issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 023 (2025)
23.01.2025
Judgments and decisions of 23 January 2025
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 28 judgments1 and 40 decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
two separate press releases have been issued for two other Chamber judgments in the cases of
Suren Antonyan v. Armenia (application no. 20140/23) and H.W. v. France (no. 13805/21);
25 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and
the 40 decisions, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.
The judgment summarised below is available only in English.
Reznik v. Ukraine (application no. 31175/14)
The applicants, Mykhaylo Reznik, Tamara Reznik, Oleksiy Reznik, and Mykola Reznik, are Ukrainian
nationals who live in Brovary (Ukraine). They are a family.
The case concerns a police search in the applicants’ home. The search was carried out in the context
of an investigation by the Ministry of Interior into various crimes allegedly committed by the
management of the Information Centre (a State-owed information-technology company), including,
in particular, abuse of authority and misappropriation of funds. Mykhaylo Reznik had been providing
legal services to the Centre. Personal data-storage devices and documents allegedly covered by
lawyer-client privilege were seized.
Relying on Article 8 (right to respect to private and family life) and Article 13 (right to an effective
remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights, and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the
European Convention, the applicants complain, in particular, that the search and the seizure of
material had been unlawful and unjustified.
Violation of Article 8 in respect of the first applicant
Violation of Article 13 in conjunction with Article 8 in respect of the first applicant
Just satisfaction:
To the first applicant:
non-pecuniary damage: 6,000 euros (EUR)
costs and expenses: EUR 3,450
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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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