10 Human Rights Organisations v United Kingdom/Judgment

< 10 Human Rights Organisations v United Kingdom

FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT:

1. Declares, unanimously, the complaints made by the applicants in the third of the joined cases concerning Article 6, Article 10, insofar as the applicants rely on their status as NGOs, and Article 14 inadmissible;

2. Declares, unanimously, the remainder of the complaints made by the applicants in the third of the joined cases admissible;

3. Declares, by a majority, the complaints made by the applicants in the first and second of the joined cases admissible;

4. Holds, by five votes to two, that there has been a violation of Article 8 of the Convention in respect of the section 8(4) regime;

5. Holds, by six votes to one, that there has been a violation of Article 8 of the Convention in respect of the Chapter II regime,

6. Holds, by five votes to two, that there has been no violation of Article 8 of the Convention in respect of the intelligence sharing regime;

7. Holds, by six votes to one, that, insofar as it was raised by the applicants in the second of the joined cases, there has been a violation of Article 10 of the Convention in respect of the section 8(4) regime and the Chapter II regime;

8. Holds, unanimously, that there is no need to examine the remaining complaints made by the applicants in the third of the joined cases under Article 10 of the Convention;