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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 069 (2024)   26.03.2024   Judgments of 26 March 2024   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 a Chamber judgment in the case of V.I. v. the Republic   of Moldova (application no. 38963/18);   three Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the Court, can   be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.   The judgment summarised below is available only in English   Kartal v. Türkiye (application no. 54699/14)   The applicant, Adem Kartal, is a Turkish national who was born in 1972 and lives in Ankara. He is a   judge by profession.   At the time of the events in question Mr Kartal was the vice-president of the Inspection Board of the   High Council of Judges and Prosecutors. In February 2014, the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye   adopted Law no. 6524, which, among other provisions, amended Law no. 6087 on the Council of   Judges and Prosecutors. The case concerns the ending of Mr Kartal’s term of office at the Inspection   Board by virtue of those amendments.   Relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights, Mr Kartal   complains that he was unable to contest the allegedly arbitrary termination of his position before   the courts. He argues that he had had no effective remedy that he could use with a view to   contesting the premature termination of his office by a law, even though there had been no   objective grounds for restricting his right of access to a court.   Violation of Article 6 § 1   Just satisfaction:   non-pecuniary damage: 7,800 euros (EUR)   costs and expenses: EUR 1,767   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]e.int | tel: +33 3 90 21 42 08   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   We are happy to receive journalists’ enquiries via either email or telephone.   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