issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 246 (2022)
21.07.2022
Judgments and decisions of 21 July 2022
The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of 18 judgments1 and
41 decisions2:
two Chamber judgments are summarised below;
a separate press release has been issued for one Chamber judgment in the case of Darboe and
Camara v. Italy (no 5797/17);
15 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and
The judgments summarised below are available only in English.
Katsikeros v. Greece (application no. 2303/19)
The applicant, Panagiotis Katsikeros, is a Greek national who was born in 1970 and lives in Nea Ionia
(Greece). He is a judge.
The case concerns a dispute over contact rights with his daughter, born in 2014. The applicant had
ended his relationship with the mother while she was pregnant and just before their scheduled
wedding.
Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on
Human Rights, the applicant complains that the contact schedule set by the courts was very
restrictive and did not allow him to establish a relationship with his daughter.
He also makes two complaints under Article 6 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention,
alleging: that the additional grounds of appeal on points of law that he had lodged with the Court of
Cassation in the proceedings concerning his daughter were rejected on formalistic grounds; and,
that his appeal on points of law was not examined by an impartial tribunal, because three of the five
judges on the bench had been involved in a decision to exclude him from promotion to appellate
judge because of considerations relating to the dispute over his daughter.
No violation of Article 8
No violation of Article 6
Bieliński v. Poland (no. 48762/19)
The applicant, Janusz Leszek Bieliński, is a Polish national who was born in 1957 and lives in
Radziejowice (Poland).
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.
