Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life

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Aleksieva and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 30915/23

25/08/26

Demolition of a settlement inhabited by a Roma community, including the applicants, without ensuring their participation in the proceedings and without a proportionality assessment.
Judgment

Grande Oriente d'Italia v. Italy [GC], no. 29550/17

07/07/26

Search of a Masonic association’s premises ordered by a parliamentary commission of inquiry and seizure of numerous paper and digital documents, including lists with the names and personal data of its members, in the context of an investigation into mafia-type organised crime.
Judgment | Legal Summary

A.P. and R.P. v. Poland, no. 1298/19

02/07/26

Refusal to register foreign birth certificate of same-sex couple’s child who had acquired Polish citizenship at birth.
Judgment | Legal Summary

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