TINGAROV AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA - 42286/21 (Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Right to free elections-{general} : Third Section)

Art 3 P1 • Statutory voting ban preventing serving prisoners from voting in legislative elections incompatible with Art 3 P1 by reason of its blanket character

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:

Pere Pastor Vilanova , President , Yonko Grozev, Georgios A. Serghides, Darian Pavli, Ioannis Ktistakis, Andreas Zünd, Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir , judges , and Milan Blaško, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 42286/21 ) against the Republic of Bulgaria lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") on 10 August 2021 by eight Bulgarian nationals ("the applicants"), indicated in the appended table;