… First and foremost, the task of the Court is to determine the scope of the applicant’s complaint concerning the right to an “
independent
and
impartial
tribunal
established
by
law
”.
115. …
… These two concepts also interact with that of a “
tribunal
established
by
law
” within the meaning of Article 6 § 1 (see Guðmundur Andri Ástráðsson v. Iceland [GC], no. 26374/18, §§ 218 et seq., §§ 231 et seq., and also § 295, 1 December 2020).
(a) Scope of the applicant’s complaint as regards the right to an “
independent
and
impartial
tribunal
established
by
law
”
114. …
… The right to a fair hearing under Article 6 § 1 requires that a case be heard by an “
independent
and
impartial
tribunal
established
by
law
”. The concepts of “
independence
” and “
impartiality
” are closely linked and, depending on the circumstances, may require joint examination (see Ramos Nunes de Carvalho e Sá, cited above, §§ 150 and 152; see also, as regards their close interrelationship, §§ 153-56; and Denisov v. Ukraine [GC], no. 76639/11, §§ 61-64, 25 September 2018). …