European Court of Human Rights · 27 October 2009

Haralambie v Romania

In plain English

A man asked in 2002 to see the file the communist-era secret police (Securitate) had kept on him and was only invited to consult it in 2008. The Court found that the ineffective access procedure breached his right to respect for private life.

  • Haralambie c. Roumanie (Haralambie v. Romania)
  • Application no. 21737/03
  • ECLI:CE:ECHR:2009:1027JUD002173703

What the court ruled

Dit qu'il y a eu violation de l'article 8 de la Convention s'agissant de l'inefficacité de la procédure d'accès au fichier constitué au sujet du requérant par l'ancienne Securitate

Judgment of 27 October 2009, Haralambie c. Roumanie (Haralambie v. Romania), no. 21737/03, ECLI:CE:ECHR:2009:1027JUD002173703, dispositif, point 4hudoc.echr.coe.int ↗

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