FOURTH SECTION
CASE OF ANATOLIY MARINOV v. BULGARIA
(Application no. 26081/17)
JUDGMENT
This version was rectified on 28 February 2022
under Rule 81 of the Rules of Court.
Art 3 P1 • Vote • Disproportionate disenfranchisement of applicant due to
partial guardianship order based on his mental disability with no
individualised judicial review of voting capacity • Automatic, blanket
restriction affecting all those under partial guardianship, irrespective of their
actual faculties • Legislature’s failure to balance competing interests and
assess proportionality of restriction • Questionable treatment, as a single
class, of people with intellectual or mental disabilities, the curtailment of
whose rights required strict scrutiny
STRASBOURG
15 February 2022
FINAL
15/05/2022
This judgment has become final under Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be
subject to editorial revision.