The ECHR judgment of May 28, 2019 in the case of Egorov and Others v. Yegorov and Others of the Russian Federation (applications N 77208/16, 77506/16, 79424/16, 12537/17, 26118/17).
In 2016 and 2017, the applicants were assisted in preparing applications. Subsequently, the applications were consolidated and communicated by the Russian Federation.
In the case, applications about the absence of a representative of the prosecution were successfully considered in the consideration of cases on bringing the applicants to administrative responsibility, and therefore the consideration of these cases in court was not impartial. The case has violated the requirements of Article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
In their applications, the applicants, who were brought to administrative responsibility, complained that the consideration of their cases in court was not impartial due to the absence of a representative of the prosecution.
On May 28, 2019, following applications by the applicants, the Court unanimously ruled that in the present case the Government violated the requirements of Article 6 of the Convention (right to a fair trial) and ordered the respondent Government to pay each of the five applicants EUR 1,000 each as compensation for non-pecuniary damage.