CASE OF B.K. v. SWITZERLAND

CASE OF B.K. v. SWITZERLAND

Application No: 24268/21, 55351/21

Articles: 35, 35-1, 6, 6-1, 41

Respondent state: CHE

Date: 2026-10-22

Conclusion:

Remainder inadmissible (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings; Article 6-1 - Fair hearing; Adversarial trial; Equality of arms); Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction); Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Andrejeva v. Latvia [GC], no. 55707/00, § 96, ECHR 2009; Asnar v. France, no. 12316/04, § 26, 18 October 2007; Azinas v. Cyprus [GC], no. 56679/00, §§ 38-41, ECHR 2004-III; Contardi v. Switzerland, no. 7020/02, §§ 40-46, 12 July 2005; Dumpe v. Latvia (dec.), no. 71506/13, §§ 55-61, 16 October 2018; Ellès and Others v. Switzerland, no. 12573/06, §§ 24-29, 16 December 2010; Fu Quan, s.r.o. v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 24827/14, § 171, 1 June 2023; Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no. 22978/05, § 143, ECHR 2010; Janáček v. the Czech Republic, no. 9634/17, §§ 48 and 53, 2 February 2023; Joos v. Switzerland, no. 43245/07, §§ 27-35, 15 November 2012; Kessler v. Switzerland, no. 10577/04, §§ 29-31, 26 July 2007; Kress v. France [GC], no. 39594/98, §§ 65 and 74, ECHR 2001 VI; Mansouri v. Italy (dec.) [GC], no. 63386/16, §§ 84 and 86, 29 April 2025; Neshkov and Others v. Bulgaria, nos. 36925/10 and 5 others, §§ 180-91, 27 January 2015; Nideröst-Huber v. Switzerland, 18 February 1997, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997 I; Peacock v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 52335/12, § 40, 5 January 2016; Petrescu v. Portugal, no. 23190/17, § 92, 3 December 2019; Regner v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 35289/11, § 146, 19 September 2017; Ressegatti v. Switzerland, no. 17671/02, §§ 28-33, 13 July 2006; Schaller-Bossert v. Switzerland, no. 41718/05, §§ 39-43, 28 October 2010; Sekour v. France, no. 52496/19, §§ 74-76, 12 March 2026; Spang v. Switzerland, no. 45228/99, §§ 28-34, 11 October 2005; Stegarescu and Bahrin v. Portugal, no. 46194/06, §§ 37-38, 6 April 2010; Ulemek v. Croatia, no. 21613/16, §§ 71 and 81 92, 31 October 2019; Verein gegen Tierfabriken Schweiz (VgT) v. Switzerland (no. 2) [GC], no. 32772/02, §§ 43-45, ECHR 2009; Vučković and Others v. Serbia (preliminary objection) [GC], nos. 17153/11 and 29 others, §§ 69-77, 25 March 2014; Werz v. Switzerland, no. 22015/05, §§ 52-55, 17 December 2009; Ziegler v. Switzerland, no. 33499/96, 21 February 2002; Zlatanov v. Bulgaria (dec.), no. 53050/21, § 174, 30 January 2024