issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 160 (2022)
19.05.2022
Judgments and decisions of 19 May 2022
The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of eight judgments1 and
26 decisions2:
two Chamber judgments are summarised below;
three separate press releases have been issued for Chamber judgments in the cases of Bouras
v. France (application no. 31754/18), L.F. v. Hungary (no. 621/14), and T.C. v. Italy (no. 54032/18);
a separate press release has also been issued for one decision in the case of De Kok v. the
Netherlands (no. 1443/19);
three Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and
The judgments summarised below are available only in English.
Bežanić and Baškarad v. Croatia (applications nos. 16140/15 and 13322/16)
The applicants, Aleksandar Bežanić and Stipica Baškarad, are Croatian nationals who were born in
1973 and 1966 respectively and live in Rijeka.
The case concerns the obligation to pay real estate transfer tax on two properties that the applicants
bought separately, after they were initially exempt from paying that tax as first-time buyers. The
exemptions in their cases were annulled by the authorities, which stated that the applicants had no
longer met the conditions.
They rely on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European Convention on
Human Right.
No violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
Roengkasettakorn Eriksson v. Sweden (no. 21574/16)
The applicants are Siremon Roengkasettakorn Eriksson, who is a dual Swedish and Thai national, X
and Y, who are both Swedish nationals. They were born in 1977, 2007 and 2006 respectively.
Ms Roengkasettakorn Eriksson is the mother of the other two applicants, on whose behalf she
lodged the application.
In 2007 at the age of two weeks X was admitted to hospital with physical injuries including bone
fractures and bruising. Following this, X was placed in emergency care and later in a foster home.
The case concerns the subsequent proceedings which ended with X’s foster parents being given
custody of the child.
They rely on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention.
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.
