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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0965-934X
- eISSN
- 1571-8131
- DOI
- 10.1163/157181302760446320
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
[ ] VISSER v. the NETHERLANDS Right to a fair trial – violation Article 6, Section 1 Right to examine witnesses – violation Article 6, Section 3(d) In a case where the applicant’s conviction had been based to a decisive extent on anonymous testi- mony, the domestic court had not carried out a sufficient examination into the seriousness and well- foundedness of the reasons for the anonymity of the witness when it decided to use the statement made before the investigating judge in evidence against the applicant. In a judgment delivered on February in the case of Visser v. the Netherlands , the European Court of Human Rights unanimously held that there had been vio- lations of Article , Section (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights and of Article , Section (d) (right to examine witnesses) of the Convention. Under Article (just satisfaction) of the Convention, the Court awarded the applicant , euros (EUR) for non-pecuniary damage and EUR , for costs and expenses. . Principal facts The applicant is Frederik K.P.M. Visser, a Dutch national.
Journal
Human Rights Case Digest – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2002