Published on 19 May 2025
SECOND SECTION
Applications nos. 5074/20, 39826/20 and 49303/20
Miroslav TRIFUNOVSKI against North Macedonia
and 2 other applications
(see list in the appendix)
The Subject matter of the cases and the initial questions to the parties, published on 7 February 2022 and 13 February 2023 respectively, are available in HUDOC.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Did the proceedings for the applicants’ dismissal (and, in application no. 49303/20, for the applicants’ temporary suspension) before the State Judicial Council (“the SJC”) and the Appeal Panel set up within the Supreme Court comply with the institutional requirements of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (see, mutatis mutandis, Cotora v. Romania, no. 30745/18, §§ 34-44, 17 January 2023; Eminağaoğlu v. Turkey, no. 76521/12, §§ 95-99, 9 March 2021; and Ramos Nunes de Carvalho e Sá v. Portugal [GC], nos. 55391/13 and 2 others, §§ 131 et seq., 6 November 2018)?
2. Did the Appeal Panels have “full jurisdiction” to review the decisions of the SJC for the applicants’ dismissal (see Oleksandr Volkov v. Ukraine, no. 21722/11, §§ 123-29, ECHR 2013)?
APPENDIX
List of applications
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Communicated on
1.
5074/20
Trifunovski v. North Macedonia
15/01/2020
18/01/2022
2.
39826/20
Jakshovski v. North Macedonia
02/09/2020
3.
49303/20
Vangelovski and Stojkovska v. North Macedonia
27/10/2020
23/01/2023