THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 32903/22
Mirveta ISUFI
against Serbia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 31 March
2026 as a Committee composed of:
Darian Pavli, President,
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh,
Mateja Đurović, judges,
and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to:
the application (no. 32903/22) against Serbia lodged with the Court under
Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 28 June 2022 by Ms Mirveta
Isufi (“the applicant”), who was born in 2022, lives in Bujanovac and was
represented by Mr M. Radojev on behalf of Praxis, a non-governmental
organisation based in Belgrade;
the decision to give notice of the application to the Serbian Government
(“the Government”), represented by their Agent, Ms Zorana Jadrijević
Mladar;
the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the
observations in reply submitted by the applicant;
the written comments submitted by the AIRE Centre and the European
Network on Statelessness, which were granted leave to intervene by the
President of the Section;
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
1. The application concerns the alleged failure of the Serbian authorities
to enter the applicant’s name into the birth register on account of the fact that