The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), in the case Velkova v. Bulgaria, 13 July 2017, was faced with an application complaining that a municipal council’s failure, for nine and a half years, to fully comply with the final judgment in the applicant’s favour had been in breach of her right to a court […]
Day: July 22, 2017
Meeting of the Experts’ Group on Recognition and Enforcement of Agreements in Family Matters
From 14 to 16 June 2017, the Experts’ Group on cross-border recognition and enforcement of agreements in family disputes involving children met at the offices of the Permanent Bureau in the Hague. The meeting was attended by 28 experts and members of the Permanent Bureau under the chairmanship of Pr. Paul Beaumont from the University […]
Workshop with Max Schrems, Professor Hess, Professor Hoffman and Mr Proksch – Collective action against Facebook Ireland Ltd – Max Planck Institute Luxembourg – 19 July 2017
On the 19th of July 2017, Max Schrems visited the MPI along with his lawyers following the hearing of a case at the CJEU C-496/16 Schrems. In 2014, Mr. Schrems brought a collective action against Facebook Ireland Ltd before the district court in Vienna, the court for the place in which he is domiciled as a consumer […]
European Court of Human Rights (Second Section) – T.G. v. Croatia – 11 July 2017 – exhaustion of previous domestic remedies (Art. 35 par. 1) – disclosure of the confidential information in the relevant administrative proceedings – violation of Art. 6 par. 1 of the Convention – lack of an effective opportunity for the applicant to challenge the factual basis of a decision adopted by the Ministry – adminitrative procedure with no adequate safeguards to protect the interests of the applicant so as to ensure that he received a fair trial as guaranteed – Dissenting Opinion of Judge Mourou-Vikstrom
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), in the case T.G. v. Croatia – 11 July 2017, on an application complaining that the applicant’s firearms licence had not been renewed on the basis of police reports that had not been fully disclosed to him or his lawyer, found that the case was admissibile in […]
