European Court of Human Rights

Simon Coveney has played down the possibility of appealing against a ruling which found that the so-called hooded men were not tortured. The European Court of Human Rights rejected a government request last month to declare that 14 men had suffered torture by the British army in 1971. The men, all ...

The European Court of Human Rights, ECHR has made a request for information concerning the 2016 extradition of Turkish businessman and alleged Fethullah Gulen supporter Abdullah Buyuk, Capital weekly reported on Monday. The request came after Buyuk and his lawyers filed a series of complaints ...

Twelve Georgian opposition parties have addressed the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, asking them to prolong suspended enforcement of the verdict over Rustavi 2 TV reached on March 2, 2017, by the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia. The opposition parties ...

Protesters supporting the family of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans tried to storm a children's hospital today, after his parents were denied the chance to present their case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Around 200 people arrived at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital where the little boy ...

A mother and father fighting a decision to switch off their toddler son's life support have lost their last-ditch legal bid. Tom Evans and Kate James want to take 22-month-old Alfie abroad for treatment. The couple took their case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after exhausting all legal ...

AN ENGLISH MOTHER and father who are fighting a hospital decision to turn off their toddler's life support have lost a European Court of Human Rights case. Tom Evans and Kate James from Bootle in Liverpool are fighting the decision by Alder Hey Children's Hospital and want to bring their 22-month-old ...

The parents of a toddler fighting a decision to switch off his life support have taken their case to Europe after exhausting all legal avenues in the UK. Alfie Evans has a mystery illness and his parents Tom Evans and Kate James want to take him abroad for treatment. The European Court of Human Rights ...

Russian messenger Telegram has appealed to the European Human Rights Court (EHRC) on the RUB 800,000 fine imposed on the company by a Russian court, reports Vedomosti. The messenger was fined for its refusal to disclose its encryption keys to the Federal Security Service (FSB). The keys would ...

Former PN Minister Michael Falzon has won a case brought before the European Court of Human Rights, after his right to freedom of expression was breached when courts found him guilty of defaming Labour MP Michael Falzon. The case revolves around an opinion piece penned by Falzon in 2007.

At least two lawsuits filed at a top European court claim Russia violated Europe's Human Rights Convention by removing organs from the recently dead without telling relatives. Russia's response: Asking relatives' permission would be "inhumane." Documents provided to The Associated Press detail how ...

The European Court of Human Rights has awarded the Nationalist Party's Michael Falzon compensation and moral damages after it rejected several decisions taken by Maltese law courts after it found his rights were violated when he was fined for an article penned in 2007. The case dates back to May ...

Russia does indeed have a shocking record at the Strasbourg Court. Case after case in Strasbourg testifies to the reality that human rights — including the right to life — are, at best, casually protected in Russia. If Russia does withdraw from the ECHR, it will be a seismic shift in global international relations.

Isaiah Haastrup's parents have asked judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, to intervene after losing two legal battles in England. A High Court judge gave doctors permission to provide only palliative care to 12-month-old Isaiah against the wishes of his parents, ...

The European Court of Human Rights has evaluated the applications of imprisoned authors and journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay and has decided that the Turkish Government has “explicitly violated”their rights. The decision is expected to be announced in two weeks. Ahval has confirmed from ...

Russia is considering coming out of the European Convention on Human Rights and ending its cooperation with the European Court of Human Rights, RIA Novosti said after receiving information from government sources, Reuters reported. According to unnamed sources, the reason for this intention is due ...

Mr Haastrup and Miss Thomas, who are both in their 30s and from Peckham, south-east London, want judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, to consider the case. They had asked an ECHR judge to order hospital bosses to continue to treat Isaiah pending an appeal.

The number of UK cases at the European Court of Human Rights rose by nearly 30 per cent last year, new figures show. In 2017 there were 512 cases lodged against the UK at the Strasbourg court, though more than 99 per cent were declared inadmissible. And in less than one per cent of cases did the ...

The European Court of Human Rights Thursday ruled that a French employer had not violated its employee's right to privacy for firing him after it found incriminating material on his work computer. Eric Libert, who worked as director of a regional surveillance unit for France's state-owned rail operator SNCF, ...

Abstract: In the past years, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, or Strasbourg Court), Europe's principal human rights watchdog, has played an ever larger role in the resolution of intellectual property (IP) disputes. The ECtHR's engagement in IP adjudication has already influenced national judges ...

Catalonia's parliament announced on Tuesday that it would submit a request to the European Court of Human Rights (CEDH) in Strasbourg so that pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont can be sworn in as the region's president. Puigdemont is still in exile in Belgium. The Catalan parliament “will ...

The Slovenian police had accessed data on the computer of Igor Benedikt without a court order, which is a breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the court said on Tuesday. Six of the seven judges supported the decision. Benedikt's IP address had been originally obtained by the ...

Isaiah Haastrup's parents have asked judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, to intervene after losing two legal battles in England. A High Court judge gave doctors permission to provide only palliative care to 12-month-old Isaiah against the wishes of his parents, ...