Judgment 390/18

Applicant name KRAVTSOV AND OTHERS
Applicant type natural person
Number of applicants 22
Country Russia
Application no. 390/18 2572/18 3770/18 22003/18 22034/18 37096/18 1193/18 43954/18 55220/18 6025/19 6371/19 10167/19 13758/19 15012/19 16606/19 18956/19 22675/19 43731/19 58241/19 14651/20 25910/20 33549/21 49497/21 1438/22 8029/22
Date 13/06/2024
Judges Lorraine Schembri Orland, President,
 Frédéric Krenc,
 Davor Derenčinović
Institution Court
Type Judgment
Outcome Art. 8 violation
Reason mini-judgment
Type of privacy Locational privacy
Keywords
Facts of the case Art. 8 (1) – unlawful search – search of the applicant’s apartment on 29/03/2022; search warrant issued by the Naberezhnyye Chelny Town Court of the Tatarstan Republic (upheld on appeal on 31/05/2022, Supreme Court of the Tatarstan Republic). Specific defects: no adequate and sufficient safeguards against abuse: broad terms/wide content and scope of the search warrant (objects and documents not specific enough to restrict police’s discretion); particular circumstances: possible repercussions; no relevant or sufficient reasons to justify the search: no evidence supporting the search authorisation; no relevant or sufficient reasons to justify the search: no reasonable suspicion as the basis for the search authorisation;
 
Analysis
Other Article violation? 5, 6, 10, 11 and p7-2
Damage awarded 6000 (1 applicant)
Documents Judgment