De même, la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme a affirmé qu'il y avait eu violation du droit précité dans l'affaire Lala contre Pays-Bas, le demandeur ayant été jugé et condamné en son absence et sans que son avocat, présent au procès, ait pu assurer sa défense; dans l'affaire Pelladoah contre Pays-Bas, pour les mêmes raisons que l'affaire précédente; dans l'affaire Schouten et Meldrum contre Pays-Bas, en raison d'un retard injustifiable dans la détermination des droits civils des demandeurs, qui repoussait d'autant leur faculté de faire appel.
Rights were also considered to have been violated in case Lala v Netherlands, since the plaintiff was tried and sentenced in his absence and his lawyer, who was present at the trial, was unable to bring his defence, in case Pelladoah v Netherlands, since the plaintiff had been tried and sentenced in his absence and his lawyer, who was present at the trial, had again been unable to bring a defence, and in cases Schouten and Meldrum v Netherlands, since there had been an unjustified delay in determining the civil rights of the plaintiffs which had prevented them from bringing the matter before the courts within a reasonable time.
