CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 5 mars 2019

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sA6BC7FA7 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:right } .s9793A85B { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s8229ABDD { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s68C46B95 { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s3F59B822 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .s76CF415B { page-break-before:always; clear:both } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s75A32C27 { border-collapse:collapse } .s3695F815 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s2EF62ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt } .sEECE831 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#474747 } .sE8934522 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold }   Communicated on 5 March 2019   FOURTH SECTION Application no. 81114/17 Katalin-Ibolya ÁDÁM against Romania and 5 other applications (see list appended) SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASES The applications concern alleged discrimination in the final high school exams of the pupils belonging to national minorities who study at school in their native tongue. The applicants, who are ethnic Hungarians, complain under Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the Convention that they have to sit two additional exams (oral and written in their maternal tongue) during the same interval set for the final exams throughout the country. For that reason, they have less time than the Romanian pupils to prepare their exams or simply to rest between tests. They are thus more likely to fail their final exams. QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES 1.     Have the applicants exhausted the effective domestic remedies as required by Articles 35 § 1 of the Convention as regards their complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to Convention?   2.     Have the applicants suffered discrimination on the ground of their ethnic origin, contrary to Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the Convention because of the manner in which the final high school exams are organized (see mutatis mutantis D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], no.   57325/00, ECHR 2007 ‑ IV and Zarb Adami v. Malta , no.   17209/02, ECHR   2006 ‑ VIII)? APPENDIX LIST OF CASES   No. Application no. Lodged on Applicant Date of birth Place of residence Nationality 1 81114/17 24/11/2017 Katalin-Ibolya ÁDÁM 28/10/1995 Gheorgheni Romanian 2 49716/18 15/10/2018 Krisztián PETRES 27/07/1999 Mădăraș Romanian 3 50913/18 18/10/2018 Ernõ BAKOS 11/06/1999 Gheorghieni Romanian 4 52370/18 19/10/2018 Norbert AMBRUS 17/06/1998 Lăzarea Romanian 5 54444/18 08/11/2018 Csaba-Lajos FORIKA 19/06/1999 Suseni Romanian 6 54475/18 13/11/2018 Csaba MAXEM 19/11/1998 Sândominic Romanian