Grand Chamber Panel’s decisions of the European Court of Human Rights

At its meeting of 17 November 2014, the Grand Chamber panel of five judges decided to refer two cases to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights:

• The case of M.E. v. Sweden concerns the applicant’s threatened expulsion from Sweden to Libya, where he alleges he would be at risk of persecution and ill-treatment because he is a homosexual;
• The case of A.B. v. Switzerland concerns a journalist who was fined 4,000 Swiss francs (about 2,667 euros) for publishing documents in breach of the confidentiality of the judicial investigation in criminal proceedings.