C.O. v. GERMANY - 16678/22 (No Article 6 - Right to a fair trial : Fourth Section)

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 (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Gabriele Kucsko - Stadlmayer , President , Faris Vehabović, Branko Lubarda, Anja Seibert - Fohr, Ana Maria Guerra Martins, Anne Louise Bormann, Sebastian Răduleţu , judges , and Andrea Tamietti, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 16678/22 ) against the Federal Republic of Germany lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a German national, Mr C.O. ("the applicant"), on 30 March 2022;

the decision to give notice to the German Government ("the Government") of the complaints concerning Article 6 § 2 and Article 8 § 1 of the Convention, in so far as they concern statements made about the applicant in decisions of the criminal courts alleging his involvement in certain offences, and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the application;