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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 070 (2021)   25.02.2021   Judgments and decisions of 25 February 2021   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 11 judgments1 and 35 decisions2:   one Chamber judgment is summarised below;   ten Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the Court, and   the 35 decisions, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.   The judgment summarised below is available only in English.   Mtchedlishvili v. Georgia (application no. 894/12)   The applicant, Vera Mtchedlishvili, is a Georgian national who was born in 1959.   The case concerned the alleged denial to the applicant of an oral hearing in her appeal against her   conviction for customs violations, in breach of her right to an oral hearing.   Relying in particular on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human   Rights, the applicant complained of the appellate court’s decision to dispense with an oral hearing in   the criminal proceedings against her.   Violation of Article 6 § 1   Just satisfaction: The Court held that the finding of a violation constituted in itself sufficient just   satisfaction for any non-pecuniary damage sustained by the applicant and dismissed the remainder   of her claim.   This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,   judgments and further information about the Court can be found on www.echr.coe.int. To receive   the Court’s press releases, please subscribe here: www.echr.coe.int/RSS/en or follow us on Twitter   @ECHR_CEDH.   Press contacts   During the current public-health crisis, journalists can continue to contact the Press Unit via   [email protected].   Tracey Turner-Tretz   Denis Lambert   Inci Ertekin   Neil Connolly   Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a 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.   Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member   States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.   2