From 8-10 March 2022, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Minister’s Deputies will meet for their quarterly Human Rights Meeting. This meeting will examine several judgments of the European Court of Human Rights that are still pending implementation. The agenda consists of 43 cases from 21 members of the Council of Europe.

36 EIN members/partners, other civil society actors, lawyers and applicants have made the following submissions for 21 cases under consideration. The list below sets out an overview of these submissions related to cases on the current agenda.

Overview of Submissions

SHARXHI AND OTHERS v. Albania (Application No. 10613/16)

Violation: Demolition of the applicants’ flats and business premises in disregard of an interim court order restraining the authorities from taking any action that could breach property rights

Last Examination: First examination - Case under standard procedure

Submissions:

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (17/01/2022) in the case of Sharxhi and Others v. Albania (Application No. 10613/16)

SEJDIC AND FINCI v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Application No. 27996/06)

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: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1419/H46-7 - November - December 2021

Submissions:

Rule 9.2 - Communication from an NGO (Minority Rights Group International) (13/01/2022) in the case of SEJDIC AND FINCI v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Application No. 27996/06)

United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden and Others group v. Bulgaria (Application No. 59491/00)

Violation: Unjustified refusals by the courts to register an association aiming at achieving "the recognition of the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria".

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1406/H46-9 - June 2021

Submissions:

Rules 9.2 and 9.6 - Communication from an NGO (Bulgaria Helsinki Committee) (21/01/2022) in the UMO ILINDEN AND OTHERS v. Bulgaria (Application No. 59491/00) and reply from the authorities (04/02/2022) [anglaisuniquement] [DH-DD(2022)135-rev]

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicants (10/02/2022) in the cases of UMO ILINDEN AND OTHERS, Vasilev and Society of the Repressed Macedonians in Bulgaria Victims of the Communist Terror and Macedonian Club for EthnRadonov v. Bulgaria (Applications No. 59491/00, 23702/15, 67197/13) [Anglaisuniquement] [DH-DD(2022)185]

M.A. GROUP v. FRANCE (Application No. 9373/15)

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: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1406/H46-10 - June 2021

Submissions:

Règles 9.2 et 9.6 - Communication d'une ONG relative à l'affaire M.A. c. France (requête n° 9373/15) et réponse des autorités (28/01/2022)

MOUSTAHI v. FRANCE (Application No. 9347/14)

Violation: Detention and rapid return of two foreign unaccompanied minors from Mayotte to the Comoros, without an examination of their individual situation

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1406/H46-11 - June 2021

Submissions:

Règle 9.2 - Communication d’une INDH (Défenseur des droits - République Française) (27/01/2022) relative à l'affaire Moustahi c. France (requête n° 9347/14) [French only] [DH-DD(2022)186]

Règle 9.2 - Communication d’une ONG (Groupe d'information et de soutien des immigré-e-s (GISTI)) (17/01/2022) relative à l'affaire Moustahi c. France (requête n° 9347/14) [French only] [DH-DD(2022)123]

Règle 9.2 - Communication d’une ONG (La Cimade) (17/01/2022) relative à l'affaire Moustahi c. France (requête n° 9347/14) [French only] [DH-DD(2022)122]

MERABISHVILI v. GEORGIA (Application No. 72508/13)

Violation: Failure of the domestic courts to give sufficiently reasoned decisions for the continued pre-trial detention of the applicant, a former Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, and use of the pre-trial detention during this period by the Chief Public Prosecutor for the illegitimate purpose of pressuring the applicant into providing information on matters unrelated to the criminal case against him.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1411/H46-13 (September 2021)

Submissions:

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (20/01/2022) in the case of Merabishvili v. Georgia (Application No. 72508/13) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)137]

Rule 9.2 - Communication from an NHRI (Public Defender of Georgia) (20/01/2022) in the case of Merabishvili v. Georgia (Application No.72508/13) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)136]

TSINTSABADZE GROUP v. GEORGIA (Application No. 35403/06)

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: CM/Del/Dec(2020)1390/H46-10 (December 2020)

Submissions:

Rule 9.2 - Communication from an NHRI (Public Defender of Georgia) (21/01/2022) in the case of Tsintsabadze group v. Georgia (Application No. 35403/06) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)142]

Rule 9.2 - Communication from an NGO (The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)) (21/01/2022) in the case of Tsintsabadze group v. Georgia (Application No. 35403/06) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)141]

NISIOTIS v. Greece (Application No. 34704/08)

Violation: Prison overcrowding and other poor conditions in prison and lack of effective remedy.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2020)1390/H46-11 - December 2020

Submissions:

Rule 9.2 - Communication from an NGO (Hellenic League for Human Rights) (27/01/2022) in the case of NISIOTIS v. Greece (Application No. 34704/08)

Rules 9.2 and 9.6 - Communication from an NGO (Hellenic Action for Human Rights “Pleiades”) (31/01/2022) in the case of NISIOTIS v. Greece (Application No. 34704/08) and reply from the authorities (04/02/2022)

Rules 9.2 and 9.6 - Communication from an NGO (Hellenic League for Human Rights) (13/01/2022) in the case of NISIOTIS v. Greece (Application No. 34704/08) and reply from the authorities (21/01/2022)

BAKA v. HUNGARY (Application No. 20261/12)

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: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1411/H46-16 - September 2021

Submissions:

Rule 9.2 - Communication from NGOs (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Amnesty International) (28/01/2022) in the case of BAKA v. Hungary (Application No. 20261/12) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)158]

SZABO AND VISSY v. HUNGARY (Application No. 37138/14)

Violation: Absence of sufficient guarantees against abuse in legislation on secret surveillance.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2017)1302/H46-14 - December 2017

Submissions:

Rule 9.2 - Communication from an NGO (Hungarian Civil Liberties Union) (26/01/2022) in the case of SZABO AND VISSY v. Hungary (Application No. 37138/14) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)157]

ABU ZUBAYDAH v. LITHUANIA (Application No. 46454/11)

Violation: Various violations related to the secret detention and "extraordinary rendition” of the applicant. As a result, the applicant is exposed to continued arbitrary detention and ill-treatment at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1411/H46-21- September 2021

Submission:

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (21/01/2022) in the case of Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania (Application No. 46454/11) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)114]

AL NASHIRI GROUP v. POLAND (Application No. 28761/11)

Violation: Various violations related to the secret detention and "extraordinary rendition” of the applicant. As a result, the applicant was exposed to a serious risk of further ill-treatment and conditions of detention in breach of Article 3 as well as of further secret detention. He faces a risk of capital punishment in a trial before a United States military commission in which, according to the European Court's judgment, evidence obtained under torture might be used.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1411/H46-24 - September 2021

Submissions:

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (21/01/2022) in the cases of AL NASHIRI and HUSAYN (ABU ZUBAYDAH) v. Poland (Applications No. 28761/11, 7511/13) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)113

SĂCĂLEANU GROUP[1] v. ROMANIA (Application No. 73970/01)

Violation: Failure or substantial delay in the enforcement of final domestic judicial decisions against the State and State-owned enterprises

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1398/H46-23 - March 2021

Submissions:

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant in the case of Omegatech Enterprises Ltd. v. Romania (Application No. 24612/07) (judgment S.C. Polyinvest S.R.L. v. Romania (No. 20752/07) (Sacaleanu group (73970/01) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)145]

LASHMANKIN AND OTHERS GROUP v. RUSSIAN FEDERATION (Application No. 57818/09+)

Violation: Different violations mainly related to the right to freedom of peaceful assembly (reactions to notifications of planned assemblies, reactions to peaceful assemblies, unlawful arrests).

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1406/H46-29 - June 2021

Submissions:

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (18/01/2022) in the case of Razvozzhayev v. Russia and Ukraine and and Udaltsov v. Russia (Application No. 75734/12) (Lashmankin group, 57818/09) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)94]

Rule 9.2 - Communication from an NGO (Centre de la protection internationale) (24/01/2022) in the case of Lashmankin group v. Russia (Application No. 57818/09) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)138]

Rule 9.2 - Communication from 11 NGOs (18/01/2022) in the case of Lashmankin and Others v. Russian Federation (Application No. 57818/09) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)126]

TOMOV AND OTHERS GROUP v. RUSSIAN FEDERATION (Application No. 18255/10)

Violation: Transport of detained in poor conditions.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1398/H46-28 - March 2021

Submissions:

Rule 9.2 - Communication from an NGO (Centre de la protection internationale) (24/01/2022) in the case of Tomov and Others v. Russia (Application No. 18255/10) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)139]

OAO NEFTYANAYA KOMPANIYA YUKOS v. RUSSIAN FEDERATION (Application No. 14902/04)

Violation: Violations concerning tax and enforcement proceedings brought against the applicant oil company, leading to its liquidation in 2007.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1411/H46-33 - September 2021

Submissions:

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (25/01/2022) in the case of OAO NEFTYANAYA KOMPANIYA YUKOS v. Russian Federation (Application No. 14902/04) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)118]

KAVALA v. TURKEY (Application No. 28749/18)

Violation: Unjustified and extended detention of the applicant without reasonable suspicion and with the ulterior purpose of reducing him to silence.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1419/H46-38 - November-December 2021

Submissions:

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (27/01/2022) in the case of Kavala v. Turkey (Application No. 28749/18) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)130]

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (24/01/2022) in the case of Kavala v. Turkey (Application No. 28749/18) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)110]

ÖNER AND TÜRK GROUP v. TURKEY (Application No.51962/12), NEDİM ŞENER GROUP (Application No. 38270/11), ALTUĞ TANER AKÇAM GROUP (Application No. 27520/07), ARTUN AND GUVENER GROUP (Application No. 75510/01), and IŞIKIRIK GROUP (Application No. 41226/09)

Violation: 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.

Last Examination:

CM/Del/Dec(2021)1406/H46-35 - June 2021

CM/Del/Dec(2021)1406/H46-34 - June 2021

Submissions:

Rules 9.2 and 9.6 - Communication from an NGO (Media and Law Studies Association (Medya ve Hukuk Çalışmaları Derneği - MLSA) (17/01/2022) in the Altug Taner Akcam, Nedim Sener, Isikirik, Oner and Turk and Artun and Guvener groups v. Turkey (Applications No. 27520/07, 38270/11, 41226/09, 51962/12, 75510/01) and reply from the authorities (25/01/2022) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)116-rev]

Rules 9.2 and 9.6 - Communication from an NGO (İfade Özgürlüğü Derneği (İFÖD – Freedom of Expression Association)) (19/01/2022) in the case of Isikirik v. Turkey (Application No. 41226/09) and reply from the authorities (25/01/2022) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)127]

Rules 9.2 and 9.6 - Communication from an NGO (İfade Özgürlüğü Derneği (İFÖD – Freedom of Expression Association)) (19/01/2022) in the case of ARTUN AND GUVENER v. Turkey (Application No. 75510/01) and reply from the authorities (25/01/2022) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)120]

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (22/12/2021) in the case of Dickinson v. Turkey (No. 25200/11) (Artun and Guvener group) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)17]

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (22/12/2021) in the case of Dickinson v. Turkey (No. 25200/11) (Artun and Guvener group, 75510/01) and reply from the authorities (03/01/2022) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)17-rev]

SELAHATTİN DEMİRTAŞ (No 2) v. TURKEY (Application No.14305/17)

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 parliamentary immunity and subsequent criminal proceedings to penalise the applicant for political speech.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1419/H46-39 - November-December 2021

Submissions:

Rule 9.1 - Communication from the applicant (12/01/2022) in the case of Selahattin Demirtas v. Turkey (no. 2) (No. 14305/17) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)63]

KAVERZIN v. UKRAINE (Application No. 23893/03), AFANASYEV GROUP v. UKRAINE (Application No. 38722/02), and BELOUSOV v. UKRAINE (Application No. 4494/07)

Violation: Ill-treatment/torture by police and lack of effective investigations.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1398/H46-35 - March 2021

Submission:

Rules 9.2 and 9.6 - Communication from an NGO (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group) in the case of KAVERZIN v. Ukraine (Application No. 23893/03) and reply from the authorities (09/02/2022) [anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2022)167]

McKERR GROUP UNITED KINGDOM (Application No.28883/95)

Violation: Actions of security forces in Northern Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s; failure to conduct Article 2 - compliant investigations.

Last Examination: CM/Del/Dec(2021)1419/H46-44 - November-December 2021

Submissions: