272/57

Applicant name F.R.
Applicant type Natural Person
Country Germany
Decision no. 272/57
Date 22/03/1958
Judges M. P. BERa
M. P . FABER
M. L. J . C. BEAOTORT
M. A. STJSTERHEDIN
Mme. G. JAI^SSENPEVTSCFBI
M. J . CROSBIE
M. P. SKARPHEDINSSON
lii. ERIM
Institution Commission (Plenary)
Type Decision
Outcome Art. 8 Inadmissible
Reason Ratione temporis; exhaustion of domestic remedies; manifestly ill-founded
Type of privacy Informational Privacy
Keywords False identity; defamation;
Facts of the case Person affiliated to the nazi-regime adopts a new identity after WWII and joins the Socialist Party under a false identity. He is sentenced by German courts for signing many documents under a false identity and later for defamation.
Analysis Applicant complaints about the unfairness of the German system in general. This claim seems to be politically motivated and it is perhaps remarkable that the ECmHR does not declare it inadmissible on the ground of abuse of right. Rather, the Commission simply points out that most claims by the applicant have to be declared inadmissible ratione temporis and that others are inadmissible because not all domestic remedies have been exhausted. The rest of the claims are declared inadmissible because they are manifestly ill-founded.
Documents Decision