LETONJE v. SLOVENIA - 10397/20 (Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 - Public hearing)) Court (First Section Committee)

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

Péter Paczolay , President , Gilberto Felici, Raffaele Sabato , judges , and Liv Tigerstedt, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 10397/20 ) against the Republic of Slovenia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") on 10 February 2020 by a Slovenian national, Mr Jure Letonje, born in 1993 and living in Velenje ("the applicant") who was represented by Mr R. Pograjc, a lawyer practising in Ljubljana;

the decision to give notice of the complaint concerning Article 6 § 1 of the Convention to the Slovenian Government ("the Government"), represented by their Agent, Ms A. Dežman Mušič, Senior State Attorney, and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the application;

The case concerns the lack of an oral hearing during minor offence proceedings against the applicant.