Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 - Freedom of movement
All Updates
Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.
Spiteri v. Malta, no. 37055/22
Pre-trial detention of the applicant following his extradition to Malta under a European Arrest Warrant and the subsequent prohibition to leave the country without permission to secure his availability for trial.
Judgment
M.B. v. France, no. 31913/21
Administrative control and surveillance of the applicant, considered as a potential threat in connection with terrorism.
Judgment
Domenjoud v. France, nos. 34749/16 and 79607/17
Preventive home-curfew order – issued under state-of-emergency legislation following terrorist attacks – against applicants suspected of participation in violent actions during an international summit on climate change.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Dedu v. Romania (dec.), no. 56397/15
Limitation of movement imposed on a senior secret service officer following a disciplinary finding based on secret regulations.
Decision
Lypovchenko and Halabudenco v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia, nos. 40926/16 and 73942/17
Interference with the freedom to return to the "Moldovan Republic of Transnistria" (MRT) on the basis of an unlawful search-and-arrest warrant issued by a de facto "MRT" court.
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
S.E. v. Serbia, no. 61365/16
Refusal to issue a recognised Syrian refugee a travel document for seven years due to the absence of regulations implementing domestic asylum law.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Pagerie v. France, no. 24203/16
Preventive compulsory residence order further to terrorist attacks. Applicability and merits.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Mørck Jensen v. Denmark, no. 60785/19
Ban on entering and staying, without permission, in areas in which a terrorist organisation is a party to an ongoing armed conflict.
Judgment | Legal Summary
L.B. v. Lithuania, no. 38121/20
Refusal to issue a permanent resident an alien’s passport.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Democracy and Human Rights Resource Centre and Mustafayev v. Azerbaijan, nos. 74288/14 and 64568/16
Imposition of a travel ban in connection with an alleged tax debt, without any measures taken to collect it.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Stetsov v. Ukraine, no. 5170/15
Ban on leaving the country on account of a failure to reimburse a debt.
Judgment
Georgia v. Russia (II) [GC], no. 38263/08
Rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Judgment | Legal Summary
Timofeyev and Postupkin v. Russia, nos. 45431/14 and 22769/15
Administrative surveillance measures imposed for six years after the sentence had been served.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea) (dec.) [GC], nos. 20958/14 and 38334/18
Alleged restrictions of freedom of movement between Crimea and mainland Ukraine and restrictions targeting Crimean Tatars.
Decision | Legal Summary
Rotaru v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 26764/12
Refusal to issue a passport on account of an unpaid debt.
Judgment