Article 2 (investigation of the disappearance)   Although the authorities had immediately been made aware of the crime, the investigation into the events of 16 December 2001 had only been instituted more

two hearings and delays imputable to the latter totalled more than 5 years.

It rejected the official explanation of the injuries found on the applicants, taking the view that they seemed to have been caused by an external force exerted by one or more third parties using blunt

The main changes to the Property Act 1993 came about as a result of two laws which entered into force respectively in 2004 and 2006 (see, for more details, Gjonbocari and Others v.

of Article   6   §   1 and Article   13 on account of the excessive length of the criminal proceedings (in particular because of delays before the Thessaloniki Court of Appeal): more

However, the Court notes that in spite of the absence of any reply from the Court, he made no further communication until 3 February 2005, that is more than one year and four months later.

xa0; Unlike the Paris Court of Appeal, the Court considered that the impugned statements concerned public-interest issues and were to be regarded, given the general tone of the banners and leaflets, more

The other members of the gang or organisation shall be sentenced to not less than five and not more than fifteen years’ imprisonment.”

The applicant had remained in prison throughout that period of more than one year.

The Diyarbakır State Security Court held hearings approximately every one to two months, i.e. more than 6 times a year. The first hearing was held on 16   October   1992.

Furthermore, the system of individual applications (Article 34 of the Convention) required applications to be lodged by persons claiming to be directly affected by violations of one or more provisions

The enforcement proceedings had been ongoing for more than sixteen months before they were terminated.

    In the present case, although the alleged defamation had taken place in 2003, the domestic courts applied the Criminal Code 2005 because its provisions were more lenient for the defendant

The verbal abuse had not been at a very high scale of intensity and had not degenerated into further, more systemic, harassment.

This was all the more deplorable in a situation such as that in the present case, which concerned two countries that had signed an extradition treaty.

The Conclusion was apparently explained by an opinion that if the prosecution could become time-barred that would favour those defendants who more or less skilfully avoided attending a trial.

Moreover, the decision to suspend the sentence had been a result of the applicants’ not having been criminally convicted with final effect and given a custodial sentence of more than one year.

  The Court took the view that, while it would have been preferable for the members of the national legal service concerned to be more circumspect in their public comments, there was no proof of the

The Constitutional Court found that during the period under its consideration the District Court, by its conduct, had caused unjustified delays in the proceedings totalling more than six years.

month(s) 2 level(s) of jurisdiction   1,200     17637/23 04/04/2023 Olga Volodymyrivna MYKHAYLYSHYNA 1989   Ignatov Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Dnipro 30/09/2017   pending   More