Published on 26 July 2021

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 61125/19 Samir Safssafi against the Netherlands lodged on 20 November 2019 communicated on 7 July 2021

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 3 (d) of the Convention that his conviction of fraud and of unlawfully having entered a dwelling in use by another person was based to a decisive extent on the evidence given against him to the police by two persons who had filed a report against him and a further witness and that he was refused an opportunity to cross-examine them.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

Did the applicant have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charges against him, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, was the applicant able to examine witnesses against him, as required by Article 6 § 3 (d) of the Convention (see Schatschaschwili v. Germany , no. 9154/10, ECHR 2015)?