Minority rights
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Seydi and Others v. France, no. 35844/17
Allegations of racial discrimination during identity checks in the street.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Sagir and Others v. Greece, no. 34724/18
The domestic courts’ refusal to register the “Cultural Association of Turkish Women of the Prefecture of Xanthi”, explained with the need to distinguish between the Muslim minority with Greek citizenship, as recognised by the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, and a Turkish minority not acknowledged by the courts.
Judgment
Djeri and Others v. Latvia, nos. 50942/20 and 2022/21
Legislative amendments increasing the use of the only State language, Latvian, in pre-school education, consequently reducing the use of Russian as the language of instruction.
Judgment
Dian v. Denmark (dec.), no. 44002/22
Conviction to twenty days’ imprisonment for begging in a pedestrian street.
Decision | Legal Summary
Allouche v. France, no. 81249/17
Conduct of criminal proceedings concerning antisemitic insults and threats sent by email.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Association of People of Silesian Nationality (in liquidation) v. Poland, no. 26821/17
Dissolution and ordering of the liquidation of the applicant association using “Silesian Nationality” in its title.
Judgment
Wa Baile v. Switzerland, nos. 43868/18 and 25883/21
Racial profiling during an identity check of a dark-skinned man at Zurich's main train station.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Executief van de Moslims van België and Others v. Belgium, nos. 16760/22 and 10 others
Obligation to stun animals prior to their ritual slaughter.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Georgian Muslim Relations and Others v. Georgia, no. 24225/19
Failure to comply with the positive obligation to provide adequate protection to individual applicants from unlawful mob action, hate speech and other discriminatory actions by private parties in the context of their being prevented from opening a Muslim boarding school.
Judgment
Memedova and Others v. North Macedonia, nos. 42429/16 and 2 others
Refusal to allow persons of Roma ethnicity to leave Respondent State’s territory.
Judgment
Valiullina and Truši v. Latvia, nos. 56928/19 and 2 others
Legislative amendments increasing the proportion of subjects taught in the State language, that is Latvian, and thus reducing the use of Russian, as the language of instruction in public schools.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Gaponenko v. Latvia (dec.), no. 30237/18
Pre-trial detention of a political activist advocating for the rights of the Russian-speaking minority in Latvia in the context of his criminal prosecution for incitement to national and ethnic hatred.
Decision
Mestan v. Bulgaria, no. 24108/15
Administrative fine imposed as result of the absolute statutory prohibition on the use of non-official languages by politicians in election campaigning.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Szolcsán v. Hungary, no. 24408/16
Segregation of a Roma pupil in a primary school.
Judgment
M.B. and Others v. Slovakia (no. 2), no. 63962/19
Inhuman and degrading treatment of applicants, minors of Roma ethnicity, by officers at a police station.
Judgment | Weekly Summary
Elmazova and Others v. North Macedonia, nos. 11811/20 and 13550/20
Discrimination of Roma pupils on account of their segregation in two State-run primary schools attended predominantly by Roma children and with Roma-only classes respectively.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Arnavutköy Greek Orthodox Taksiarhis Church Foundation v. Türkiye, no. 27269/09
Non-reconnaissance de la propriété des fondations créées par des minorités religieuses et obligations procédurales incombant aux tribunaux nationaux.
Arrêt
Bakirdzi and E.C. v. Hungary, nos. 49636/14 and 65678/14
Shortcomings of the national minority voting system.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Basu v. Germany, no. 215/19
Allegations of racial profiling by police during identity check on a train.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Muhammad v. Spain, no. 34085/17
Allegations of racial profiling during identity check in the street.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Paketova and Others v. Bulgaria, nos. 17808/19 and 36972/19
Protests against Roma inhabitants and applicants’ legitimate fear for their safety. Officials’ repeated public display of opposition to the Roma’s return.
Judgment | Legal Summary
X and Others v. Albania, nos. 73548/17 and 45521/19
Failure to implement swift and comprehensive desegregation measures in an elementary school attended almost exclusively by Roma and Egyptian children.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Faulkner and McDonagh v. Ireland (dec.), nos. 30391/18 and 30416/18
Members of Traveller community ordered to leave a site being illegally occupied.
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Centre of Societies for Krishna Consciousness in Russia and Frolov v. Russia, no. 37477/11
Failure to protect a minority religious organisation’s beliefs from hostile speech used by regional State authorities in “anti-cult” publication.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Adzhigitova and Others v. Russia, nos. 40165/07 and 2593/08
Unlawful detention and ill-treatment of Avars by military servicemen of Chechen origin, failure to investigate possible motive of ethnic hatred.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Budinova and Chaprazov v. Bulgaria, no. 12567/13
Public anti-Roma and anti-Semitic statements made by politician. Applicability and merits.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Lacatus v. Switzerland, no. 14065/15
Fine imposed on a poor and vulnerable Roma woman for unintrusive begging, and subsequent imprisonment for five days for non-payment. Applicability and merits.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Terna v. Italy, no. 21052/18
Non-enforcement of a grandmother’s right of access to her Roma granddaughter.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Mile Novaković v. Croatia, no. 73544/14
Dismissal of Serbian ethnic origin teacher for failing to use standard Croatian in class and considered unable to adapt due to pre-retirement age.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Ádám and Others v. Romania, nos. 81114/17 and 5 others
Alleged discrimination in final school leaving exams of pupils belonging to national minorities studying in their mother tongue.
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Erlich and Kastro v. Romania, nos. 23735/16 and 23740/16
Execution of a judgment recognising the right of Jewish prisoners to have kosher meals.
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Hirtu and Others v. France, no. 24720/13
Eviction, without any offer of accommodation, of Roma living in an unauthorised camp for six months and belated review, post-eviction, of the proportionality of the measure.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Cegolea v. Romania, no. 25560/13
Eligibility requirement which disadvantaged national minority organisations not yet represented in Parliament.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Hudorovič and Others v. Slovenia, nos. 24816/14 and 25140/14
Allegedly insufficient measures to ensure access to safe drinking water and sanitation for Roma communities.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Religious Community of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Azerbaijan, no. 52884/09
Ban on the import of religious books purported for further distribution by the applicant community.
Judgment
Atamanchuk v. Russia, no. 4493/11
Criminal conviction, fine and two-year ban on journalistic or publishing activities imposed on businessman for hate speech against ethnicities.
Judgment | Legal Summary