Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 01/06/2011

Subject: Grand Chamber judgment on the right to free elections: the case concerns the disqualification of the applicant from holding parliamentary office in Lithuania, following his removal as President of the Republic in impeachment proceedings for committing a gross violation of the Constitution and breaching the constitutional oath

Parties: Paksas c/ Lituania

Classification: Citizens’ rights