issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 148 (2022)
05.05.2022
Judgments and decisions of 5 May 2022
The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of 14 judgments1 and
49 decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
separate press releases have been issued for two Chamber judgments in the cases of Mesić
v. Croatia (application no. 19362/18) and Vlahov v. Croatia (no. 31163/13);
11 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and
The judgment summarised below is available only in English.
Lia v. Malta (application no. 8709/20)
The applicants, Gilbert Lia and Natasha Lia, are Maltese nationals who were born in 1980 and 1971
respectively and live in Attard (Malta). They are married.
The case concerns the authorities’ refusal in 2015 to carry out, at the applicants’ expense,
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection – a procedure to assist procreation – on Ms Lia’s ova owing to her
having reached the age of 43. They had previously availed of the procedure, paid for by the State, in
2014.
The applicants rely on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) alone and in conjunction
with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention of Human Rights.
Violation of Article 8
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 8,000 euros (EUR) jointly to the applicants
costs and expenses: EUR 2,500 jointly to the applicants
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.
