CASE OF PETROV v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

CASE OF PETROV v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Application No: 38066/18

Articles: 14, 14+3, 3, 4, 4-2, 46, 46-2

Respondent state: MDA

Date: 2026-03-05

Conclusion:

Violation of Article 14+3 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture; Degrading treatment; Positive obligations); Violation of Article 4 - Prohibition of slavery and forced labour (Article 4 - Positive obligations; Article 4-2 - Compulsory labour; Forced labour); Respondent State to take measures of a general character (Article 46-2 - General measures)

Subject classification: Blokhin v. Russia [GC], no. 47152/06, § 140, 23 March 2016; Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, §§ 82 and 83, ECHR 2015; C.N. and V. v. France, no. 67724/09, §§ 69 and 77, 11 October 2012; C.N. v. the United Kingdom, no. 4239/08, §§ 65-69, 13 November 2012; Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu v. Romania [GC], no. 47848/08, § 156, ECHR 2014; Chaldayev v. Russia, no. 33172/16, § 71, 28 May 2019; Chowdury and Others v. Greece, no. 21884/15, § 90, 30 March 2017; D v. Latvia, no. 76680/17, 11 January 2024; D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 57325/00, § 175, ECHR 2007-IV; El-Masri v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [GC], no. 39630/09, § 151, ECHR 2012; M.C. and A.C. v. Romania, no. 12060/12, §§ 105 and 113, 12 April 2016; Mehmet Çiftci v. Turkey, no. 53208/19, § 26, 16 November 2021; Meier v. Switzerland, no. 10109/14, 9 February 2016; Members of the Gldani Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Others v. Georgia, no. 71156/01, §§ 139-141, 3 May 2007; Milanović v. Serbia, no. 44614/07, §§ 96-97, 14 December 2010; Nicolae Virgiliu Tănase v. Romania [GC], no. 41720/13, §§ 115 and 118, 25 June 2019; Opuz v. Turkey, no. 33401/02, §§ 191 and 200, ECHR 2009; Petrescu v. Portugal, no. 23190/17, § 62, 3 December 2019; Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], nos. 37685/10 and 22768/12, 20 March 2018; S.M. v. Croatia [GC], no. 60561/14, §§ 284 and 306, 25 June 2020; S.P. and Others v. Russia, nos. 36463/11 and 10 others, 2 May 2023; Škorjanec v. Croatia, no. 25536/14, 28 March 2017 (extracts); Steindel v. Germany (dec.), no. 29878/07, 14 September 2010; Stummer v. Austria [GC], no. 37452/02, ECHR 2011; Tibet Menteş and Others v. Turkey, nos. 57818/10 and 4 others, § 67, 24 October 2017; Twenty-One Detained Persons v. Germany, nos. 3134/67 and 2 others, decision of the Commission, Reports 27; Tyrer v. the United Kingdom, 25 April 1978, § 30, Series A no. 26; Van der Mussele v. Belgium, 23 November 1983, § 43, Series A no. 70; Van Droogenbroeck v. Belgium, 24 June 1982, § 59, Series A no. 50; X and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 22457/16, § 176, 2 February 2021; Y and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 9077/18, § 122, 22 March 2022; Zarb Adami v. Malta, no. 17209/02, § 45, ECHR 2006-VIII