Overview of Recent Cases Before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee of Social Rights (January–June 2024)

This case law report (January-June 2024) discusses six cases before the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter: ECtHR) and one case before the European Committee of Social Rights (hereinafter: ECSR). The first case (O.R. v. Greece) concerned the lack of protection of an unaccompanied minor seeking international protection by the Greek government, in violation of the prohibition of torture in Article 3 ECHR. The second and fourth cases concerned possible violations of the right to a fair trial under Article 6 ECHR (Bernotas v. Lithuania and Đurić v. Serbia), the applicant complained about the unfairness of the administrative and judicial review procedures. The third case, Shylina v. Ukraine, concerned the question of whether the obligation for a payment of social security benefits to a specific bank account at the Ukrainian State Bank violated the right to property under Article 1 Additional Protocol ECHR (hereinafter: AP ECHR). The case of Diaconeasa v. Romania concerned the withdrawal of support for a physically disabled person. The last case before the ECtHR that will be discussed in this case law report is B.T. v. Russia. In this case, the Court had to review the difference in treatment between men and women with regard to parental leave for police officers in the light of the prohibition of discrimination under Article 14 ECHR. This case law report only discusses one case before the ECSR. In collective complaint 187/2019, the ECSR had to review the reduction of survivor's benefits in Italy in the event of cumulation with other income with several provisions of the European Social Charter.