issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 058 (2024)
12.03.2024
Judgments of 12 March 2024
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing five judgments1:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
a separate press release has been issued for another Chamber judgment in the case of Kanatli
v. Türkiye (application no. 18382/15);
three Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the Court, can
The judgment summarised below is available only in English.
The applicant, Orhan Şahin, is a Turkish national who was born in 1990 and lives in Ağrı (Turkey).
The case concerns the alleged unfairness of criminal proceedings against him. The Court of Cassation
had quashed the more minor conviction handed down by the first-instance court, which had since
been abolished, and had remitted the case to another court which had not been composed of the
same judges and which had not heard evidence from the original witnesses, whose statements had
been central in the criminal trial. The applicant had subsequently been found guilty of all the
offences attributed to him and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the
applicant complains that he did not have a fair trial owing to his not being able to examine a witness
in person before the court which ultimately convicted him.
Violation of Article 6 § 1
Just satisfaction: the Court held that the finding of a violation constituted in itself sufficient just
satisfaction for the non-pecuniary damage sustained by the applicant and that the respondent State
was to pay him 1,000 euros (EUR) for costs and expenses.
This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,
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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
