CASE OF BERLUSCONI v. ITALY

CASE OF BERLUSCONI v. ITALY

Application No: 8683/14

Articles: 35, 35-1, 35-3-a, 6, 6-1

Respondent state: ITA

Date: 2026-10-22

Conclusion:

Remainder inadmissible (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art 35-1) Four-month period (former six-month); (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Impartial tribunal)

Subject classification: “Bulves” AD v. Bulgaria, no. 3991/03, §§ 66-70, 22 January 2009; Adam and Others v. Germany (dec.), no. 290/03, 1 September 2005; Allan v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 48539/99, 28 August 2001; Bodet v. Belgium (dec.), no. 78480/13, §§ 28 and 30, 5 January 2017; Bracci v. Italy, no. 36822/02, § 52, 13 October 2005; Buscemi v. Italy, no. 29569/95, §§ 67 and 68, ECHR 1999-VI; Business Support Centre v. Bulgaria, no. 6689/03, §§ 21-26, 18 March 2010; Cleja and Mihalcea v. Romania (dec), no. 77217/01, 29 June 2006; Danileţ v. Romania [GC], no. 16915/21, § 160, 15 December 2025; De Cubber v. Belgium, 26 October 1984, § 25, Series A no. 86; Deli v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 42010/06, § 42, 22 October 2019; Ergezen v. Turkey, no. 73359/10, §§ 28 30, 8 April 2014; Finanziaria D’Investimento Fininvest S.P.A. and Berlusconi v. Italy, nos. 23538/14 and 23554/14, § 106, 8 January 2026; Grosam v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 19750/13, 1 June 2023; Guðmundur Andri Ástráðsson v. Iceland [GC], no. 26374/18, §§ 211-34, 1 December 2020; Hauschildt v. Denmark, 24 May 1989, § 47, Series A no. 154; Ilnseher v. Germany [GC], nos. 10211/12 and 27505/14, § 287, 4 December 2018; Khadzhimuradov and Others v. Russia, nos. 21194/09 and 16 others, § 57, 10 October 2017; Kononov v. Latvia [GC], no. 36376/04, § 187, ECHR 2010; Kyprianou v. Cyprus [GC], no. 73797/01, §§ 118-20, ECHR 2005-XIII; Larrañaga Arando v. Spain (dec.), nos. 73911/16 and 3 others, § 39, 25 June 2019; Lavents v. Latvia, no. 58442/00, 28 November 2002; M.D.U. v. Italy (dec.), no. 58540/00, 28 January 2003; Manole v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 26360/19, § 67, 18 July 2023; Micallef v. Malta [GC], no. 17056/06, §§ 93-94 and 96, ECHR 2009; Morais v. Portugal (dec.), no. 31208/13, § 79, 26 April 2022; Morice v. France [GC], no. 29369/10, §§ 73-75, ECHR 2015; Olujić v. Croatia, no. 22330/05, §§ 59 and 65, 5 February 2009; Otegi Mondragon and Others v. Spain (dec.), no. 4184/15 and 4 others, § 27, 3 November 2015; Petruzzo and Others v. Italy, nos. 1986/09 and 67756/13, §§ 95 100 and 103, 9 October 2025; Previti v. Italy (dec.), no. 45291/06, 8 December 2009; Pullar v. the United Kingdom, 10 June 1996, § 32, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-III; Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], nos. 37685/10 and 22768/12, §§ 110 and 138, 20 March 2018; Ramos Nunes de Carvalho e Sá v. Portugal [GC], nos. 55391/13 and 2 others, § 104, 6 November 2018; Rohlena v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 59552/08, § 51, ECHR 2015; Roman Miroshnichenko v. Ukraine, no. 34211/04, §§ 17-22, 19 February 2009; Rustavi 2 Broadcasting Company Ltd and Others v. Georgia, no. 16812/17, § 346, 18 July 2019; Saiz Oceja v. Spain (dec.), no. 74182/01 and 2 others, 2 May 2007; Scoppola v. Italy (no. 2) [GC], no. 10249/03, § 54, 17 September 2009; Timofejevi v. Latvia, no. 45393/04, § 78, 11 December 2012; Zervakis v. Greece (dec.), no. 64321/01, 17 October 2002; Zverev v. Russia (dec.), no. 16234/05, §§ 13 and 14, 3 July 2012