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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 335 (2021)   09.11.2021   Judgments of 9 November 2021   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing five judgments1:   one Chamber judgment is summarised below;   a separate press release has been issued for another Chamber judgment in the case of Špadijer   v. Montenegro (application no. 31549/18);   three Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, can   be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.   The judgment summarised below is available only in English.   Ignat v. Romania (application no. 17325/16)   The applicant, Radu-Florin Ignat, is a Romanian national who was born in 1985 and is detained in   Turda (Romania).   The case concerns the applicant’s complaint of the unfairness of criminal proceedings brought   against him for complicity in influence peddling, namely facilitating the life of a prisoner in exchange   for money. In 2015 the appellate court overturned the applicant’s acquittal, finding that the court   had incorrectly assessed evidence, in particular video footage of the attempted exchange of money   and phone transcripts between the applicant and a former prisoner involved in setting up the   exchange. The applicant was sentenced to one year and four months’ imprisonment.   Relying on Article 6 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the applicant   alleges that the criminal proceedings against him were unfair because the appellate court convicted   him on the basis of the same evidence which had led the first-instance court to acquit him, and   without rehearing oral evidence from witnesses.   No violation of Article 6 § 1   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   [email protected] | tel.: +33 3 90 21 42 08   Tracey Turner-Tretz (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 35 30)   Denis Lambert (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 41 09)   Inci Ertekin (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 55 30)   Neil Connolly (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 48 05)   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: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution - _blank   Jane Swift (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 29 04)   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