| Applicant name | GENÇ AND OTHERS |
| Applicant type | Prisoner |
| Number of applicants | 6 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Application no. | 41210/19 53038/20 54307/20 6691/21 18475/21 19508/21 |
| Date | 19/03/2024 |
| Judges | Jovan Ilievski , President , Lorraine Schembri Orlando, Diana Sârcu |
| Institution | Court |
| Type | Judgment |
| Outcome Art. 8 | Violation |
| Reason | Not prescribed by law (mini-judgement) |
| Type of privacy | Informational privacy |
| Keywords | Correspondence monitoring |
| Facts of the case | The applicants allege that the recording of their correspondence in the UYAP system infringes their rights guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention. |
| Analysis | The Court recalls that it has already found a violation of Article 8 of the Convention on the ground that the recording of prisoners’ correspondence in the UYAP system could not be regarded as having been ” prescribed by law ” within the meaning of that provision. |
| Other Article violation? | – |
| Damage awarded | Holds that the finding of a violation constitutes in itself sufficient just satisfaction for any non-pecuniary damage sustained by the applicants Mustafa Genç and Ekrem Acar ; a) that the respondent State is to pay each of the applicants Mustafa Genç and Ekrem Acar (applications nos . 41210/19 and 54307/20 ), within three months, EUR 500 (five hundred euros), plus any tax that may be chargeable on that sum, in respect of costs and expenses, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of settlement ; |
| Documents | Judgment |