Communicated on 8 December 2017

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 31592/15 Olivér András SCHIPP against Hungary lodged on 22 June 2015

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the applicant ’ s conviction, on 4 March 2015, for vigilantism in proceedings in which the foreigner victim, a key witness, was not examined by the courts since he was unavailable (he had left the country and not reacted to the summons); his statements made to the police were used as evidence against the applicant.

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Did the applicant have a fair trial satisfying the combined requirements of Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 of the Convention (see Schatschaschwili v. Germany [GC], no. 9154/10, ECHR 2015)?