issued by the Registrar of the Court  
ECHR 041 (2024)  
20.02.2024  
Judgments of 20 February 2024  
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 11 judgments1:  
Three Chamber judgments are summarised below;  
separate press releases have been issued for four other Chamber judgments in the cases of Danileț  
v. Romania (application no. 16915/21), I.L. v. Switzerland (no. 2) (no. 36609/16), Wa Baile  
v. Switzerland (no. 43868/18), and Dede v. Türkiye (no. 48340/20);  
four Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the Court, can  
be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.  
The judgments summarised below are available only in English.  
M.G. v. Lithuania (application no. 6406/21)  
The applicant, Mr M.G., is a Lithuanian national who was born in 1996 and lives in Kaunas  
(Lithuania).  
The case concerns the applicant’s complaint about the proceedings brought against his aunt’s live-in  
partner who had hit him and threatened him with rape in 2014 when he was 17 years old. The  
perpetrator was convicted of attempted sexual assault of a minor in 2019 and given a three-year  
suspended prison sentence. This decision was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2020.  
Relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the  
applicant alleges that the length of the domestic proceedings, lasting almost six years, was excessive  
and that his aggressor’s punishment was too lenient.  
Violation of Article 3  
Just satisfaction:  
non-pecuniary damage: 8,000 euros (EUR)  
costs and expenses: EUR 605  
Lypovchenko and Halabudenco v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia  
(nos. 40926/16 and 73942/17)  
The applicants are Oleksandr Lypovchenko, a Ukrainian national, and Oleg Halabudenco, a Moldovan  
national. They were born in 1979 and 1969, respectively, and live in Dnestrovsk and Chișinău.  
The case concerns the applicants’ allegations of various breaches of their rights in the  
self-proclaimed “Moldovan Republic of Transnistria” (a separatist administration on the territory of  
the Republic of Moldova – the “MRT”).  
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Mr Lypovchenko was arrested in 2015 by the de facto “MRT” authorities for criticising the “MRT” on  
social media. He was convicted in 2016 of incitement to extremism and sentenced to three and a  
half years’ imprisonment; he served the sentence in full in an “MRT” prison.  
Mr Halabudenco, a part-time lecturer at a university in Tiraspol (a city in the “MRT”), was  
apprehended in 2016 and remanded in custody on charges of taking a bribe from a student. He was  
released after posting bail. However, the de facto “Tiraspol City Court” subsequently rescinded the  
decision to release the applicant on bail and issued an arrest warrant. The bail he had previously  
posted was later forfeited and paid into the “MRT treasury”. He had in the meantime left the  
Transnistrian region.  
Relying on Articles 5 (right to liberty and security) and 6 (right to a fair trial) of the European  
Convention, Mr Lypovchenko complains that his arrest and conviction were unlawful. He also relies  
on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) to complain that his detention  
conditions were inadequate, principally because of overcrowding, lack of medical care and being  
forced to have psychiatric treatment when he went on hunger strike. He also alleges that the de  
facto “MRT” authorities prevented him from properly communicating with the European Court, in  
breach of Article 34 (right of individual petition).  
Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private life) and Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 (freedom of  
movement) to the Convention, Mr Halabudenco complains that he could no longer travel to the  
Transnistria region of the Republic of Moldova because of the arrest warrant against him or continue  
his professional activities there. He also alleges a breach of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of  
property) because of the forfeiture of the amount that he had posted as bail.  
Both applicants complain under Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) that they had no effective  
remedies in respect of their complaints.  
Violation of Article 3 in respect of the first applicant by the Russian Federation and no violation by  
the Republic of Moldova  
Violation of Article 5 § 1 in respect of the first applicant by the Russian Federation and no violation  
by the Republic of Moldova  
Violation of Article 6 in respect of the first applicant by the Russian Federation and no violation by  
the Republic of Moldova  
Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 in respect of the second applicant by the Russian Federation  
and no violation by the Republic of Moldova  
Violation of Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 in respect of the second applicant by the Russian Federation  
and no violation by the Republic of Moldova  
Violation of Article 13 read in conjunction with Articles 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading  
treatment), 5 (right to liberty and security) and 6 (right to a fair trial) in respect of the first applicant  
and of Article 13 read in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 and Article 2 of Protocol No. 4  
in respect of the second applicant, by the Russian Federation and no violation by the Republic of  
Moldova  
No violation of Article 34 in respect of the first applicant  
Just satisfaction:  
The Court held that the Russian Federation was to pay EUR 26,000 to the first applicant and  
EUR 6,500 to the second applicant in respect of non-pecuniary damage, as well as EUR 4,000 to each  
applicant in respect of costs and expenses.  
Diaconeasa v. Romania (no. 53162/21)  
The applicant, Angelica Diaconeasa, is a Romanian national who was born in 1953 and lives in Lupeni  
(Romania).  
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Ms Diaconeasa had a stroke in 2013 which left her unable to move or talk. The case concerns the  
authorities’ decision in 2017 to no longer provide her with a home care assistant.  
Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private life), Ms Diaconeasa complains that nothing had  
changed in her situation since 2016 to justify reducing the level of care provided to her and that that  
decision forced her into isolation and deprived her of her autonomy.  
Violation of Article 8  
Just satisfaction:  
non-pecuniary damage: EUR 7,500  
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