CASE OF BEGIĆ v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (No. 2)

CASE OF BEGIĆ v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (No. 2)

Application No: 16613/23

Articles: 35, 35-3-a, P12-1, 41, 34

Respondent state: BIH

Date: 2026-02-03

Conclusion:

Remainder inadmissible (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Ratione materiae; Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 - General prohibition of discrimination - {general} (Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 - General prohibition of discrimination); Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Bayatyan v. Armenia [GC], no. 23459/03, § 135, ECHR 2011; Boškoski v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (dec.), no. 11676/04, 2 September 2004; Buzadji v. the Republic of Moldova [GC], no. 23755/07, § 70, 5 July 2016; Bykov v. Russia [GC], no. 4378/02, § 114, 10 March 2009; Demirbaş and Others v. Turkey (dec.), nos. 1093/08 and 18 others, 9 November 2010; Forcadell i Lluis and Others v. Spain (dec.), no. 75147/17, § 19, 7 May 2019; Georgescu v. Romania (dec.) [Committee], no. 37327/24, 11 February 2025; Georgian Labour Party v. Georgia (dec.), no. 9103/04, 22 May 2007; Guliyev v. Azerbaijan (dec.), no. 35584/02, 27 May 2004; Hadžimejlić and Others v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, nos. 3427/13 and 2 others, § 40, 3 November 2015; Iatridis v. Greece (just satisfaction) [GC], no. 31107/96, § 54, ECHR 2000 XI; Kovačević v. Bosnia and Herzegovina [GC], no. 43651/22, 25 June 2025; Krivobokov v. Ukraine (dec.), no. 38707/04, 19 February 2013; Lawless v. Ireland, no. 332/57, Commission’s report of 19 December 1959, Series B, 1960-61, p. 50; Miroļubovs and Others v. Latvia, no. 798/05, § 65, 15 September 2009; Molla Sali v. Greece [GC], no. 20452/14, § 133, 19 December 2018; Murray v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 10511/10, § 134, ECHR 2016; Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], nos. 43577/98 and 43579/98, § 145, ECHR 2005 VI; Paksas v. Lithuania [GC], no. 34932/04, § 72, ECHR 2011 (extracts); Paşa and Erkan Erol v. Turkey, no. 51358/99, §§ 19-22, 12 December 2006; Petrović v. Serbia (dec.), no. 56551/11, 18 October 2011; Pinkas and Others v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. 8701/21, § 51, 4 October 2022; Scordino v. Italy (no. 1) [GC], no. 36813/97, §§ 180 and 193, ECHR 2006 V; Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina [GC], nos. 27996/06 and 34836/06, § 11, ECHR 2009; Zambrano v. France (dec.), no. 41994/21, §§ 33 and 38, 21 September 2021; Zhdanov and Others v. Russia, nos. 12200/08 and 2 others, § 80, 16 July 2019; Zornić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. 3681/06, §§ 34-37, 15 July 2014