Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life

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Guide on Article 8

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Lindholm and the Estate after Leif Lindholm v. Denmark, no. 25636/22

05/11/24

Administration of blood transfusion to an unconscious Jehovah’s Witness in an emergency situation despite his advance medical directive refusing such measure.
Judgment

Trapitsyna and Isaeva v. Hungary, no. 5488/22

19/09/24

Procedural safeguards in the context of revocation of immigration and settlement permits of a mother and her daughter, following the decision to expel the former on national security grounds.
Judgment

Abo v. Estonia (dec.), no. 29295/22

17/09/24

Inadmissibility of complaint concerning refusal to recognise the applicant as an Estonian citizen because her grandmother (an “optant”) did not settle in Estonia to validate her citizenship as stipulated by the Tartu Peace Treaty of 1920.
Decision

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