Overview of Rule 9 Submissions in view of the Committee of Ministers' Deputies Human Rights Meeting in March 2025
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š From the 4th to the 6th of March 2025, the Committee of Ministers will meet for their quarterly Human Rights Meeting. During the meeting, the Committee of Ministers will examine 48 leading judgments of the European Court of Human Rights that are pending implementation.
š EIN members and partners, other civil society actors, lawyers and applicants have made 49 Rule 9 submissions in 28 leading 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 v. Azerbaijan group
Violation(s): Violations of the applicantsā right to privacy and freedom of expression in connection with their work.
Latest Examination: June 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1501/H46-3]
Mammadli v. Azerbaijan group
Violation(s): Arrest and pre-trial detention to punish the applicants for his 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.
Latest Examination: December 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1514/H46-7]
SejdiÄ and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina group
Violation(s): Ethnic-based discrimination on account of the ineligibility of persons not affiliated with one of the āconstituent peoplesā (Bosniaks, Croats or Serbs) to stand for election to the House of Peoples and the Presidency.
Latest Examination: June 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1501/H46-7]
International Bank for Commerce and Development AD and Others v. Bulgaria
Violation(s): Lack of proper access to court concerning the withdrawal of a bank licence and unfairness of the proceedings concerning the banks' insolvency.
Latest Examination: December 2023 - [CM/Del/Dec(2023)1483/H46-9]
United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden and Others v. Bulgaria group
Violation(s): Unjustified refusals by the courts to register an association aiming at achieving āthe recognition of the Macedonian minority in Bulgariaā.
Latest Examination: September 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1507/H46-7]
Y. and Others v. Bulgaria & A.E. v. Bulgaria
Violation(s): Failure to protect a woman's life in the context of repeated incidents of domestic violence.
Failure to provide adequate protection to a minor victim of domestic violence; discrimination on account of the authorities' failure to adequately address domestic violence against women.
Latest Examination: First examination
Khan v. France
Violation(s): Lack of care and protection of an unaccompanied foreign minor given his living conditions in the Calais ālandeā and the non-enforcement of the order of the juvenile judge aimed at protecting him.
Latest Examination: December 2022 - [CM/Del/Dec(2022)1451/H46-12]
Identoba and Others v. Georgia group
Violation(s): Lack of protection against homophobic or religiously motivated attacks.
Latest Examination: September 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1507/H46-9]
House of Macedonian Civilization and Others v. Greece
Violation(s): Disproportionate refusal to register the applicant association.
Latest Examination: December 2019 - [CM/Del/Dec(2019)1362/H46-9]
Baka v. Hungary group
Violation(s): Lack of access to a court as regards the premature termination of the applicantās mandate as President of the Supreme Court which also led to a violation of his right to freedom of expression.
Latest Examination: June 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1501/H46-15]
Bakirdzi and E.C. v. Hungary
Violation(s): Discriminatory restriction of voting rights of the applicants belonging to recognised national minorities.
Latest Examination: March 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-16]
Varga and Others v. Hungary & IstvƔn GƔbor KovƔcs v. Hungary group
Violation(s): Overcrowding and poor material conditions of detention, lack of effective remedies and other deficiencies in the protection of prisoners' rights.
Latest Examination: March 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-18]
Locascia and Others v. Italy
Violation(s): Prolonged inability to ensure the proper functioning of the waste collection, treatment and disposal service in Campania, lack of an effective remedy in this respect and interference with the applicants' personal well-being due to the pollution caused by a landfill site.
Latest Examination: First examination
Croce and Others v. Italy group
Violation(s): Non-implementation or delayed implementation of domestic final judicial decisions and impossibility for the applicants to obtain their execution through enforcement proceedings.
Latest Examination: March 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-20]
L. v. Lithuania
Violation(s): Lack of legislation governing the conditions and procedures relating to gender reassignment.
Latest Examination: March 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-21]
TysiÄ c v. Poland, R.R. v. Poland, P. and S. v. Poland & M.L. v. Poland
Violation(s): 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 (TysiÄ c v. Poland) and lack of access to prenatal test enabling to take an informed decision on whether to seek an abortion (R.R. v. Poland)
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. v. Poland)
Impossibility to perform lawful abortion in Poland due to foetal abnormalities in consequence of a Constitutional Courtās judgment of October 2020, adopted in a composition not complying with the rule of law requirements and in circumstances disclosing the lack of foreseeability (M.L. v. Poland)
Latest Examination: March 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-25] / First examination of M.L. v. Poland
BÄlČan v. Romania group
Violation(s): Failure by the authorities to protect the applicant from domestic violence
Latest Examination: September - October 2020 - [CM/Del/Dec(2020)1383/H46-14]
C. v. Romania
Violation(s): Failure to protect the applicantās personal integrity due to significant flaws in the criminal investigation concerning alleged sexual harassment at the workplace.
Latest Examination: First examination
Catan and Others v. Russia group
Violation(s): Violation of the right to education of children and parents using Latin-script schools in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova.
Latest Examination: March 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-29]
Navalnyy and Ofitserov v. Russia group
Violation(s): Different violations relating to various repressive measures taken by the authorities against Mr Aleksey Navalnyy, with strong factual links between them
Latest Examination: March 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-40]
Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea)
Violation(s): Multiple violations of the Convention regarding events in Crimea, starting on 27/02/2014 and until 16/09/2022, when Russia ceased to be a contracting Party to the Convention. Violations concern: right to life, prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment, right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, no punishment without law, right to respect for private and family life, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, prohibition of discrimination, limitation on use of restrictions on rights, protection of property, right to education, freedom of movement.
Latest Examination: First examination.
Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland
Violation(s): Authorities' failure to mitigate climate change and in particular the effects of global warming.
Latest Examination: First examination.
Cyprus v. TĆ¼rkiye
Violation(s): 14 violations in relation to the situation in the northern part of Cyprus (missing persons).
Latest Examination: September 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1507/H46-34]
Kavala v. TĆ¼rkiye
Violation(s): Unjustified and extended detention of the applicant without reasonable suspicion and with the ulterior purpose of reducing him to silence.
Latest Examination: December 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1514/H46-37]
Latest Submission(s): 1521st meeting (March 2025) (DH) - Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (10/02/2025) in the case of Kavala v. TĆ¼rkiye (Application No. 28749/18) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2025)153]
Selahattin Demirtas No. 2 v. TĆ¼rkiye group
Violation(s): 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. (General and individual measures)
Latest Examination: December 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1514/H46-38]
Ćner and TĆ¼rk v. TĆ¼rkiye group, AltuÄ Taner AkƧam v. TĆ¼rkiye group, Artun and Guvener v. TĆ¼rkiye group & IÅıkırık v. TĆ¼rkiye group
Violation(s): Unjustified interferences with freedom of expression, in particular through criminal proceedings, including defamation, and the consequent chilling effect. Unforeseeable conviction of membership of an illegal organisation for the mere fact of attending a public meeting and expressing views there.
Latest Examination: March 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-36]
PiÅkin v. TĆ¼rkiye
Violation(s): Unjustified termination of employment contract and inadequate judicial review.
Latest Examination: First examination.
Varnava and Others v. TĆ¼rkiye
Violation(s): Lack of effective investigation into the fate of nine Greek Cypriots who disappeared during the military operations undertaken by Turkey in Cyprus in 1974.
Latest Examination: March 2024 - [CM/Del/Dec(2024)1492/H46-37]