Questão jurídica principal
Whether the request for a public instructional hearing had to be granted under Article 6 ECHR
Decisão extraída
The request was not a clear demand for a public hearing with public and press attendance, but only for oral evidence-taking; therefore no public hearing had to be held.
Fundamentação extraída
A party must expressly request a convention-compliant public hearing. A request for party examination, witness hearing, or expert questioning concerns evidence-taking, not publicity of the hearing.