Äärelä and Näkkäläjärvi v. Finland

Comment:

Under rule 85 of the Committee's rules of procedure, Mr. Martin Scheinin did not participate in the examination of the case. The texts of a concurring individual opinion signed by Mr. Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, and of a partly dissenting opinion signed by Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Mr. Nisuke Ando, Ms. Christine Chanet, Mr. Eckart Klein, Mr. Ivan Shearer and Mr. Max Yalden are appended to the views.

Substantive issues:

• access to court
• effective remedy
• equality before the courts and tribunals
• fair trial
• minorities
• minorities, right to enjoy own culture

Substantive articles:

• 2 (3) (a)
• 14 (1)
• 27

Procedural issues:

• No issues found

Procedural articles:

• 2