Published on 3 March 2025
 
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 19712/20
Evaggelos PICHAS
against Greece
lodged on 30 April 2020
communicated on 11 February 2025
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the fine imposed on the applicant, a police officer, for growing a beard, a practice which had been prohibited by a decision of the General Director of Hellenic Police in 2009.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to respect for his private life, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention, on account of the fine imposed on him, as a police officer, for growing a beard (see, mutatis mutandis, Biržietis v. Lithuania, no. 49304/09, 14 June 2016)?