Summary

Refusal of application because the applicant is too short found discriminatory based on size (art. 14 ECHR). The ECtHR’s summary is available here.

Decision

The Court, unanimously

• Declares the application admissible;
• Holds that there has been a violation of Article 14 of the Convention taken together with Article 2 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.
• Holds
  • (a) that the respondent State is to pay to the applicant, within three months from the date on which the judgment becomes final in accordance with Article 44 § 2 of the Convention, EUR 7,500 (seven thousand five hundred euros), plus any tax that may be chargeable, in respect of non-pecuniary damage, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement;
  • (b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points;
• Dismisses the remainder of the applicant’s claim for just satisfaction.