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Category: Art. 6 ECHR

European Court of Human Rights (First Section) – Ezegeta v. Croatia – 7 September 2017 – proceedings conducted by a court administrator (Buje Municipal Court) not authorised under the relevant domestic law to conduct such proceedings and not to be regarded as a “tribunal established by law” – violation of Article 6 par. 1 of the Convention – the most appropriate form of redress in case of violation of Article 6 would be not a pecuniary sanction but to reopen the proceedings in due course and re examine the case in keeping with all the requirements of a fair hearing

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The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), in the case Ezegeta v. Croatia – 7 September 2017 (Application no. 40562/12) was faced with a complaint that the decision was rendered by a court not to be regarded as a “tribunal established by law” in the sense of Article 6, par. 1 of the Convention. By […]

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