FACCHINETTI v. ITALY - 34297/09 (Judgment : Right to a fair trial : First Section Committee)

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

��������� Ale� Pejchal, President, ��������� Pauliine Koskelo, ��������� Tim Eicke, judges, and Renata Degener, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application against the Italian Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by an Italian national, Ms Elisabetta Facchinetti (�the applicant�), on 11 June 2009;

the decision to give notice to the Italian Government (�the Government�) of the complaint concerning legislative interference with pending proceedings and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the application;

The case concerns legislative intervention in the course of ongoing proceedings. In particular, the applicant complained, under Article 6 � 1 of the Convention, that the enactment of Law no. 296/2006 had denied her her right to a fair trial.