Case Law

16 June 2005 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Residence permits / Residency - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness | Countries: Latvia

5 April 2005 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Family reunification - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Visas | Countries: Morocco - Netherlands

20 January 2005 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Passports - Registration - Residence permits / Residency - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness | Countries: Georgia - Russian Federation

19 October 2004 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Persecution based on political opinion - Registration - Residence permits / Residency | Countries: Ukraine

9 October 2003 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Registration - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life | Countries: Latvia - Russian Federation

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 subject to editorial revision. The applicant is a national of Bosnia Herzegovina who went to Austria in 1991 to join his mother who was already living and working there. Following several criminal offences (burglary, possession of arms) he was issued with a 10 year residence prohibition in 1995. This decision was confirmed in successive appeals and the applicant was deported to Bosnia Herzegovina in 1997. Before the Court, the applicant complained that the residence prohibition constituted an interference with his right to family life and consequently a violation of Art. 8 § 1 of the ECHR. The Court indicated that its task in such cases was to determine whether a fair balance was struck between the States' interests (prevention of crime) and the applicant's rights. In this case, the Court noted that the applicant was 16 when he was expelled. Moreover, Bosnia had just been through a conflict and the applicant's father has been reported missing since the end of the conflict. There was no evidence that he still had relatives living there. Turning to the criminal offences, the Court considered that while the applicant was convicted twice for burglary, he was only given conditional sentences of imprisonment. Moreover, there were no indications that he made use of the arms for which he received a prohibition of possession. Based on all these elements, the Court decided the Austrian authorities did not strike a fair balance between the interests at stake. Consequently there was a violation of Art. 8 of the ECHR.

6 May 2003 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Residence permits / Residency | Countries: Austria - Bosnia and Herzegovina

The judgment became final on 2 November 2001.

2 August 2001 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Expulsion - Immigration law - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life | Countries: Algeria - Switzerland

The judgment became final on 2 November 2001.

2 August 2001 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Expulsion - Immigration law - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life | Countries: Algeria - Switzerland

22 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Denial of nationality - Expulsion - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness | Countries: Austria - Nigeria

Admissibility application.

15 February 2000 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - HIV and AIDS - Public health - Residence permits / Residency - Right to life | Countries: Sweden - Zambia