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.
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.
