issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 170 (2022)
31.05.2022
Judgments of 31 May 2022
The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of five judgments1:
two Chamber judgments are summarised below;
separate press releases have been issued for two other Chamber judgments in the cases of Arnar
Helgi Lárusson v. Iceland (application no. 23077/19) and Taner Kılıç v. Turkey (no. 2) (no. 208/18);
one Committee judgment, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, can
The judgments below are available only in English.
X and Others v. Albania (applications no. 73548/17 and 45521/19)
The applicants are 18 Albanian nationals of Roma and Egyptian ethnicity who together make up six
households. They live in Korça (Albania).
The applicants allege that Roma or Egyptian ethnic pupils account for 89-100% of pupils in Naim
Frashëri primary school – which their children attend – in an average year, despite being a minority
of the town’s population. The case concerns the applicants’ complaints to the authorities concerning
that situation, and the Commissioner for the Protection from Discrimination’s subsequent order that
the Ministry of Education and Sport take “immediate measures to improve the situation and change
the ratio” between Roma/Egyptian and other pupils attending the school”. They allege that the
situation has not been resolved.
Relying on Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 (general prohibition of discrimination) to the European
Convention on Human Rights the applicants complain of discrimination and segregation in their
children’s education owing to the over-representation of Egyptian and Roma pupils in Naim Frashëri
school.
Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 12
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 4,500 euros (EUR) to five of the households (each)
The applicants did not submit any claim for costs and expenses.
Galeano Peñas v. Spain (no. 48784/20)
The applicant, Ruben Galeano Peñas, is a Spanish national who was born in 1987 and lives in Griñón
(Spain).
In 2011 Mr Galeano Peñas, who was a Guardia Civil officer, had a traffic dispute while off duty.
Following a criminal complaint, he was subsequently convicted in 2013 of forgery of facts in a public
record committed by a civil servant, receiving a three-year prison sentence, a fine and
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
