issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 294 (2024)
12.12.2024
Judgments and decisions of 12 December 2024
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 22 judgments1 and 58 decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
two separate press releases have been issued for three Chamber judgments in the cases of Hasmik
Khachatryan v. Armenia (application no. 11829/16) and Adamčo v. Slovakia (no. 2) (nos. 55792/20,
35253/21, and 41955/22) and Ribár v. Slovakia (no. 56545/21);
Two separate press releases have also been issued for three decisions in the cases of Almaz and
Others v. Türkiye (nos. 55789/19, 55896/19, 55931/19, and 56981/19) and Kaya v. Türkiye
(no. 51194/19), and Borzykh v. Ukraine (no. 11575/24);
The 18 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court,
The judgment summarised below is available only in French.
Y v. the Czech Republic (application no. 10145/22)
The applicant is a Czech national who was born in 1984 and lives in Prague.
The case concerns allegations of non-consensual sex between the applicant and a priest, and the
ensuing investigation and proceedings.
Relying on Articles 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and 8 (right to respect for
private life) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the applicant complains about the
authorities’ narrow interpretation of the constituent elements of the offences of rape and sexual
abuse set out in Criminal Code no. 140/1961, and the inadequacy of that legal framework for
punishing effectively the sexual offences to which she alleged she had been subjected, as well as the
lack of an effective investigation into her allegations of sexual assault.
Violation of Articles 3 and 8
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 25,000 euros (EUR)
costs and expenses: EUR 4,000
This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,
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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
2
Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.
