prisoners’ rights.
Last examination: First examination
1501st meeting (June 2024) (DH) - Rule 9.2 - Communication from NGOs (International Partnership for Human Rights, European Prison Litigation Network, State Capture: Research and Action) (29/04/2024) concerning the groups of cases Tomov and Others and VLASOV v. Russia (Applications No. 18255/10, 78146/01) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2024)538][Ii1]
Association For Solidarity with Jehovah Witnesses and Others v. Türkiye
Violation: Planning restrictions making it impossible for small religious community to have a place of worship.
Last examination: March 2021 - CM/Del/Dec(2021)1398/H46-30
İzzettin Doğan and Others v. Türkiye & Mansur Yalçin and Others 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: June 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1468/H46-32
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: March 2024 - CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-35
Selahattin Demirtaş (No. 2) Group v. Türkiye
Violation: Unjustified detention of the applicants without reasonable suspicion that they 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 applicants for their political speeches (individual measures).
Last examination: March 2024 - CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-34
Ülke Group v. Türkiye
Violation: 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 2023 - CM/Del/Dec(2023)1468/H46-36