issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 119 (2025)
15.05.2025
Judgments and decisions of 15 May 2025
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 24 judgments1 and 38 decisions2:
two Chamber judgments are summarised below;
a separate press release has been issued for the Chamber judgment in the case of Versaci v. Italy
(application no. 3795/22);
21 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and the
38 decisions, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.
The judgments below are only available in English.
Vachik Karapetyan and Others v. Armenia (applications nos. 15736/16,
24649/16, and 25718/16)
The applicants, Vachik Karapetyan, Gor Shakaryan, and Anik Davtyan, are three Armenian nationals,
who were born in 1964, 1992 and 1938 respectively and live in Vanadzor, Yerevan and Artashat (all
Armenia).
The case concerns their allegations that they were denied access to superior courts for examination
of appeals in cases concerning them regarding eviction and property rights in the case of the first
applicant; against a fine for participating in a public demonstration for the second applicant; and
against dismissal of a civil claim seeking compensation for defamation in the case of the third applicant
owing to the unjustified application of procedural time-limits.
The applicants rely on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Violation of Article 6 § 1
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 3,600 euros (EUR) to Mr Karapetyan and Ms Davtyan each
costs and expenses: EUR 400 to Ms Davtyan
Seksimp Group SRL v. the Republic of Moldova (no. 30085/13)
The applicant company, Seksimp Group SRL, was incorporated in Moldova in 2002 by a Slovenian
national, who is its sole associate.
The case concerns a private dispute over the applicant company’s alleged failure to fulfil the
contractual obligations of a tenancy agreement, following which the domestic courts ordered the
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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.
company to pay an allegedly disproportionate amount of compensation without providing sufficient
reasoning.
Relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention and on Article 1 of Protocol
No. 1 (protection of property) to the Convention, the applicant company complains that the case was
examined at first instance in its absence and that the court decisions were insufficiently reasoned. It
also complains that it was the victim of a corporate “raider attack” and was deprived of its possessions.
No violation of Article 6 in relation to the proceedings in absentia before the first-instance court
Violation of Article 6 in relation to the lack of adequate reasoning in the domestic courts’ decisions
Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
Just satisfaction: The Court held that the question of the application of Article 41 (just satisfaction)
was not ready for decision and reserved it for examination at a later date.
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