issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 054 (2025)
27.02.2025
Judgments and decisions of 27 February 2025
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 13 judgments1 and 13 decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
three separate press releases have been issued for three Chamber judgments in the cases of X
v. Cyprus (application no. 40733/22), Fraisse and Others v. France (nos. 22525/21 and 47626/21),
and I.C. v. the Republic of Moldova (no. 36436/22);
a separate press release has also been issued for a decision in the case of Costa i Rosselló and Others
v. Spain (nos. 29780/20, 33702/20, 48537/20, and 42224/22);
nine Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and
the 12 other decisions, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.
The judgment summarised below is available only in English.
Salay v. Slovakia (application no. 29359/22)
The applicant, Adrián Salay, is a Slovak national who was born in 1998 and lives in Plavecký Štvrtok
(Slovakia). He is an ethnic Roma.
The case concerns the placement, in 2004, of Mr Salay first in a preparatory class of a primary school
for children who were not expected to be able to complete the mainstream curriculum (rather than
enrolling him in year 1 of primary school), and then in special classes at that school which were for
children with intellectual disabilities (following testing showing that he suffered from a mild
intellectual disability).
Relying on Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights,
taken in conjunction with Article 2 of Protocol No. 1 (right to education) to the European
Convention, Mr Salay asserts that he was discriminated against in his schooling.
Violation of Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 2 of Protocol No. 1
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 3,000 euros (EUR)
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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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