issued by the Registrar of the Court  
ECHR 158 (2024)  
20.06.2024  
Judgments and decisions of 20 June 2024  
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 29 judgments1 and 57 decisions2:  
four Chamber judgments are summarised below;  
separate press releases have been issued for two Chamber judgments in the cases of Spišák v. the  
Czech Republic (application no. 13968/22) and Z v. the Czech Republic (no. 37782/21);  
a separate press release has also been issued for the decision in the case of Morabito v. Italy  
(no. 32829/19 and 45 other applications);  
23 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and  
the 56 other decisions, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.  
The judgment in French below is indicated with an asterisk (*).  
Namazli v. Azerbaijan (application no. 8826/20)  
The applicant, Fariz Mubariz oglu Namazli, is an Azerbaijani national who was born in 1982 and lives  
in Sumgayit (Azerbaijan). He is a lawyer and member of the Azerbaijani Bar Association.  
In August 2018, the applicant was visiting his client, A.H., in Gobustan Prison, where the latter was  
serving a prison sentence, to discuss his case before the European Court. Allegedly, the applicant  
had to have his documents searched before being allowed to meet his client. He was searched again  
when leaving, and a written statement that A.H. had given to him was allegedly seized by the guards  
and not returned to him.  
Relying on Articles 6 (right to a fair trial), 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and 13 (right  
to an effective remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the applicant complains, in  
particular, of the inspection of his documents and the seizure of his client’s statement by the prison.  
Violation of Article 8  
Just satisfaction:  
non-pecuniary damage: EUR 4,500 euros (EUR)  
costs and expenses: EUR 39.56  
Boronyák v. Hungary (no. 4110/20)  
The applicant, Gergely Boronyák, is a Hungarian national who was born in 1978 and lives in  
Budapest. He is an actor.  
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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.  
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Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.  
The case concerns a fine imposed on Mr Boronyák for having disclosed confidential information  
concerning the terms of his contract with a private company. The contract contained a  
confidentiality clause. He had been contracted to act in a television series which was produced by  
Media Services and Support Trust Fund, a State-owned company, and therefore was an asset of the  
State. He later gave an interview to investigative journalists concerning the contract.  
Following court proceedings, he was ordered to pay 10,000,000 Hungarian forints and the  
production company’s legal expenses.  
Relying on Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention, Mr Boronyák complains  
that the penalty was disproportionate.  
No violation of Article 10  
Temporale v. Italy (no. 38129/15)*  
The applicant, Antonio Temporale, is an Italian national who was born in 1955.  
The applicant in this case complains about the fact that his detention was maintained despite his  
state of health, and about the quality of the care he received in prison. He submits that, despite  
medical reports attesting to the seriousness of his health problems, he did not receive the necessary  
medical care in detention and that, as a result, his condition gradually deteriorated. He considers  
that this put his life at risk and that such conditions of detention were inhuman and degrading; he  
relies in that regard on Articles 2 (right to life) and 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading  
treatment) of the Convention.  
Relying on Article 38 (obligation to furnish all necessary facilities for examination of the case) of the  
Convention, he also considers that the Italian Government failed to provide the information  
requested by the Court.  
No violation of Article 3  
No violation of Article 38  
Friedrich and Others v. Poland (no. 25344/20 and 17 other applications)  
The applicants are 18 individuals who are Australian, Austrian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Fijian, German,  
Italian, Polish, or Spanish nationals. They were born between 1964 and 1992. They are  
16 Greenpeace activists and two journalists.  
The case concerns the Polish Border Guard Service’s boarding of the Rainbow Warrior ship,  
interrupting a protest being held at sea, the immobilisation of the applicants and their vessels, and  
the arrest of two applicants and their being taken ashore.  
Relying on Article 5 §§ 1, 2 and 4 (right to liberty and security), Article 10 (freedom of expression),  
Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the  
Convention, and Article 2 §§ 1 and 3 of Protocol No. 4 (freedom of movement) to the Convention,  
the applicants complain, in particular, of being corralled on the bow of the Rainbow Warrior or of  
the arrest record in terms of their deprivation of liberty being unlawful and unjustified; that the  
remedy before the Polish courts was ineffective; and that the intervention by the border guards  
limited their rights to free expression and assembly.  
Violation of Article 5 § 1 in respect of the detention of all the applicants from the evening of 9  
September 2019 until the early morning of 10 September 2019;  
Violation of Article 5 § 1 in respect of the first and the second applicants on account of the lack of  
reasonable suspicion that they had committed an offence and their detention from the early  
morning of 10 September 2019 until their release on 11 September 2019;  
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Violation of Article 5 § 2 in respect of all applicants  
Violation of Article 10 in respect of all applicants  
Just satisfaction:  
non-pecuniary damage: EUR 4,000 to the first and the second applicants, each, and EUR 2,000 to the  
third to eighteenth applicants, each;  
costs and expenses: EUR 3,239 jointly to the applicants  
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