issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 154 (2024)
18.06.2024
Judgments of 18 June 2024
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing three Chamber judgments1:
one judgment is summarised below;
two separate press releases have been issued for the judgments in the cases of Andrey Rylkov
Foundation and Others v. Russia (application no. 37949/18 and 84 other applications) and Suprun
and Others v. Russia (nos. 58029/12, 29440/19, 12396/21, 61350/21, and 25390/22);
The judgment below is only available in English.
A.P. v. Armenia (application no. 58737/14)
The applicant, Ms A.P., is an Armenian national who was born in 1997 and lives in Armenia. She has
had a mild intellectual disability since birth.
The case concerns the applicant’s complaints concerning her sexual abuse at the age of 14 by a
49-year-old man who was her physical education teacher and the administrative head of the
community where she lived. The perpetrator was charged with aggravated rape and indecent acts in
respect of a minor. The Regional Court conducted the trial in camera, with a number of witnesses
giving evidence. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.
The applicant later introduced a civil claim for damages against the State and was unsuccessful at
three levels of jurisdiction. The details concerning the civil case, including her full name were
published in the publicly accessible online judicial database.
Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Article 8 (right to protection
for private and family life), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the European Convention
on Human Rights, Ms A.P. complains that the State failed to protect her from the abuse that she
suffered, that her personal data was published in the publicly accessible online judicial database, and
that she did not have an effective remedy for her complaints.
Violation of Article 3
Violation of Article 8
Violation of Article 13
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 32,000 euros (EUR)
This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,
1
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
