issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 335 (2021)
09.11.2021
Judgments of 9 November 2021
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing five judgments1:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
a separate press release has been issued for another Chamber judgment in the case of Špadijer
v. Montenegro (application no. 31549/18);
three Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, can
be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.
The judgment summarised below is available only in English.
Ignat v. Romania (application no. 17325/16)
The applicant, Radu-Florin Ignat, is a Romanian national who was born in 1985 and is detained in
Turda (Romania).
The case concerns the applicant’s complaint of the unfairness of criminal proceedings brought
against him for complicity in influence peddling, namely facilitating the life of a prisoner in exchange
for money. In 2015 the appellate court overturned the applicant’s acquittal, finding that the court
had incorrectly assessed evidence, in particular video footage of the attempted exchange of money
and phone transcripts between the applicant and a former prisoner involved in setting up the
exchange. The applicant was sentenced to one year and four months’ imprisonment.
Relying on Article 6 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the applicant
alleges that the criminal proceedings against him were unfair because the appellate court convicted
him on the basis of the same evidence which had led the first-instance court to acquit him, and
without rehearing oral evidence from witnesses.
No violation of Article 6 § 1
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: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution - _blank
