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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 246 (2022)   21.07.2022   Judgments and decisions of 21 July 2022   The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of 18 judgments1 and   decisions2:   two Chamber judgments are summarised below;   a separate press release has been issued for one Chamber judgment in the case of Darboe and   Camara v. Italy (no 5797/17);   Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and   the 41 decisions, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.   The judgments summarised below are available only in English.   Katsikeros v. Greece (application no. 2303/19)   The applicant, Panagiotis Katsikeros, is a Greek national who was born in 1970 and lives in Nea Ionia   (Greece). He is a judge.   The case concerns a dispute over contact rights with his daughter, born in 2014. The applicant had   ended his relationship with the mother while she was pregnant and just before their scheduled   wedding.   Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on   Human Rights, the applicant complains that the contact schedule set by the courts was very   restrictive and did not allow him to establish a relationship with his daughter.   He also makes two complaints under Article 6 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention,   alleging: that the additional grounds of appeal on points of law that he had lodged with the Court of   Cassation in the proceedings concerning his daughter were rejected on formalistic grounds; and,   that his appeal on points of law was not examined by an impartial tribunal, because three of the five   judges on the bench had been involved in a decision to exclude him from promotion to appellate   judge because of considerations relating to the dispute over his daughter.   No violation of Article 8   No violation of Article 6   Bieliński v. Poland (no. 48762/19)   The applicant, Janusz Leszek Bieliński, is a Polish national who was born in 1957 and lives in   Radziejowice (Poland).   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 case concerns the reduction of the applicant’s old-age pension under a new law which came into   force in 2009 for former employees of the uniformed services. His appeal against the decisions   reducing his benefits, lodged in 2017, finally went against him in 2021.   Relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial within a reasonable time) and Article 13 (right to an   effective remedy) of the Convention, the applicant complains that the length of the proceedings in   his case was excessive and that there were no legal avenues available for him to bring this complaint   at national level. He also submits under Article 6 § 1 that the national courts’ prolonged examination   of his appeals effectively deprived him of his right of access to a court.   Violation of Article 6 § 1 (on account of the excessive length of the proceedings)   Violation of Article 13   Just satisfaction:   non-pecuniary damage: 2,100 euros (EUR)   costs and expenses: EUR 763.05   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