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issued by the Registrar of the Court ECHR 040 (2026) 18.02.2026 Forthcoming judgments and decisions The European Court of Human Rights will be notifying in writing 88 judgments and / or decisions on Thursday 26 February 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 26 February 2026 Macovei v. Romania (application no. 58004/17) The applicant, Monica-Luisa Macovei, is a Romanian national who was born in 1959 and lives in Bucharest. She is a former politician, a former member of the European parliament and a former Minister of Justice. The case concerns proceedings brought by Ms Macovei to challenge sanctions imposed on her for having violated the rules on election financing during her 2014 presidential campaign. In February 2015 the Permanent Electoral Authority, the body responsible for supervising the organisation of elections in Romania, issued fines and confiscation orders for alleged breaches of Law no. 334/2006 on financing the activities of political parties and electoral campaigns. Relying on Article 6 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights and on arguments essentially referring to its criminal limb, Ms Macovei complains that the proceedings about her claim against the AEP were conducted unfairly and argues that the national court gave reasons that were arbitrary and manifestly unreasonable. She also complains, under Article 7 of the Convention (no punishment without law), that, by upholding the sanctions imposed on her, the County Court violated the principle that punishments had to be provided for by law and the principle of the retrospective application of more lenient criminal law. 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. Name Aramyan v. Armenia Hovhannisyan and Others v. Armenia Karapetyan v. Armenia Vanesyan and Others v. Armenia Aliyev v. Azerbaijan A.M. v. Greece Alexellis v. Greece L.A. v. Greece Livaditis v. Greece Llanaj and Others v. Greece Main application number 12933/23 72645/16 42770/20 35710/22 7396/23 12462/21 13021/18 33429/21 24662/17 68671/14 Name Meletiou and Others v. Greece Moschonas and Others v. Greece Orfanidis v. Greece Sarris and Others v. Greece Z.H. and S.T.H. v. Greece Anitic and Others v. Hungary Kiss and Others v. Hungary Monoki and Others v. Hungary Nagy and Others v. Hungary Cuoco and Sauro v. Italy D'Arvia v. Italy De Blasio di Palizzi and Others v. Italy Di Rito and Others v. Italy Genito and Others v. Italy Liguori and Others v. Italy Lo Bue and Vecchione v. Italy Lojodice v. Italy Lojodice v. Italy Massaro and Others v. Italy Montecuollo and Others v. Italy Santopietro and Others v. Italy Santopietro v. Italy Viggiano and Others v. Italy Gutaale v. the Netherlands Musliu v. North Macedonia Bartoszewski and Others v. Poland Dejneka v. Poland Kolada v. Poland Tsivilskaya v. Poland Winkel v. Poland Woniak v. Poland F� and Butcel v. Romania Aliyev and Others v. Russia Avdeyenko v. Russia Grishina v. Russia Ivankin and Others v. Russia Ken and Garshin v. Russia Klochkov and Ryabikova v. Russia Klubov and Others v. Russia Kochkin and Others v. Russia Krivoshein and Shulayev v. Russia Krupina v. Russia Kurilo and Others v. Russia Nakusov and Others v. Russia Obukhov and Demyankova v. Russia Main application number 28737/23 21984/22 17638/19 46581/22 34712/23 37496/24 13882/25 31275/24 14440/25 31377/24 45550/16 8494/21 1669/25 27957/24 11398/24 41762/18 10246/23 22603/23 989/25 38566/23 19737/24 2496/25 417/25 30638/22 43315/22 12942/23 59040/19 14971/19 55410/20 9397/23 24478/24 43231/21 21290/18 5696/16 37594/20 30003/19 42170/21 37220/17 4878/18 2171/18 35052/18 63741/19 44576/20 49266/20 15649/17 Name Razhayev v. Russia Shadrin and Boyev v. Russia Shcherbakov and Zhmutskaya v. Russia Shevelev v. Russia Shmelev v. Russia Sinitsyn and Pervilyev v. Russia Smirnov and Others v. Russia Vaal v. Russia Valov and Others v. Russia Vatayev and Others v. Russia Viktor Sorokin v. Russia DELTA AGRAR DOO and SECURITAS SERVICES DOO BEOGRAD v. Serbia uranovi v. Serbia KRANKOMERC DOO and Others v. Serbia Lazarevi v. Serbia Preljevi and Others v. Serbia SIPAD KOMERC-NAMESTAJ DOO v. Serbia Slomi and Others v. Serbia Zec and Others v. Serbia Ryb�rik and Others v. Slovakia Vodopivc v. Slovenia Kartal and Others v. T�rkiye Ouz v. T�rkiye Yaar v. T�rkiye Chornyy and Others v. Ukraine Marynchenko and Others v. Ukraine Mogyla and Others v. Ukraine Oborzhytskyy v. Ukraine Strogush and Kropachev v. Ukraine Tinyk-Zhuk v. Ukraine Tipakova v. Ukraine Vitkovskyy and Others v. Ukraine Main application number 30757/16 31323/17 23571/22 49712/20 41743/17 52670/20 14662/21 32876/17 2264/17 49274/20 17836/14 3484/25 36364/23 3297/25 28928/23 3640/24 3771/25 31662/23 26996/23 10023/25 25369/22 16485/23 33439/22 50430/20 20343/24 74329/17 1129/18 2966/24 9673/25 6928/25 60664/19 16595/23 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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