CASE OF BEGIĆ v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

CASE OF BEGIĆ v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Application No: 5067/23

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

Respondent state: BIH

Date: 2026-02-03

Conclusion:

Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 - General prohibition of discrimination - {general} (Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 - General prohibition of discrimination); Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction); Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Communauté genevoise d’action syndicale (CGAS) v. Switzerland [GC], no. 21881/20, §§ 138-46, 27 November 2023; 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; Georgian Labour Party v. Georgia (dec.), no. 9103/04, 22 May 2007; 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; Lawless v. Ireland, no. 332/57, Commission’s report of 19 December 1959, Series B, 1960-61, p. 50; Makuchyan and Minasyan v. Azerbaijan and Hungary, no. 17247/13, § 72, 26 May 2020; Miroļubovs and Others v. Latvia, no. 798/05, § 65, 15 September 2009; Molla Sali v. Greece [GC], no. 20452/14, § 133, 19 December 2018; Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], nos. 43577/98 and 43579/98, § 145, ECHR 2005 VII; Paşa and Erkan Erol v. Turkey, no. 51358/99, §§ 19-22, 12 December 2006; Petrović v. Serbia (dec.), no. 56551/11, 18 October 2011; Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina [GC], nos. 27996/06 and 34836/06, § 11, ECHR 2009; Šeks v. Croatia, no. 39325/20, § 48, 3 February 2022; Sieć Obywatelska Watchdog Polska v. Poland, no. 10103/20, § 24, 21 March 2024; Stavropoulos and Others v. Greece, no. 52484/18, §§ 29-30, 25 June 2020; Zambrano v. France (dec.), no. 41994/21, §§ 33-38, 21 September 2021; Ždanoka v. Latvia [GC], no. 58278/00, ECHR 2006 IV; Zelčs v. Latvia, no. 65367/16, § 44, 20 February 2020; Zornić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. 3681/06, 15 July 2014