Article 34/35 - Individual applications and Admissibility criteria

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Vainik and Others v. Estonia [GC], nos. 17982/21 and 2 others

02/07/26

37 § 1: one of the applicants had died shortly after the referral of the case from the Chamber to the Grand Chamber, no one having come forward expressing a wish to pursue the application on his behalf; the remaining two applicants could not be located and were no longer represented by their lawyers.
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Marinakis v. Greece, nos. 25916/18 and 37429/18

23/06/26

Article 35: unofficial announcements (“non-papers”) issued by the Prime Minister’s press office, and statements by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Defence allegedly violating the presumption of innocence regarding the applicant, a prominent businessman, while criminal proceedings against him for drug trafficking were pending.
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Sobczyńska and Others v. Poland, nos. 62765/14 and 2 others

21/05/26

Article 35: lack of judicial review of President of the Republic’s refusal to appoint junior judges to vacant posts of district court judges, despite their successful participation in a selection procedure conducted by the National Council of the Judiciary.
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