M.M.B. v. SLOVAKIA - 6318/17 (Judgment : Right to respect for private and family life : Third Section)

Art 8 � Respect for private life � Positive obligations � Lack of effective investigation into allegations of sexual abuse over young child � Authorities� failure to engage in context-sensitive assessment of conflicting evidence

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Paul Lemmens, President, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, ��������� Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Gilberto Felici, ��������� Lorraine Schembri Orland, judges, and Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar,

The case originated in an application (no. 6318/17 ) against the Slovak Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Slovak national, Ms M.M.B. (�the applicant�), on 13 January 2017. The President of the Section acceded to the applicant�s request not to have her name disclosed (Rule 47 � 4 of the Rules of Court).