V.P. v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - 27402/16 (Judgment : Article 6+6-3-d - Right to a fair trial : Second Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

��������� Branko Lubarda, President, ��������� Jovan Ilievski, ��������� Diana S�rcu, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 27402/16) against the Republic of Moldova lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) on 27 April 2016 by a Moldovan national, V.P., born in 1979 and detained in Chișinău (�the applicant�) who was represented by Mr I. Cernolev, a lawyer practising in Chișinău;

the decision to give notice of the application to the Moldovan Government (�the Government�), represented by their Agent, Mr O. Rotari;

1.  The case concerns the applicant�s conviction in criminal proceedings without giving him the opportunity to call two important witnesses for the defence.