issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 004 (2026)
08.01.2026
Judgments and decisions of 8 January 2026
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 14 judgments1 and 36 decisions2:
two Chamber judgments are summarised below;
a separate press release has been issued for a Chamber judgment in the case of Finanziaria
d’investimento Fininvest S.p.A. and Berlusconi v. Italy (application nos. 23538/14 and 23554/14);
11 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and the
The judgments summarised below are available only in English
Ferrieri and Bonassisa v. Italy (application no. 40607/19 and 34583/20))
The applicants, Mr M. Ferrieri and Mrs O. Bonassisa, live in Cerignola (Italy) and were born in 1965
and 1977 respectively. Ms Bonassisa is an accountant.
The case concerns measures implemented by the Tax Authority (Agenzia delle Entrate) for tax audit
purposes, including access to and the examination of the applicants’ banking data, bank account
information, transaction histories, and details of other financial operations either related to the
applicants or traceable to them.
Relying on Articles 8 (right to respect for private life), taken alone and in conjunction with Article 13
(right to an effective remedy) and Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on
Human Rights, Mr Ferrieri and Ms Bonassisa complain that the national legislation gave the authorities
excessive scope to decide on access to taxpayers’ banking data. They also complain of the lack of
sufficient procedural safeguards to protect them against any abuse or arbitrariness, in particular the
lack of judicial or independent review of the contested measures.
Violation of Article 8
Just satisfaction: The Court held that the finding of a violation constituted in itself sufficient just
satisfaction for any non-pecuniary damage sustained by the applicants.
Tafzi El Hadri and El Idrissi Mouch v. Spain (no. 7557/23)
The applicants, Khalil Tafzi El Hadri and Omar El Idrissi Mouch, are Spanish nationals who were born
in 1966 and 1969, respectively. Mr Tafzi El Hadri lives in Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain), while Mr EL
Idrissi Mouch lives in Brussels.
Both applicants were social educators at a residential centre for minors in Barcelona. In September
2011 a best-selling national newspaper (ABC) published an article about radicalisation of minors in its
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.
