ECtHR, CJEU | Trends 2021-24.1 | | | overview |
CJEU | An upgrading of the parties to the proceedings in the system of preliminary rulings: judgment of the CJEU in KUBERA | 15.10.2024 | C-144/23 | preliminary rulings |
CJEU, ECtHR | Environmental pollution caused by the Ilva steelworks – judgment of the CJEU in Ilva and Others, compared with Cordella and Others v. Italy | 25.06.2024 | C-626/22 and 54414/13 & 54264/15 | pollution |
CJEU | Raising and lowering of the Strasbourg standards regarding judicial review of detention – judgment of the CJEU in Stachev | 14.05.2024 | C-15/24 PPU | procedural rights in criminal proceedings; access to a lawyer; waiver |
CJEU, ECtHR | Similarities and differences between Strasbourg and Luxembourg on classified documents used in expulsion cases – Judgment of the CJEU in the cases of NW and PQ, compared with Muhammad and Muhammad v. Romania | 25.04.2024 | C-420/22 and C-528/22; 80982/12 | classified documents; State security |
ECtHR | The Convention and the Reception Conditions Directive: judgment of the ECtHR in the case of M.B. v. the Netherlands | 23.04.2024 | 71008/16 | immigration detention |
CJEU | Two different categories of fundamental rights under the Dublin III Regulation? Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid | 29.02.2024 | C-392/22 | pushbacks; ill-treatment |
ECtHR | Successive scrutiny of the same legislation in Luxembourg and Strasbourg: judgment of the ECtHR in the case of Executief van de Moslims van België and Others v. Belgium | 13.02.2024 | 16760/22 | freedom of religion; ritual slaughter |
CJEU | The very essence or mere appearances? Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa | 21.12.2023 | C-718/21 | judicial independence |
CJEU | Which fundamental rights exactly apply to proceedings of the EPPO? Judgment of the CJEU in the case of G.K. and Others | 21.12.2023 | C-281/22 | European Public Prosecutor |
CJEU | Is the CJEU creating two different categories of fundamental rights? Judgment of the CJEU in the case of GN | 21.12.2023 | C-261/22 | European arrest warrant |
CJEU | Luxembourg not the end of the story on freedom of religion in the workplace? Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Commune d’Ans | 28.11.2023 | C-148/22 | freedom of religion; discrimination in the workplace |
ECtHR | Preventive Convention control by the ECtHR over the execution of European arrest warrants | 10.11.2023 | 39817/23 | Rule 39; European arrest warrant |
CJEU | Conditions for granting subsidiary protection “fully compatible” with – but not “more extensive” than – Strasbourg : judgment of the CJEU in the case of Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid | 09.11.2023 | C-125/22 | subsidiary protection |
CJEU | Two steps of unequal weight? Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Staatsanwaltschaft Aachen | 09.11.2023 | C-819/21 | mutual recognition; judgments imposing custodial sentences |
ECtHR | Different ways to the same goal: Strasbourg and Luxembourg on same-sex couples | 05.09.2023 | 40209/20 | same-sex couples |
CJEU | Which judge should assess the best interests of a wrongfully removed child? Judgment of the CJEU in TT | 13.07.2023 | 87/22 | international child abduction |
CJEU | The CJEU goes for the Strasbourg test of the “proceedings as a whole”: Judgment of the CJEU in K.B. and F.S. | 22.06.2023 | C-660/21 | procedural rights |
CJEU | Migrants at the border: fundamental rights at stake or just another breach of secondary law? Comparing “European Commission v. Hungary” with “N.D. and N.T. v. Spain” | 22.06.2023 | C-823/21 | Procedures Directive |
CJEU | Two more Convention-compliant applications by the CJEU of Directive 2012/13 on the right to information in criminal proceedings | 25.05.2023 and 22.06.2023 | C-608/21 and C-660/21 | procedural rights; right to information |
ECtHR | The requirement of consent by the data subject declared compatible with the Convention: Judgment of the ECtHR in Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Finland | 09.05.2023 | 31172/19 | data protection |
CJEU | More confusion about « ne bis in idem »: judgment of the CJEU in the case of MV – 98 | 04.05.2023 | C-97/21 | ne bis in idem |
CJEU | One step is enough? Judgment of the CJEU in E.D.L. | 18.04.2023 | C-699/21 | European arrest warrant |
CJEU | A different “ne bis in idem” in Luxembourg? Judgment of the CJEU in Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Bamberg | 23.03.2023 | C-365/21 | non bis in idem |
ECtHR | Reopening of domestic proceedings suggested following a failure to act upon a request for a preliminary ruling by the CJEU: judgment of the ECtHR in Georgiou v. Greece | 14.03.2023 | 57378/18 | preliminary rulings |
CJEU | General test made autonomous for the assessment of risks involved in the execution of a EAW: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Puig Gordi and Others | 31.01.2023 | C-158/21 | European arrest warrant |
ECtHR | Same national legislation examined in Luxembourg and Strasbourg: decision by the ECtHR in the case of Freire Lopes | 31.01.2023 | 58598/21 | right to property |
ECtHR | Imposed changes to the name of a person: judgment of the ECtHR in the case of Künsberg Sarre v. Austria | 17.01.2023 | 19475/20 | name of a person; private and family life |
ECtHR | The right to an effective remedy in the context of asylum proceedings: judgment of the ECtHR in the case of S.H. v. Malta | 20.12.2022 | 37241/21 | expulsion; right to an effective remedy |
ECtHR | No reasons given by a first-instance court for its refusal to seek a preliminary ruling: judgment of the ECHR in the case of Rutar and Rutar Marketing D.O.O. v. Slovenia | 15.12.2022 | 21164/20 | preliminary rulings |
CJEU | The right to cross-examine witnesses, a tale of two methodologies: judgment of the CJEU in the case of HYA and Others | 08.12.2022 | C-348/21 | procedural rights; cross-examination of witnesses |
ECtHR | Denial of justice by not applying EU law: judgment of the ECHR in the case of Spasov v. Romania | 06.12.2022 | 27122/14 | fair trial; denial of justice |
CJEU | Return of a seriously ill person: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (Éloignement – Cannabis thérapeutique) | 22.11.2022 | C-69/21 | return directive; seriously ill person |
CJEU | Enjoyment by private companies of the presumption of innocence and the rights of the defence: judgment by the CJEU in the case of Delta Stroy 2003 | 10.11.2022 | C-203/21 | presumption of innocence; private companies |
ECtHR | Breach of the right to family life following delayed return of a child ordered under the Brussels IIa Regulation: judgment of the ECHR in the case of Veres v. Spain | 08.11.2022 | 57906/18 | family life; international child abduction |
ECtHR | Failure to “engage meaningfully” with CJEU case-law: judgment of the ECHR in the case of Moraru v. Romania | 08.11.2022 | 64480/19 | discrimination |
CJEU | Procedural rights in criminal proceedings and the European Convention on Human Rights: judgments by the CJEU in the cases of HN and DD | 15.09.2022 | C-420/20 and C-347/21 | procedural rights in criminal proceedings |
CJEU | Push-back and detention of migrants at the border: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba | 30.06.2022 | C-72/22 PPU | migration, push-back, detention |
CJEU | The right to a new trial following a conviction in absentia: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Spetsializirana prokuratura | 19.05.2022 | C-569/20 | procedural rights in criminal proceedings |
CJEU | National legislation on the resolution of credit institutions compatible with the right to property: judgment of the CJEU in the case of BPC Lux 2 and Others | 05.05.2022 | C-83/20 | right to property |
CJEU | Non bis in idem: between Menci and bpost – Judgment of the CJEU in the BV case | 05.05.2022 | C-570/20 | non bis in idem |
CJEU | “Non bis in idem” in dual proceedings: CJEU judgment in the bpost case | 22.03.2022 | C-117/20 | non bis in idem |
CJEU | Risk of breach of the right to a tribunal established by law following the execution of a European arrest warrant: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Openbaar Ministerie (Tribunal established by law) | 22.02.2022 | joined cases C-562/21 PPU and C-563/21 PPU | European arrest warrant, judicial independence |
CJEU | The right to information and interpretation in criminal proceedings: judgment of the CJEU in the case of IS | 23.11.2021 | C-564/19 | procedural rights in criminal proceedings |
ECtHR | Bosphorus presumption applicable to the storing of biometric data on a passport: decision of the ECHR in the case of Willems v. the Netherlands | 09.11.2021 | 57294/16 | Bosphorus presumption |
ECtHR | The Polish Chamber of Extraordinary Review and Public Affairs not an “independent and impartial tribunal established by law”: judgment by the ECHR in the case of Dolińska-Ficek and Ozimek v. Poland | 08.11.2021 | 49868/19 and 57511/19 | judicial independence, tribunal established by law |
CJEU | Rights of the defence and mutual recognition of financial penalties: judgment by the CJEU in the case of Prokuratura Rejonowa Łódź-Bałuty | 06.10.2021 | C-338/20 | mutual recognition, financial penalties |
CJEU | EU law requirements of an independent and impartial tribunal previously established by law: judgment of the CJEU in the case of W.Ż. | 06.10.2021 | C-487/19 | judicial independence, tribunal established by law |
ECtHR | Disciplinary Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court: judgment of the ECHR in Reczkowicz v. Poland | 22.07.2021 | 43447/19 | judicial independence, tribunal established by law |
CJEU | Disciplinary regime applicable to Polish judges: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Commission v. Poland | 15.07.2021 | C-791/19 | judicial independence |
CJEU | Freedom to wear visible political, philosophical or religious signs in the workplace: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Wabe and MH Müller Handel | 15.07.2021 | C-804/18 and C-341/19 | freedom to wear religious signs |
ECtHR | The ECHR recalls its case-law on the obligation for courts to give reasons when dismissing a request for a preliminary ruling by the CJEU: decision in the case of Quintanel v. France | 17.06.2021 | 12528/17 et seq. | preliminary rulings |
ECtHR | Manifest deficiency in the execution of a European arrest warrant – judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Bivolaru and Moldovan v. France | 25.03.2021 | 40324/16 and 12623/17 | European arrest warrant, manifest deficiency |
ECtHR | Degrading treatment and deprivation of liberty in the Röszke transit zone – judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of R.R. and Others v. Hungary | 02.03.2021 | 36037/17 | migration, detention, ill-treatment |
CJEU | Right to silence under the EU-Charter – judgment of the CJEU in the Consob case | 02.02.2021 | C-481/19 | right to silence |
CJEU | Effective access to international protection – detention of asylum seekers: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Commission v. Hungary | 17.12.2020 | C-808/18 | migration, detention |
CJEU | Applying the right to freedom of religion under the Charter, having regard to the Convention – judgment of the CJEU in the case of Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België and Others | 17.12.2020 | C-336/19 | freedom of religion, animal welfare |
CJEU | European arrest warrant – independence of the judiciary: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Openbaar Ministerie | 17.12.2020 | joined cases C-354/20 PPU and C-412/20 PPU | European arrest warrant, judicial independence |
German Constitutional Court | German Federal Constitutional Court allows complaints against the execution of European arrest warrants | 01.12.2020 | 2 BvR 1845/18 and 2 BvR 2100/18 | European arrest warrant |
CJEU | Right of asylum seekers to be heard: judgment of the CJEU in the Addis case. | 16.07.2020 | C-517/17 | migration, right to be heard |
ECtHR | International child abduction: judgment of the ECHR in the case of Michnea v. Romania | 07.07.2020 | 10395/19 | international child abductions |
CJEU | Detention of asylum seekers in the Röszke transit zone: judgment by the CJEU in the case of FMS and Others | 14.05.2020 | joined cases C-924/19 PPU and C -925/19 PPU | migration, detention |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of “AGRO IN 2001” | 19.03.2020 | C-234/18 | confiscation of assets |
CJEU | On the notion of safe third country: judgment of the CJEU in the case of Bevándorlási és Menekültügyi Hivatal | 19.03.2020 | C-564/18 | migration, safe third country |
ECtHR | Judgment of the ECHR in the case of Sanofi Pasteur v. France | 13.02.2020 | 25137/16 | preliminary rulings |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Deutsche Umwelthilfe | 19.12.2019 | C-752/18 | right to an effective remedy, right to liberty |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau | 05.12.2019 | C-671/18 | mutual recognition, financial penalties |
ECtHR | Judgment of the ECHR in Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary | 21.11.2019 | 47287/15 | migration, detention, ill-treatment |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of A.K. and Others (Independence of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court) | 19.11.2019 | Joined Cases C-585/18, C-624/18 and C-625/I8 | judicial independence, effective judicial protection |
German Constitutional Court | Landmark judgments of the German Constitutional Court (“Right to be forgotten” I and II) | 06.11.2019 | 1 BvR 16/13, 1 BvR 276/17 | right to be forgotten |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of AH and Others | 05.11.2019 | C -377/18 | presumption of innocence |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Dorobantu | 15.10.2019 | C-128/18 | European arrest warrant |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Rayonna prokuratura Lom | 19.09.2019 | C -467/18 | procedural rights in criminal proceedings |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Funke Medien | 29.07.2019 | C -469/17 | freedom of expression |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Gambino and Hyka | 29.07.2019 | C-38/18 | fair trial |
ECtHR | Judgment of the ECHR in Romeo Castaño v. Belgium | 09.07.2019 | 8351/17 | European arrest warrant |
ECtHR | Judgment of the ECHR in Mihalache v. Romania | 08.07.2019 | 54012/10 | non bis in idem |
ECtHR | Decision of the ECHR in Melvin West v. Hungary | 25.06.2019 | 5380/12 | European arrest warrant |
ECtHR | Judgment of the ECHR in Nodet v. France | 06.06.2019 | 47342/14 | non bis in idem |
ECtHR | Judgment of the ECHR in the case of O.C.I. and Others v. Romania | 21.05.2019 | 49450/17 | international child abductions |
ECtHR | Judgment of the ECHR in Repcevirag Szövetkezet v. Hungary | 30.04.2019 | 70750/14 | preliminary rulings |
ECtHR | Judgment of the ECHR in Baltic Master Ltd. v. Lithuania | 16.04.2019 | 55092/16 | preliminary rulings |
ECtHR | Judgment of the ECHR in Harisch v. Germany | 11.04.2019 | 50053/16 | preliminary rulings |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of Jawo v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland | 19.03.2019 | C-163/17 | migration, Dublin Regulation, systemic deficiencies |
CJEU | Judgment of the CJEU in the case of TC | 12.02.2019 | C-492/18 PPU | European arrest warrant |
ECtHR | AFFAIRE PIROZZI c. BELGIQUE | 17.04.2018 | 21055/11 | In Pirozzi v. Belgium (17.4.2018) the ECHR applied the Avotiņš-jurisprudence to the execution of a European Arrest Warrant. |
ECtHR | AFFAIRE THIMOTHAWES c. BELGIQUE | 04.04.2017 | 39061/11 | In Thimothawes v. Belgium (4.4.2017) the ECHR explained the impact of EU law when assessing compliance with Article 5 of the Convention of a detention ordered by virtue of domestic law transposing the Reception Directive. |