issued by the Registrar of the Court  
ECHR 352 (2022)  
10.11.2022  
Judgments and decisions of 10 November 2022  
The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of 50 judgments1 and  
62 decisions2:  
five Chamber judgments are summarised below;  
four separate press releases have been issued for Chamber judgments in the cases of Bakirdzi and  
E.C. v. Hungary (applications nos. 49636/14 and 65678/14), I.M. and Others v. Italy (no. 25426/20),  
Rimšēvičs v. Latvia (no. 56425/18), and The Karibu Foundation v. Norway (no. 2317/20);  
a separate press release has also been issued for one decision in the case of Mas Gavarró v. Spain  
(no. 26111/15);  
41 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and  
the other 61 decisions can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.  
The judgments summarised below are available only in English.  
Alasgarov and Others v. Azerbaijan (application no. 32088/11)  
The case concerns a dispute over plots of land that had been allocated to the applicants by the  
Agrarian Reform Commission in Absheron for agricultural use. The Absheron District Mehdiabad  
Municipality later notified some of the applicants that their plots would be reallocated so that the  
State could make use of the land for construction purposes. A wall was erected around the original  
plots for construction purposes.  
Relying on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European Convention on  
Human Rights, the applicants complain that the domestic authorities unlawfully interfered with their  
peaceful enjoyment of their land. The applicants also complain, under Article 6 (right to a fair trial),  
that the judgments of the domestic courts had not been reasoned.  
The Court decided to strike the application out of its list of cases in so far as brought by applicants  
nos. 23-82.  
Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1  
Just satisfaction: the question is not ready for decision and has been set aside  
Sládková v. the Czech Republic (no. 15741/15)  
The applicant, Lenka Sládková, is a Czech national who was born in 1983 and lives in Prague.  
The case concerns Ms Sládková’s arrest in 2013 following an argument in a bar. She was taken to  
Nové Město police station in Prague where she allegedly suffered violence – which allegedly left  
marks on her body – racial abuse, threats and degrading sexual treatment.  
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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.  
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Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.  
Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment), and Article 13 (right to an  
effective remedy) of the European Convention, Ms Sládková complains of ill-treatment while being  
held at the police station and during her transfer from the sobering-up centre to that station the  
following day.  
Violation of Article 3 (investigation)  
No violation of Article 3 (ill-treatment)  
Just satisfaction:  
non-pecuniary damage: 6,000 euros (EUR)  
costs and expenses: EUR 2,000  
N.V. and C.C. v. Malta (no. 4952/21)  
The applicants, N.V., a Maltese national, and C.C., a British national, were born in 1976 and 1968  
respectively and live in Xewkija (Gozo, Malta).  
The case concerns an order by the domestic court by which N.V. was prohibited from seeing her  
partner, C.C., (with whom she later had a child) in the presence of her child from a previous marriage  
who lived with them.  
Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the Convention, the applicants  
complain of the court decision which remained in place for nearly five years. C.C. also complains,  
under Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing), that the domestic courts took a decision affecting him  
without him having had an opportunity to participate in the proceedings.  
Violation of Article 8  
Just satisfaction:  
non-pecuniary damage: EUR 12,000 to the applicants jointly  
costs and expenses: EUR 2,937 to the applicants jointly  
J.N. v. Poland (no. 10390/15)  
The applicant, J.N., is a Polish national who was born in 1977 and lives in Warsaw.  
Following a violent dispute with her partner and father of her children, J.N. moved out of her  
partner’s house. The case concerns the subsequent proceedings to decide on custody and contact  
rights with the children.  
Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life), the applicant complains that the  
domestic courts took too long to examine her applications for custody and contact with her children.  
She also complains that the domestic court’s decision to have the children moved to their father’s  
home was unjustified and contrary to their best interests.  
No violation of Article 8  
Kupinskyy v. Ukraine (no. 5084/18)  
The applicant, Sergiy Onisiyevych Kupinskyy, is a Ukrainian national who was born in 1973.  
The case concerns Mr Kupinskyy’s life sentence which he is serving in Izyaslav Correctional Colony  
(Ukraine) for a double murder he committed in Hungary. He was convicted by the Hungarian courts  
in 2002 and transferred to Ukraine in 2007 to serve his sentence.  
Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), the applicant complains that  
Ukrainian legislation did not provide for the possibility of applying for parole for prisoners serving life  
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sentences and that this amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment as he has no hope of  
release. He also relies on Article 7 (no punishment without law) to complain that his situation  
worsened when he was transferred from Hungary to Ukraine because his sentence was converted  
from a “reducible” life sentence to an “irreducible” life sentence.  
Violation of Article 3  
Violation of Article 7  
Just satisfaction:  
non-pecuniary damage: EUR 2,500  
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