Article 4 - Prohibition of slavery and forced labour
All Updates
Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.
F.M. and Others v. Russia, nos. 71671/16 and 40190/18
Failure to protect irregular female migrant workers from human trafficking and servitude and to investigate the crimes committed against them.
Judgment | Legal Summary
B.B. v. Slovakia, no. 48587/21
Failure to carry out an effective investigation into credible suspicion of human trafficking, limiting the prosecution and conviction to the offence of pimping which carried lighter penalties.
Judgment
T.V. v. Spain, no. 22512/21
Significant shortcomings in domestic procedural response to applicant’s criminal complaint, supported by prima facie evidence, of having been a victim of human trafficking and forced prostitution.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Krachunova v. Bulgaria, no. 18269/18
Domestic courts’ dismissal of the compensation claim of a trafficking victim against her trafficker in respect of lost earnings from coerced prostitution.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Dănoiu and Others v. Romania, nos. 54780/15 and 2 others
Reduction of officially appointed lawyers' fees.
Judgment
G.S. v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 7604/19
Adult victim of trafficking unable to appeal her conviction for importing drugs.
Decision | Legal Summary
Zoletic and Others v. Azerbaijan, no. 20116/12
Migrant workers’ arguable claims of cross-border human trafficking and forced labour. Applicability and merits.
Judgment | Legal Summary
V.C.L. and A.N. v. the United Kingdom, nos. 77587/12 and 74603/12
Minors prosecuted despite credible suspicion they were trafficking victims.
Judgment | Legal Summary
S. M. v. Croatia [GC], no. 60561/14
Trafficking and exploitation for the purpose of prostitution. Applicability and merits.
Judgment | Legal Summary