issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 085 (2023)
14.03.2023
Judgments of 21 March 2023
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 13 judgments1;
Three Chamber judgments are summarised below;
A separate press release has been issued for one other Chamber judgments in the case of: Telek and
Others v. Türkiye (applications nos. 66763/17, 66767/17, and 15891/18);
nine Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, can
The judgment in French below is indicated with an asterisk (*).
Deltuva v. Lithuania (application no. 38144/20)
The applicant, Juozas Deltuva, is a Lithuanian national who was born in 1976 and lives in Kaunas
(Lithuania).
The case concerns a prosecutorial decision restricting Mr Deltuva’s phone calls and direct contact –
including with his ten-year-old daughter – while he was on remand, owing to the need to protect the
integrity of an investigation against him. He was wanted on suspicion of leading an organised group
involved in drug trafficking from the Netherlands to Russia via Lithuania, the trial for which is still
pending.
He relies on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on
Human Rights.
Violation of Article 8
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 5,000 euros (EUR)
costs and expenses: EUR 5,750
Simona Mihaela Dobre v. Romania (no. 8361/21)
The applicant, Simona Mihaela Dobre, is a Romanian national who was born in 1976 and lives in
Bucharest.
The case concerns the domestic courts’ refusal to allow her request for permission to move her and
her child’s residence to Canada, where she argued she would be able to offer him better living
conditions and better access to education.
Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention, the
applicant complains that the domestic courts’ decision did not give priority to the child’s best
interests and breached her right to respect for her private and family life.
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
