Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal court violated the right to a public and oral hearing under Article 6 ECHR by deciding the victim-compensation appeal on the papers.
Solution extraite
Because the dispute concerned pecuniary victim-assistance claims within the scope of Article 6 ECHR, and none of the exceptional grounds for refusing a requested public hearing applied, the appellant was entitled to such a hearing.
Motifs extraits
The claim was not obviously abusive or hopeless, especially because the amount of satisfaction was still genuinely in dispute and involved judicial discretion. The appeal raised relevant factual and legal questions and a public hearing would not have been disproportionate or pointless.