ROMANIUK v. POLAND - 42179/14 (Article 6+6-3-d - Right to a fair trial : First Section Committee)

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

Ivana Jelić, President , Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Erik Wennerström , judges , and Liv Tigerstedt, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 42179/14 ) against the Republic of Poland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") on 7 May 2014 by a Polish national, Mr Tomasz Romaniuk, born in 1985 and detained in Sokołów Podlaski ("the applicant") who was represented by Mr P. Sieńko , a lawyer practising in Warsaw;

the decision to give notice of the application to the Polish Government ("the Government"), represented by their Agent, Mr. J. Sobczak of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

The issue in the case is whether the criminal proceedings against the applicant had been fair considering that he was not given an opportunity to examine or to have examined his co-defendant whose evidence was decisive for his conviction.