CASE OF BIAO v. DENMARK
Hearing: Biao v. Denmark (no. 38590/10) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2015-04-01 00:00:00)
Application no.: 38590/10
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2016-05-24 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2016:0524JUD003859010
Respondent state: DNK
Articles of the Convention: 8;8-1;14;14+8;41
Judges: András Sajó;André Potocki;Dean Spielmann;Egidijus Kūris;Elisabeth Steiner;Ganna Yudkivska;George Nicolaou;Guido Raimondi;Helena Jäderblom;Ján Šikuta;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Josep Casadevall;Ledi Bianku;Mark Villiger;Nebojša Vučinić;Päivi Hirvelä;Paul Lemmens;Paul Mahoney;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Peer Lorenzen;Robert Spano;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Ksenija Turković
Represented by: PETERSEN S.
Issue: Act no. 1204 of 27 December 2003 ; Section 9, subsection 7 of the Aliens Act
Strasbourg case-law cited: Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. the United Kingdom, 28 May 1985, Series A no. 94;Andrejeva v. Latvia [GC], no. 55707/00, § 87, ECHR 2009;Burden v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 13378/05, § 60, ECHR 2008;C. v. Belgium, 7 August 1996, § 38, Reports 1996 III;Carson and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 42184/05, ECHR 2010;Clift v. the United Kingdom, no. 7205/07, §§ 56-58, 13 July 2010;D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 57325/00, ECHR 2007-IV;Dhahbi v. Italy, no. 17120/09, § 47, 8 April 2014;E.B. v. France [GC], no. 43546/02, §§ 47-48, 22 January 2008;Engel and Others v. the Netherlands, 8 June 1976, § 72, Series A no. 22;F.N. v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 3202/09, § 37, 17 September 2013;Fabris v. France [GC], no. 16574/08, § 56, ECHR 2013 (extracts);Gaygusuz v. Austria, 16 September 1996, § 42, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 IV;Hämäläinen v. Finland [GC], no. 37359/09, § 108, ECHR 2014;Hode and Abdi v. the United Kingdom, no. 22341/09, 6 November 2012;Hugh Jordan v. the United Kingdom, no. 24746/94, § 154, 4 May 2001;J.M. v. Sweden (dec.), no. 47509/13, § 40, 8 April 2014;Jeunesse v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 12738/10, § 107, 3 October 2014;Kjeldsen, Busk Madsen and Pedersen v. Denmark, 7 December 1976, § 56, Series A no. 23;Konstantin Markin v. Russia [GC] (no. 30078/06, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Koua Poirrez v. France, no. 40892/98, § 46, ECHR 2003-X;Kurić and Others v. Slovenia [GC], no. 26828/06, § 427, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], nos. 43577/98 and 43579/98, §145, ECHR 2005 VII;Osman v. Denmark, 38058/09, § 58, 14 June 2011;Ponomaryovi v. Bulgaria, no. 5335/05, ECHR 2011;Ramsahai and Others v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 52391/99, § 376, ECHR 2007 II;S.A.S. v. France [GC], no. 43835/11, § 161, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Şerife Yiğit v. Turkey [GC], no. 3976/05, § 70, 2 November 2010;Söderman v. Sweden [GC], no. 5786/08, § 125, ECHR 2013;Stec and Others v. the United Kingdom (dec.) [GC], nos. 65731/01 and 65900/01, §§ 39-40, ECHR 2005 X;Stummer v. Austria [GC], no. 37452/02, § 89, ECHR 2011;Timishev v. Russia, nos. 55762/00 and 55974/00, § 56, ECHR 2005 XII;Valentin v. Denmark, no. 26461/06, § 82, 26 March 2009;Vallianatos and Others v. Greece [GC], nos. 29381/09 and 32684/09, ECHR 201;Vasileva v. Denmark, no. 52792/99, § 50, 25 September 2003;X and Others v. Austria [GC], no. 19010/07, ECHR 2013;Zakayev and Safanova v. Russia, no. 11870/03, § 40, 11 February 2010
External sources: Article 5 § 2 of the European Convention on Nationality and its Explanatory Report;Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the member States;European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)’s reports on Denmark CRI (2001) 4, CRI (2006) 18 and CRI (2012) 25;Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights’s recommendations to Denmark in respect of the Aliens Act
Conclusion: Violation of Article 14+8 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life;Article 8-1 - Respect for family life);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: TRUE