I incorrectly predicted that there's no violation of human rights in ALI RIZA v. TURKEY.

Information

  • Judgment date: 2018-10-09
  • Communication date: 2018-02-06
  • Application number(s): 30226/10
  • Country:   TUR
  • Relevant ECHR article(s): 6, 6-1
  • Conclusion:
    Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings
    Article 6-1 - Access to court)
  • Result: Violation
    • SEE FINAL JUDGMENT

JURI Prediction

  • Probability: 0.519906
  • Prediction: No violation

  • Inconsistent


Legend

 In line with the court's judgment
 In opposition to the court's judgment
Darker color: higher probability
: In line with the court's judgment  
: In opposition to the court's judgment

Communication text used for prediction

The application concerns the dispute between the applicant, a professional football player at the material time, and Trabzonspor, his former football club in Turkey and the ensuing proceedings before the Turkish Football Federation.
The applicant lodged a claim with the Dispute Resolution Board of the Turkish Football Federation (“the Dispute Resolution Board”), which had then exclusive jurisdiction over the dispute.
Holding that the applicant had wrongfully terminated his contract, the Dispute Resolution Board ordered him to pay damages to Trabzonspor and suspended him for four months.
The applicant appealed against the Dispute Resolution Board’s decision to the Arbitration Board of the Turkish Football Federation (“the Arbitration Board”).
The Arbitration Board partially upheld the decision.
It reduced the amount of damages awarded to Trabzonspor and lifted the suspension sanction imposed on the applicant by the Dispute Resolution Board.
The Arbitration Board’s decision was final and not subject to judicial review before domestic courts under the relevant legislation in force at the time of the decision.
The applicant also initiated separate proceedings before the public prosecutor’s office and the Professional Football Disciplinary Board of the Turkish Football Federation, but without success.
The applicant complains that he did not receive a fair hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal as required by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
He argues that the representatives of professional football clubs heavily weigh in the composition of the Board of Executives of the Turkish Football Federation, which appoint the members of the Arbitration Board and therefore the Arbitration Board is biased in its decisions concerning disputes between players and clubs.

Judgment