Article 6 Civil - Right to a fair trial
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Article Updates
Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.
Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland [GC], no. 53600/20
Lack of sufficient action to mitigate effects of climate change – complaints brought by a Swiss association of older women concerned about the consequences of global warming on their living conditions and health, as well as four individual women.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Tamazount and Others v. France, no. 17131/19
Conseil d’État’s declaration of lack of jurisdiction, based on acts of State doctrine, limited to compensation claims lodged by children of Harkis on grounds of State liability for failure to protect Harkis in Algeria at time of Algerian independence and systematically repatriate them to France.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Föderation der Aleviten Gemeinden in Österreich v. Austria, no. 64220/19
Refusal to register the applicant association as a religious community.
Judgment
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- Right to a fair trial (no. CDH(68)3), Tome 1
- Right to a fair trial (no. CDH(68)3), Tome 2
- Right to a fair trial (no. DH(56)11)
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