issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 029 (2020)
23.01.2020
Judgments and decisions of 23 January 2020
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing five judgments1 and six decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
a separate press release has been issued for one other Chamber judgment in the case of L.R. v.
North Macedonia (application no. 38067/15);
three Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the Court,
The judgment below is available only in English.
Adilovska v. North Macedonia (application no. 42895/14)
The applicant, Ajše Adilovska, is a Macedonian/citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia who was
born in 1963 and lives in Skopje.
The case concerned the dismissal of her claim to a plot of land belonging to her late father.
In 2004 Ms Adilovska brought a civil action for recognition of her title to her father’s property. Her
two sisters subsequently joined the proceedings.
The first-instance court granted the claim in 2004, but the judgment was overturned on appeal in
2013 and her claim was dismissed because of her lack of standing as she and her sisters were not the
only legal heirs of their late father, who had five other children. The appeal court did not take into
consideration the argument raised by the applicant’s lawyer that the other potential legal heirs had
no intention of joining the proceedings.
Relying in particular on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing) of the European Convention on Human
Rights, Ms Adilovska complained about the domestic courts’ dismissal of her claim without
examining the merits.
Violation of Article 6 § 1 (access to court)
Just satisfaction: Ms Adilovska did not submit a valid claim for just satisfaction.
This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,
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1
Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber
judgment’s delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a
panel of five judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and
deliver a final judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the
Convention, judgments delivered by a Committee are final.
Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.
Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution
2
Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.
