K.B. AND OTHERS v. CROATIA - 36216/13 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (Second 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 (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Işıl Karakaş, President, ��������� Neboj�a Vučinić, ��������� Paul Lemmens, ��������� Valeriu Griţco, ��������� Ksenija Turković, ��������� St�phanie Mourou-Vikstr�m, ��������� Georges Ravarani, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar ,

The case originated in an application (no. 36216/13 ) 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 Ms K.B. (�the applicant�) on her own behalf and on behalf of her two underage sons, D.B. and P.B. (�the children�), all Croatian nationals, on 22 May 2013. The President of the Section acceded to the applicant�s request not to have her and the children�s names disclosed (Rule 47 � 4 of the Rules of Court).

The applicant was represented, first by Ms L. Ku�an, an advocate practising in Ivanić-Grad, and subsequently by Ms N. Owens from the law firm Owens and Hou�ka, an advocate practising in Zagreb. The Croatian Government (�the Government�) were represented by their Agent, Ms �. Sta�nik.