issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 053 (2021)
11.02.2021
Judgments and decisions of 11 February 2021
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing nine judgments1 and 73 decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
a separate press release has been issued for one decision in the case of Antonopoulou v. Greece
(application no. 46505/19);
eight Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the Court, and
The judgment summarised below is available only in French.
Casarin v. Italy (application no. 4893/13)
The applicant, Amelia Casarin, is an Italian national who was born in 1950 and lives in Turin.
The case concerned an alleged infringement of the applicant’s property rights. Ms Casarin
complained about the consequences of an action for the recovery of undue payments (azione di
ripetizione dell’indebito) requiring her to repay to the administrative authorities a portion of the
sums paid to her by way of compensation for a difference in salary.
Relying in particular on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European
Convention on Human Rights, the applicant alleged that the order for her to repay the sum of
13,288.39 euros to the National Social Security Institute had infringed her rights under that Article.
Violation Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
Just satisfaction: 15,318 euros (EUR) for pecuniary damage, EUR 8,000 for non-pecuniary damage,
and EUR 2,500 for costs and expenses.
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 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.
