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issued by the Registrar of the Court ECHR 268 (2025) 20.11.2025 Forthcoming judgments and decisions The European Court of Human Rights will be notifying in writing seven judgments on Tuesday 25 November 2025 and 55 judgments and / or decisions on Thursday 27 November 2025. Press releases and texts of the judgments and decisions will be available at 10 a.m. (local time) on the Court's Internet site (www.echr.coe.int). Tuesday 25 November 2025 Selimi v. Albania (application no. 37896/19) The applicant, Shk�lzen Kujtim Selimi, is an Albanian national who was born in 1974 and lives in Tirana. The applicant is a former judge. The case concerns his dismissal from that post. Starting in January 2017, as part of comprehensive reforms to Albania's justice system, the applicant underwent a "vetting process" carried out by the Independent Qualifications Commission ("the IQC"). As part of that process, an assessment of his contact with persons involved in organised crime was undertaken and a report was prepared by the Classified Information Security Directorate. The report, which was redacted, concluded that the applicant was unfit to remain in office and referred to information indicating his alleged involvement in corrupt activities and inappropriate contacts. The IQC also received a submission from the International Monitoring Operation. On 30 July 2018, following further investigation and enquiries and the preparation of an investigation report, the IQC dismissed the applicant from office. That decision was upheld on appeal. Relying on Article 6 (right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the applicant complains that the vetting proceedings were unfair as, among other things, the vetting bodies had failed to disclose the facts and the evidence underlying their decisions. He also raises a complaint under Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life). Azadliq Newspaper v. Azerbaijan (no. 12708/13) The applicant, Azadliq, is a newspaper published in Azerbaijan. It stopped publishing its paper version in 2016 owing to financial difficulties. The case concerns judgments against the applicant newspaper after its publication in 2012 of an article criticising the management of the state-owned Baku Metro when fares were increased. In particular, the courts found that the newspaper had damaged the reputation of T.A., the former chief executive of the Baku Metro, ordered it to publish a retraction and to pay T.A. approximately 30,600 euros in damages. Relying on Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention, the applicant newspaper complains that the decisions and sanctions against it were disproportionate. Rasmussen and Others v. Denmark (no. 2390/24) The applicants, Birthe Rasmussen, Walaa Elnakory and Romaysa Rasmussen are Danish and Egyptian nationals who were born in 1954, 1984 and 2012 respectively and live in Hjorring and Alexandria (Egypt). The case concerns the death of J.F in prison in November 2017. The applicants are his mother, wife and child. On the day before his death, an inmate had informed prison officers that J.F. had taken a bottle of 100 methadone tablets from the dispensary. An autopsy report concluded that the cause of death was poisoning caused by methadone, oxycodone, fentanyl and benzodiazepines. Civil proceedings brought by the applicants were unsuccessful. Relying on Articles 2 (right to life) and 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the Convention, the applicants complain that the prison authorities failed to provide J.F. with adequate supervision and medical care and, accordingly, to protect his life. Akan v. T�rkiye (no. 62611/17) The applicant, brahim Akan, is a Turkish national who was born in 1990 and lives in Istanbul. The case concerns an injury he sustained during the Labour Day demonstrations of 1 May 2013 and the authorities' refusal to initiate an investigation into his complaints regarding the responsibility of the Governor of Istanbul and the head of the Istanbul Security Directorate at the time. Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Mr Akan complains that the excessive use of force by the police � which had caused his injury � stemmed from the State authorities' determination to ban demonstrations in Taksim Square and the instructions they had given to that effect. He claims that the authorities' refusal to initiate investigations against highranking officials resulted in impunity. Associated Newspapers Limited v. the United Kingdom (no. 37398/21) Just satisfaction The applicant, Associated Newspapers Limited, is the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday newspapers, and is based in the United Kingdom. The case concerns the just satisfaction to be awarded following the European Court's judgment of 12 November 2024. That judgment concerned the fact that Associated Newspapers Limited, having been successfully sued in privacy and/or defamation proceedings by claimants who had entered into a conditional fee arrangement (CFA) with their legal representative and/or had taken out after the event (ATE) insurance, was ordered to pay the claimants' legal costs, which included not only their base costs, but also fee uplifts including the "success fee" in the CFA and the ATE insurance premiums. In the 2024 judgment the Court found that there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) as regards the newspaper company's liability to pay the success fee, and no violation of Article 10 as regards the company's liability to cover the "after-the event" insurance premiums taken out by the successful claimants. As the question of pecuniary damage under Article 41 (just satisfaction) was not ready for decision, the Court had reserved it. It will deliver its judgment on this question on 25 November 2025. Thursday 27 November 2025 Renouard v. France (no. 46911/21) The applicant, Pascal Renouard, is a French national who was born in 1961 and lives in Paris. The case concerns the application of State immunity from jurisdiction in the context of a dispute between Mr Renouard and the United Arab Emirates concerning the payment of the fees due in remuneration for his role as intermediary in the project to create the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi University. Relying on Article 6 � 1 (right of access to a court) of the Convention, Mr Renouard complains about the application of State immunity to the United Arab Emirates in the context of his dispute with authorities of that State. Europa Way S.r.l. v. Italy (no. 64356/19) The applicant, Europa Way S.r.l., is a limited liability company based in Rome. It operates in the television broadcasting sector. The case concerns the allocation of frequencies for digital television broadcasting. After a transition-period from analogue to digital terrestrial television, in 2010 the Italian communications regulatory authorities (AGCOM) set out rules for the allocation of digital terrestrial frequencies free of charge. The applicant company took part in a call for bids opened in July 2011, competing for one of the frequencies reserved to new entrants and small operators. The bidding process was however suspended by ministerial decree in January 2012, annulled by a new law which entered into force in March 2012 and replaced with a fee-based selection procedure in 2013. The applicant company unsuccessfully challenged these measures in the courts. Relying on Article 10 (freedom of expression), the applicant company complains that the suspension and annulment of the original bidding process unlawfully undermined its right to impart information and ideas. It argues in particular that the national authorities interfered with AGCOM's independent decisions on the allocation of digital terrestrial frequencies and the regulatory framework in place did not ensure adequate protection against arbitrariness in its case. Vujovi and Lipa D.O.O. v. Montenegro (no. 2) (no. 43050/22) The applicants are Milorad Vujovi a Montenegrin national who was born in 1956 and lives in Cetinje, and a limited liability company, Lipa D.O.O, which is based in Montenegro. Mr Vujovi is the founder, sole owner and executive director of the applicant company. The case concerns insolvency proceedings during which the case was remitted to the Court of Appeal by the Constitutional Court on four occasions. Relying on Article 6 (right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time), the applicants complain that the insolvency proceedings had been unfair and unreasonably long, in particular, the repeated decisions of the Court of Appeal had been insufficiently reasoned and arbitrary, as well as contrary to the findings of the Constitutional Court. Relying on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the Convention, the applicants complain that the domestic courts' decisions had amounted to an unlawful interference with their right to the peaceful enjoyment of their property. The Court will give its rulings in writing on the following cases, some of which concern issues which have already been submitted to the Court, including excessive length of proceedings. These rulings can be consulted from the day of their delivery on the Court's online database HUDOC. They will not appear in the press release issued on that day. Tuesday 25 November 2025 Name Makris v. Greece Niculae v. Romania Main application number 103/22 57456/18 Thursday 27 November 2025 Name Samvelyan v. Armenia Vardanyan and Petrosyan v. Armenia Ibrahim and Aliyeva v. Azerbaijan Main application number 64313/16 8226/19 4441/23 Name Tagizada v. Azerbaijan N.R. v. Belgium Bogdanov and Others v. Bulgaria Jelini-Starevi v. Croatia Stecajna masa iza Kompa d.o.o. u stecaju v. Croatia K.E. v. Cyprus Goginashvili v. Georgia Pirtskhalava and Y v. Georgia Wirsing v. Germany B.Y. v. Greece Elinoil A.E. and EKO AVEE v. Greece Missiou Karagiannidou v. Greece S.S. v. Greece Tsiliggros v. Greece Sebk v. Hungary Abazi v. Italy Aspa v. Italy Esposito and Others v. Italy Pastore v. Italy Alpinia S.R.L. v. the Republic of Moldova Tiramisa S.R.L. v. the Republic of Moldova F.P.C. Descrim S.R.L. v. the Republic of Moldova Dasi v. Montenegro Geo Solar Doo Delchevo v. North Macedonia Selmani and Saliji v. North Macedonia Spasovski v. North Macedonia K.G. and S.G. v. Poland Banu v. Romania Bodenlosz v. Romania Deaconeasa v. Romania Elena Popa v. Romania Marin and Others v. Romania Muntean and Others v. Romania Platon v. Romania Polaris M. Holding S.R.L. v. Romania Simion v. Romania Barbali and Others v. Serbia Bartosov� v. Slovakia Cief and Kovacovicov� v. Slovakia M.A. v. T�rkiye �zt�rk and Others v. T�rkiye Babenko v. Ukraine Bezulya and Others v. Ukraine Khafizov and Editorial board of Yuzhnyy Bulvar v. Ukraine Kozak and Others v. Ukraine Main application number 9347/24 63620/19 17939/21 3942/24 17021/24 20913/24 35359/23 11025/22 22391/22 39924/20 2030/15 410/16 30221/21 51957/15 1196/25 6100/23 42949/12 11032/24 24894/24 28230/12 40005/21 1322/20 37409/23 19088/21 52082/22 25377/19 62466/19 28204/22 40827/21 32792/18 1113/20 43697/21 40762/21 49254/22 49130/21 43635/21 60547/19 19735/22 37370/24 36916/19 40572/19 40453/16 40455/23 16421/13 54738/13 Name Lemeshko and Others v. Ukraine Lingys and Shpakovskyy v. Ukraine Motsnyy and Others v. Ukraine Mudrak and Raskin v. Ukraine Main application number 30989/24 61463/15 12164/24 29911/24 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? 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