C v. CROATIA - 80117/17 (Judgment : Right to respect for private and family life : First Section)

Art 8 • Respect for family life • Custody proceedings involving minor and subsequent enforcement • Failure to appoint special guardian ad litem in circumstances contrary to domestic and international legal standards • Minor not heard in person by competent judicial authorities contrary to domestic and international legal standards • Decision-making process irredeemably undermined by procedural flaws

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

��������� Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President, ��������� Ksenija Turković, ��������� Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, ��������� Ale� Pejchal, ��������� Armen Harutyunyan, ��������� Pere Pastor Vilanova, ��������� Pauliine Koskelo, judges, and Abel Campos, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 80117/17 ) against the Republic of Croatia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Croatian national, Mr C (�the applicant�), on 16 November 2017;