HC/E/HU 1379
European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights (ECrtHR)
Guido Raimondi (President); Işıl Karakaş, András Sajó, Nebojša Vučinić, Egidijus Kūris, Robert Spano, Jon Fridrik Kjølbro (judges); Stanley Naismith (Section Registrar)
ITALY
HUNGARY
28 October 2014
Final
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
ECrtHR - Violation of Article 8 ECHR, award of damages
Article 8 ECHR; Art. 11(3) of Brussels IIa Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003)
Karoussiotis v. Portugal (Application No 23205/08) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1166]; Keegan v. Ireland (Application No 16969/90); Ignaccolo-Zenide v. Romania (Application No 31679/96) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/336]; Iglesias Gil and A.U.I. v. Spain (Application No 56673/00) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/542]; Nuutinen v. Finland (Application No 32842/96); Sylvester v. Austria (Application Nos 36812/97 and 40104/98) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/502]; Neulinger and Shuruk v. Switzerland (Application No 41615/07) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1323]; Shaw v. Hungary (Application No 6457/09) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1150]; Streletz, Kessler and Krenz v. Germany (Application Nos 34044/96, 35532/97 and 44801/98); Al-Adsani v. the United Kingdom (Application No 35763/97); X v. Latvia (Application No 27853/09) [INCADAT Reference HC/E/1234]; M.D. and Others v. Malta (Application No 64791/10)
Two children wrongfully removed at approximately ages 1 and 2 years old – Nationals of Hungary and Italy – Married parents – Father national of Italy – Mother national of Hungary – Shared parental authority – Children lived in Italy until June 2004 – Application for return filed with the Central Authority of Italy on 3 March 2005 – Return ordered before application to ECtHR on 16 January 2013 – Violation of Art. 8 ECHR – EUR 3,000 awarded in damages to father and EUR 3,000 awarded in damages to children – The failure to enforce the return order without any explanation or justification, which prevented the father and children from being reunited or seeing each other occassionaly for over seven years, amounted to a violation of the father's and children's right to family life