CASE OF CUCULOVIC v. SWITZERLAND - [German Translation] summary by the Austrian Institute for Human Rights (ÖIM)

CASE OF CUCULOVIC v. SWITZERLAND - [German Translation] summary by the Austrian Institute for Human Rights (ÖIM) Application No: 28865/17

Articles: 35, 35-1, 35-3-a, 5, 5-3, 5-1-c

Respondent state: CHE

Date: 2026-02-19

Conclusion:

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Remainder inadmissible (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Brought promptly before judge or other officer)

Subject classification: Aquilina v. Malta [GC], no. 25642/94, §§ 47-50, ECHR 1999-III; Assenov and Others v. Bulgaria, 28 October 1998, § 146, Reports 1998-VIII; Bergmann v. Estonia, no. 38241/04, § 44, 29 May 2008; De Jong, Baljet and Van den Brink v. the Netherlands, 22 May 1984, § 51, Series A no. 77; Harkmann v. Estonia, no. 2192/03, §§ 32 and 35, 11 July 2006; Kurt v. Turkey, 25 May 1998, § 123, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998- III; Margaretić v. Croatia, no. 16115/13, § 75, 5 June 2014; McKay v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 543/03, §§ 33 and 34, ECHR 2006-X; Schiesser v. Switzerland, 4 December 1979, § 31, Series A no. 34; Varga v. Romania, no. 73957/01, § 52, 1 April 2008