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issued by the Registrar of the Court ECHR 007 (2026) 16.01.2026 Forthcoming judgments and decisions The European Court of Human Rights will be notifying in writing six judgments on Tuesday 20 January 2026 and 102 judgments and / or decisions on Thursday 22 January 2026. 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). Thursday 22 January 2026 Kaya v. Belgium (application no. 10089/18) The applicant is a Belgian national who was born in 1965 and lives in Belgium. The case concerns criminal proceedings in which the applicant was convicted of social-security fraud. He alleges that the principles of impartiality and the presumption of innocence were not complied with during those proceedings. Specifically, the applicant complains of a lack of impartiality on the part of the Court of Cassation, arguing that one of the judges who examined his appeal on points of law in 2017 had been president of the criminal court division which, in 2010, had ruled on the merits of the charges against him and had convicted him. He also complains about statements made to the press during the appeal proceedings by the prosecutor who had been responsible for the proceedings against him before the criminal court. He relies on Article 6 � 1 (right to a fair trial) and 6 � 2 (presumption of innocence) of the European Convention on Human Rights. J.S. v. Slovakia (no. 35767/23) The applicant, J.S., is a Slovak national who was born in 1980 and lives in Presov (Slovakia). The case concerns an alleged failure by the national authorities to effectively investigate and prosecute acts of domestic violence that J.S. allegedly suffered at the hands of her former husband. It also concerns the discriminatory impact of gender-based violence on women in Slovakia. Relying on Articles 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), 8 (right to respect for private and family life), 13 (right to an effective remedy) and 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention, J.S. complains that she was subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment by her former husband and that the national courts failed to promptly and thoroughly investigate her allegations because, amongst other things, the courts downplayed the violence, and their assessment of evidence was laden with prejudice and stereotypes against ill-treated women. J.S. complains that the State failed to provide her with effective protection from that violence, that the criminal proceedings which had ended in an acquittal could not be considered an effective remedy, and that gender-based violence against women and the lack of its investigation was a systemic problem in Slovakia. 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 20 January 2026 Name Poghosyan v. Armenia Gasimov v. Azerbaijan Mekvabishvili v. Georgia Kiss v. Hungary Bekirov and Others v. Russia Altintop and Others v. T�rkiye Thursday 22 January 2026 Name Bi�aku and Rjepaj v. Albania Buzalli v. Albania Tadevosyan v. Armenia Badalov v. Azerbaijan Nabiyev and Jafarov v. Azerbaijan Salayev and Others v. Azerbaijan Swissair International Finance III v. Belgium Anti-Corruption Fund v. Bulgaria Iliev v. Bulgaria Viskovi v. Croatia Awad v. France Camara v. France E.F. and Others v. France J.F. v. France J.J.G. v. France K.M. v. France O.J. and Others v. France Obiang Mangue v. France R.A. v. France A.N. and Others v. Greece Bazakas and Others v. Greece Benetatos and Mamaki v. Greece Bicacu and Others v. Greece Cumani and Others v. Greece Drivas v. Greece Gazulli and Others v. Greece Georgopoulou v. Greece Lilos and Others v. Greece Mallaj and Others v. Greece Merianos and Others v. Greece Pavlidis and Others v. Greece Tsoutsis and Eleftherakis v. Greece Main application number 37712/13 37457/09 37567/23 55237/21 70557/14 39386/20 Main application number 45354/16 385/22 25928/16 18295/23 3156/24 54198/22 1294/22 32824/23 32908/21 20775/24 43001/23 22222/24 2070/24 7428/24 2337/24 4636/24 4527/24 4812/22 6657/24 65267/19 15725/22 28883/24 15574/17 22274/22 41871/22 67349/16 28818/24 15731/22 41891/22 21947/22 25926/17 17431/23 Name Bazalt Kft. and Others v. Hungary J�ni and Others v. Hungary Kaufmann and Others v. Hungary R�mai and Others v. Hungary X v. Hungary Bernardi v. Italy Casa Di Cura GE.P.O.S. S.R.L. and Others v. Italy Dal Canto v. Italy Morena v. Italy P.&D. Trading S.r.l. v. Italy Rizzetto and Others v. Italy Santopietro v. Italy Kidyt v. Lithuania Kempenaar v. the Netherlands Santana de Regla v. the Netherlands J.L. v. Norway Adamczyk and Others v. Poland Andrzejewski and Smolaga v. Poland Duchnowski v. Poland Kimmel and Others v. Poland Starska v. Poland Stefaski-Plichta v. Poland Stpie and Others v. Poland Dadin and Others v. Russia Filkov v. Russia Fokin v. Russia Gritsevich and Others v. Russia Khakim and Others v. Russia Khakim and Others v. Russia Krivosheyev and Others v. Russia Kuchina and Others v. Russia Kudryavtsev and Others v. Russia Kuznetsov and Others v. Russia Loyev and Others v. Russia Meletin and Others v. Russia Nabiyev and Others v. Russia Nikiforov and Others v. Russia Nogovitsyn and Others v. Russia Osmolovskiy and Others v. Russia Ovchinnikov and Others v. Russia Pavlov and Others v. Russia Sentyukova and Others v. Russia Shevchenko and Others v. Russia Zhilkin and Others v. Russia Krsti and Others v. Serbia Main application number 22332/24 12942/25 4264/25 12488/25 3824/24 14322/18 6020/25 33150/16 62153/16 31689/19 40209/23 63/25 32947/20 22501/23 16381/23 27405/22 12193/24 4618/24 5200/24 13381/24 18822/18 47684/19 1385/24 37091/15 13678/18 48955/20 11146/16 66883/14 73423/14 36108/20 28195/17 3198/20 37069/22 11305/18 79964/17 44254/21 24708/21 19054/21 7963/18 6493/22 17719/15 35633/17 4699/23 11180/18 35477/21 Name Main application number Konecn� v. Slovakia 22083/21 Scheffer and Others v. Slovakia 16627/21 Demi� v. T�rkiye 50432/21 Felemez and Others v. T�rkiye 30027/20 Foundation of the Sulumanastir Surp Kevork Armenian Church in Samatya 13768/18 and the Sahakyan Nunyan Armenian Cemetery and School v. T�rkiye Karaolan and Others v. T�rkiye 37344/11 Koucu v. T�rkiye 66041/17 ahin and Others v. T�rkiye 3785/16 Sayin and Bodurlu v. T�rkiye 14883/20 T�rk and Others v. T�rkiye 4625/21 Y�ceer and Others v. T�rkiye 15973/21 Antonyan v. Ukraine 6855/15 Chumachenko and Shylina v. Ukraine 4734/17 Frankiv and Others v. Ukraine 7223/18 Gavrysh and Kosynets v. Ukraine 62835/19 Kolesnichenko v. Ukraine 34511/14 Lukashuk v. Ukraine 9079/24 Makaruk and Others v. Ukraine 35052/19 Melnyk v. Ukraine 44434/15 Mishuk v. Ukraine 21739/24 Novykova v. Ukraine 30093/19 Ridkodubskyy and Others v. Ukraine 16317/24 Vykhor v. Ukraine 36618/14 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] | tel.: +33 3 90 21 42 08 We are happy to receive journalists' enquiries via either email or telephone. 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