Article 13 - Right to an effective remedy
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Ottlakán v. Hungary, no. 17201/23
Effectiveness of a request for compensation for inhuman conditions of detention in prison lodged by the applicant, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, in the context of new legislation providing that such compensation must be set aside in a prisoner’s holding account until his or her release.
Judgment
Miliūtė and Danauskienė v. Lithuania (dec.), no. 27313/23
Alleged absence of an effective domestic remedy for the authorities’ refusal to provide journalists with the audio recording of a government’s consultative meeting, acknowledgment of the Supreme Administrative Court that this refusal had been unlawful and ill-founded.
Decision
Serbian-Chinese Friendship Society FDH v. Serbia, no. 54936/20
Prohibition of public protests against the alleged persecution of Falun Gong and its members in China, planned by the applicant society at the time of the Chinese President’s official visit to Serbia.
Judgment
Key Themes

Related Key Theme(s) from other Article / Transversal Theme pages
Useful Materials

- Right to an effective remedy (no. CDH(70)8)
- Right to an effective remedy (no. DH(57)5)
Useful Links

- Guide to good practice in respect of domestic remedies (adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 18 September 2013)

