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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 230 (2022)   05.07.2022   Judgments and decisions of 5 July 2022   The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of 12 judgments1 and   two decisions 2:   two Chamber judgments are summarised below;   separate press releases have been issued for three other Chamber judgments in the cases of Loizides   v. Cyprus (application no. 31029/15), Association of Civil Servants and Union for Collective Bargaining   and Others v. Germany (nos. 815/18, 3278/18, 12380/18, 12693/18, and 14883/18), and Dimici   v. Türkiye (no. 70133/16);   seven 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 judgments below are available only in English.   Drousiotis v. Cyprus (application no. 42315/15)   The applicant, Makarios Drousiotis, is a Cypriot national who was born in 1959 and lives in Nicosia.   The case concerns a judgment given against Mr Drousiotis, a journalist, in civil defamation   proceedings. The domestic courts found against him for an article published in Politis, a daily   newspaper, on the Government’s extending of the term of office of a then high-ranking attorney in   the Law Office of the Republic of Cyprus past the compulsory retirement age.   Mr Drousiotis relies on Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human   Rights.   Violation of Article 10   Just satisfaction:   non-pecuniary damage: EUR 12,000 euros   costs and expenses: EUR 5,362.50   Lilian Erhan v. the Republic of Moldova (no. 21947/16)   The applicant, Lilian Erhan, is a Moldovan national who was born in 1974 and lives in Chișinău.   The case concerns the applicant’s conviction for drink driving. The courts relied on his breathalyser   test rather than on a blood test taken later at hospital, which was ruled inadmissible as he had been   unaccompanied when giving it. Mr Erhan asserts that he tried to get a police officer to accompany   him, to no avail.   Relying on Article 6 (right to a fair trial) and Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of   the European Convention, Mr Erhan alleges, in particular, that it was impossible for him to secure   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: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution   Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.   the relevant proof, thus harming the principle of equality of arms and the principle of legality,   rendering his trial unfair. He also complains that he lost his job as a result of his conviction.   Violation of Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (b)   Just satisfaction:   non-pecuniary damage: EUR 3,600   costs and expenses: EUR 800   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   We would encourage journalists to send their enquiries via email.   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)   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