CASE OF VIDBERG v. FRANCE

CASE OF VIDBERG v. FRANCE

Application No: 39092/21

Articles: 35, 35-1, 2, 2-1, 6, 6-1, 14, 14+6-1

Respondent state: FRA

Date: 2026-10-08

Conclusion:

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; No violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court; Civil rights and obligations); No violation of Article 14+6-1 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial; Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court)

Subject classification: Advisory opinion on the difference in treatment between landowners’ associations “having a recognised existence on the date of the creation of an approved municipal hunters’ association” and landowners’ associations set up after that date [GC], request no. P16-2021-002, French Conseil d’État, § 72, 13 July 2022; Al-Dulimi and Montana Management Inv. v. Switzerland [GC], no 5809/08, § 129, 21 June 2016; Al-Skeini and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 55721/07, § 167, ECHR 2011; Angelova v. Bulgaria, no 38361/97, § 138, ECHR 2002-IV; Armani Da Silva v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 5878/08, § 238, 30 March 2016; Ashingdane v. the United Kingdom, 28 May 1985, § 57, Series A no 93; Chennouf and Others v. France, no 4704/19, § 37, 20 June 2023; Cocchiarella v. Italy [GC], no 64886/01, § 93, ECHR 2006-V; Darraj v. France, no 34588/07, §§ 45 to 46, 4 November 2010; El-Masri v. 'the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia' [GC], no 39630/09, § 183, ECHR 2012; Erkan v. Turkey (dec.), no 41792/10, § 78, 28 January 2014; Fabris v. France [GC], no 16574/08, § 56, ECHR 2013; Fraisse and Others v. France, nos. 47626/21 and 22525/21, §§ 79 and 80, 27 February 2025; Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no 22978/05, ECHR 2010; Giuliani and Gaggio v. Italy [GC], no 23458/02, § 303, ECHR 2011 (extracts); Golder v. the United Kingdom, 21 February 1975, § 38, Series A no 18; Gorou v. Greece (no 2) [GC], no 12686/03, § 24, 20 March 2009; Grzęda v. Poland [GC], no 43572/18, §§ 352-353, 15 March 2022; Hanan v. Germany [GC], no 4871/16, § 210, 16 February 2021; Hovhannisyan and Nazaryan v. Armenia, nos. 2169/12 and 29887/14, § 124, 8 November 2022; Intranuovo v. Italy, no 46569/19, §§ 102 to 104, 11 December 2025; Lupeni Greek Catholic Parish and Others v. Romania [GC], no. 76943/11, § 89, 29 November 2016; Molga v. Poland (dec.), no 78388/12, § 72, 17 January 2017; Molla Sali v. Greece [GC], no 20452/14, § 135, 19 December 2018; Mustafa Tunç and Fecire Tunç v. Turkey [GC], no 24014/05, 14 April 2015; Mustafić-Mujić and Others v. the Netherlands (dec.), no 49037/15, § 117, 30 August 2016; Naït-Liman v. Switzerland [GC], no 51357/07, §§ 114-115, 15 March 2018; Nicolae Virgiliu Tănase v. Romania [GC], no 41720/13, 25 June 2019; Nikitin and Others v. Estonia, no 23226/16 and 6 others, § 197, 29 January 2019; Petrella v. Italy, no 24340/07, § 49, 18 March 2021; Scordino v. Italy (no 1) [GC], no 36813/97, § 180, ECHR 2006-V; Tamazount v. France, nos. 17131/19 and 4 others, § 114, 4 April 2024; Vazagashvili and Shanava v. Georgia, no 50375/07, § 81, 18 July 2019; X and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], no 22457/16, § 149, 2 February 2021; Zubac v. Croatia [GC], no 40160/12, § 78, 5 April 2018