issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 270 (2024)
21.11.2024
Judgments and decisions of 21 November 2024
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing ten judgments1 and eight
decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
nine Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and
the eight decisions, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.
The judgment summarised below is available only in French.
Justine v. France (application no. 78664/17)
The applicant, Suzette Justine, is a French national who was born in 1957 and lives in Fort-de-France,
in Martinique (France).
The case concerns the inadmissibility of her appeal on points of law to the Court of Cassation under
Article 979 of the Code of Civil Procedure, owing to the late submission of the first-instance decision.
Relying in particular on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing) of the European Convention on Human
Rights, she claims that the dismissal of her appeal as inadmissible was an unreasonable interference
with her right of access to a court. She also complains of the reasoning given in the Court of
Cassation’s judgment.
Violation of Article 6 § 1
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 3,000 euros (EUR)
costs and expenses: EUR 1,980
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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
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Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.
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The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe member
States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.
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