ROMANIA (Application no. 55859/15)     JUDGMENT   Art 6 § 1 (criminal) • Fair hearing • Reversal of acquittal by appellate court without hearing applicant or re-examining essential witness

0pt; text-align:center } Information Note on the Court’s case-law 217 April 2018 Baydar v. the Netherlands - 55385/14 Judgment 24.4.2018 [Section III] Article 6 Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing

    The applicant applied to the Commission on 7 January 1995, complaining that before the Supreme Court she had had neither a fair hearing nor an effective remedy, contrary to Article 6 § 1

No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

MALTA (No. 3) (Application no. 35989/14)       JUDGMENT   Art 6 § 1 (criminal) • Fair hearing • Testimony given by accomplice in absence of lawyer and admitted as evidence against the

Ireland - 19165/08 Judgment 12.12.2013 [Section V] Article 6 Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing Admission in evidence against person accused of membership of unlawful organisation of police

The applicant requested an oral hearing in the case but, on 5   September 2008, the court rejected the request.

They relied on Article 6 of the Convention, which reads as follows: “In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ... everyone is entitled to a fair ... hearing ... by [a] ... tribunal ...”

No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

the Supreme Court had re-evaluated the oral evidence without hearing either the applicant in person or the witnesses.

No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

In the same hearing the applicant called for the proceedings to be suspended and a preliminary ruling from the CJEU to be obtained.

Belgium [GC] - 34238/09 Judgment 29.11.2016 [GC] Article 6 Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing Adequate procedural safeguards in place to enable accused to understand reasons for jury’s guilty

No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Administrative proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

Subsequently, availing himself of an option provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure (CPP), the GUP ordered a hearing of B.S., a former mafia figure who had meanwhile become an informer.

    At the hearing held on 28 December 2006, the applicant challenged V.B.’s findings. 17.     At the hearing held on 5 February 2007, the court heard V.B.

CYPRUS (Application no. 4429/23)     JUDGMENT   Art 6 (criminal) • Fair hearing • Applicant’s drug offences conviction decisively based on testimony by accomplice • No promise or undue reward

The witnesses (who maintained the server and the website) also confirmed at the court hearing that the portal was not intended only for adults.