DRAGOJEVIĆ v. CROATIA JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Dragojević v. Croatia, The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre, President, Elisabeth Steiner, Khanlar Hajiyev, Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska, Julia Laffranque, Ksenija Turković, Dmitry Dedov, judges, and Søren Nielsen, Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 2 December 2014, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 68955/11) against the Republic of Croatia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Croatian national, Mr Ante Dragojević (“the applicant”), on 20 October 2011. 2. The applicant was represented by Ms J. Novak, a lawyer practising in Zagreb. The Croatian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms Š. Stažnik. 3. Relying on Article 6 § 1 and Article 8 of the Convention, the applicant alleged that the trial bench had not been impartial, that he had been subjected to unlawful secret surveillance measures and that the evidence thus obtained had been used in the criminal proceedings against him, thereby making the proceedings unfair. 4. On 17 July 2013 the application was communicated to the Government. THE FACTS I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE 5. The applicant was born in 1982 and lives in Vela Luka. 6. He worked as a sailor on an ocean carrier for a shipping company headquartered in Croatia.