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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 244 (2025)   23.10.2025   Judgments and decisions of 23 October 2025   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 32 judgments1 and 45 decisions2:   one Chamber judgment is summarised below;   two separate press releases have been issued for two Chamber judgments in the cases of Ayala Flores   v. Italy (application no. 16803/21) and A.J. and L.E. v. Spain (nos. 40312/23 and 40388/23);   two press releases have also been issued for two decisions in the cases of Fillon and Others v. France   (application no. 24326/24) and Otegi Mondragon and Others v. Spain (no. 14186/24);   Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and the   other decisions, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.   The judgment summarised below is available only in English.   Tartamella and Others v. Italy (application nos. 26338/19, 1823/21, and   12868/22)   The applicants, Francesca Tartamella, Barbara Tartamella, Szilvia Koka, and Silvia Santorelli, were born   in 1982, 1980, 1974 and 1985, respectively. Francesca Tartamella and Barbara Tartamella are Italian   nationals; Ms Koka is Hungarian; and Ms Santorelli is Romanian. They live in Perigua (Italy), London,   Costa (Corsica, France) and Savignano (Italy) respectively.   The case concerns the seizure and confiscation of assets belonging to them, the value of which was   deemed to be equivalent to the proceeds from offences committed by their family members. The   measures were based on the finding that, even though the applicants were the formal owners of the   assets, those assets were at the disposal of the offenders.   Relying on Articles 7 (no punishment without law) of the European Convention on Human Rights and   Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European Convention, the applicants   complain that, by seizing and confiscating their assets, the domestic courts had punished them for an   offence committed by others and that the seizure and confiscation had been disproportionate and not   sufficiently foreseeable. Relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing) of the Convention, Ms Koka   also complains that she did not have access to an effective remedy by which to contest the   confiscation of her assets.   No violation of Article 6 § 1 in respect of the third applicant   Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 in respect of the first two applicants   No violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 in respect of the third and fourth applicants   Just satisfaction: The Court held that the question of the application of Article 41 (just satisfaction) in   relation to application no. 26338/19 was not ready for decision in so far as pecuniary damage was   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.   concerned and reserved it for examination at a later date. The Court further held that the Respondent   State was to pay 5,000 euros (EUR) to the first two applicants jointly in respect of non-pecuniary   damage.   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.   Follow the Court on Bluesky @echr.coe.int, X ECHR_CEDH, LinkedIn, and YouTube.   Contact ECHRPress to subscribe to the press-release mailing list.   Where can the Court’s press releases be found? HUDOC - Press collection   Press contacts   [email protected]e.int | tel: +33 3 90 21 42 08   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)   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