Wyrok Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka z dnia 20 czerwca 2024 r. w sprawie Z. vs. Czechy, dotyczącej pozytywnych obowiązków państwa w zakresie zapewnienia jednostce efektywnej ochrony przed niechcianymi aktami seksualnymi, skarga nr 37782/21

• Authors: Dworakowski Jan

Title variants

EN

Judgement of the European Court of Human Rights of 20 June 2024 in the Case of Z. v. the Czech Republic, Regarding State’s Positive Obligations to Ensure Effective Protection of an Individual against Unwanted Sexual Acts, Application no. 37782/21

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

In June 2024, the European Court of Human Rights handed down its judgement in a case which concerned a Czech former student who had allegedly been sexually harassed by a clergyman teaching at her university. The applicant claimed that she was unable to express her objection during sexual acts because of her over-dependence on the lecturer, as he was her promoter, and also because of her mental problems after the loss of her father. She claimed that she expressed her objection each time after these acts. However, the case ended already at the pre-trial stage, as the Czech authorities stated that for the clergyman’s acts to be considered a crime, the applicant would have had to express her objection during the sexual acts. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Czech Republic had violated Articles 3 and 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The judgement continues a line of case law initiated in M.C. v. Bulgaria (Application no. 39272/98).

Keywords

EN

European Court of Human Rights; European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Article 3 of the Convention; Article 8 of the Convention

• Publisher: Kancelaria Sejmu / Chancellery of the Sejm
• Journal: Przegląd Sejmowy
• Year: 2024
• Issue: 6(185)
• Pages: 215–223

Contributors

author

Dworakowski Jan

• Jan Dworakowski Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Prawa i Administracji, Polska University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, Poland [e-mail],

References

• Europejska Konwencja o Ochronie Praw Człowieka i Podstawowych Wolności z dnia 4 listopada 1950 r., Dz.U. z 1993 r. nr 61, poz. 284.
• Konwencja Rady Europy o zapobieganiu i zwalczaniu przemocy wobec kobiet i przemocy domowej, sporządzona w Stambule dnia 11 maja 2011 r., Dz.U. z 2015 r. poz. 961.
• Wyrok Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka z dnia 20 czerwca 2024 r., Z. vs. Czechy, skarga nr 37782/21, <https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-236069%22]}>.

Identifiers

DOI

10.31268/PS.2024.276