European Court of Human Rights Archives

EU Rights Court Sides With Artist in Flap Over Naughty Exhibit

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 WILLIAM DOTINGA

corruption, European Court of Human Rights, Free Speech

Moldovan artist Anatol Matasaru was arrested in 2013 for giving life to the thoughts of many: To protest government corruption, he created large wooden representations of male and female genitalia and pasted photographs of politicians and prosecutors on them. On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights found a suspended 2-year prison sentence the artist received for his work was “manifestly disproportionate” and likely to chill free expression.

Appeals Civil Rights Education International

European Court Rejects German Couple’s Home-Schooling Appeal

January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS

children, European Court of Human Rights, Germany, schools

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday rejected the appeal of a German couple who have been fighting for years to home school their kids, saying the government was within its rights to temporarily remove their children.

Appeals Civil Rights Health International

Europe’s Top Rights Court to Hear Belgian Euthanasia Case

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS

Belgium, European Court of Human Rights, Medicine, psychology

Europe’s top human rights court has agreed to hear a case being brought against Belgium by a man whose mother was euthanized in 2012 for depression, the second case that implicates one of Belgium’s leading euthanasia doctors.

Appeals Civil Rights Government Religion

Human Rights Court Rules Against Greece in Sharia Law Case

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS

discrimination, estates, European Court of Human Rights, Greece, Islam

Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country’s Muslim minority, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday.

Civil Rights Government International Politics

European Court: Russia’s Ban on LGBT Rallies Violates Rights

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS

European Court of Human Rights, human rights, LGBT, Russia

The European Court of Human Rights issued a fresh rebuke to the Kremlin on Tuesday, ruling that Russia’s continued ban on LGBT rallies is discriminatory and represents a violation of human rights.

Civil Rights Government International Politics

Rights Court Orders Turkey to Free Pro-Kurdish Leader

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 ADAM KLASFELD

democracy, detention, Elections, European Court of Human Rights, Turkey

The Turkish government must free pro-Kurdish opposition leader Selahattin Demirtas, whose detention throughout two elections stifled democracy in Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.

Civil Rights Government International

EU Court Slams Arrests of Russian Dissident

November 15, 2018 JOSH RUSSELL

arrests, democracy, European Court of Human Rights, protests, Russia

The repeated and targeted arrests of a prominent Vladimir Putin critic were aimed at “suppressing political pluralism” in Russia, the European Court of Human Rights found Thursday.

Government International Politics Religion

European Court Rejects Austrian’s Case Over Prophet Slur

October 25, 2018October 26, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS

Austria, European Court of Human Rights, human rights, Islam

The European Court of Human Rights says an Austrian woman’s conviction for calling the prophet of Islam a pedophile didn’t breach her freedom of speech.

Appeals Civil Rights Courts International

EU Rights Court Blasts Lack of Judicial Impartiality in Ukraine

September 25, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA

European Court of Human Rights, judges, Ukraine

(CN) – The decision by a Ukrainian oversight committee to demote the president of a Kiev court violated rules on

Appeals Civil Rights International

German Abortion Foe Loses Fight Against Doctor Injunctions

September 20, 2018September 21, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA

Abortion, European Court of Human Rights, Free Speech, Germany

Efforts to stop an anti-abortion protester from using his webpage to paint procedures done by doctors as “aggravated murder” and equating abortion to the Holocaust did not violate his freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.

Criminal Government International National Politics

Senate to Send Butina Transcript to Justice Department

August 3, 2018August 6, 2018 DAN MCCUE

CIA, European Court of Human Rights, Justice Department, torture, U.S. Senate

The Senate has quietly agreed to send a transcript of a private interview of accused Russian operative Mariia Butina by the Senate Intelligence Committee to the Department of Justice and her lawyer.

Arts Civil Rights Entertainment International

EU Court Finds Russia Violated Rights of Punk Rockers

July 17, 2018July 26, 2018 CAIN BURDEAU

eldMain, European Court of Human Rights, musicians, protests, Russia

A European human rights court ruled Tuesday that the Russian government mistreated members of the protest punk-rock band Pussy Riot when it imprisoned them after a highly publicized and unauthorized performance inside a Moscow cathedral in 2012.

Civil Rights Government International

EU Raps Countries Complicit With CIA Torture

May 31, 2018May 31, 2018 ADAM KLASFELD

EU, European Court of Human Rights, Guantanamo, torture

Romania and Lithuania must pay more than $100,000 to two men who were tortured at CIA black sites that the countries hosted, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.

Appeals Civil Rights International

EU Court: Blog’s Nazi Photo Was Clickbait, Not Free Speech

April 5, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA

European Court of Human Rights, Free Speech, Germany, Nazi

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday rejected a German man’s free-speech case, finding his inclusion of a photo of Hitler henchman Heinrich Himmler in full Nazi regalia in a blog post was more clickbait and less about making a political statement.

Appeals Civil Rights International

EU Rights Court Finds Limit in Right to Go Pro Se

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA

European Court of Human Rights, Portugal, pro se

A disbarred lawyer who was ordered to hire a lawyer in criminal proceedings rather than being allowed to represent himself did not suffer infringement of his right to a fair trial, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday.

Civil Rights International Religion

EU Court Backs Kids’ Removal From Religious Communes

March 22, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA

Child Abuse, cult, European Court of Human Rights, Germany

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday endorsed a move by German authorities to place children of members of the Twelve Tribes commune in foster care after news outlets reported the parents punish their children by caning.

Civil Rights International

Burning King’s Photo Is Free Speech, EU Court Tells Spain

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA

European Court of Human Rights, Free Speech, Photography, Spain

Spain’s criminal conviction of two men who burned a photograph of the Spanish royal couple during a protest of an official visit by the king violated the men’s right to free expression, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.

Civil Rights International

Conviction Over Protest Stunt Passes Rights Court Muster

February 27, 2018February 28, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA

European Court of Human Rights, Free Speech, protests, Ukraine

A Ukrainian teen who cooked breakfast on the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kiev to protest wasting natural resources was improperly detained but her arrest and conviction didn’t violate her right to expression, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.

Appeals Civil Rights International Religion

EU Rights Court Blocks Fine Over Irreverent Clothing Ad

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA

advertising, European Court of Human Rights, Lithuania

A fine over a cheeky ad campaign in Lithuania involving Jesus, Mary and haute couture violated the company’s right to free expression, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.

Civil Rights Courts International

Store’s Hidden Cameras Unfair to Cashiers, EU Court Says

January 9, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA

European Court of Human Rights, privacy, Spain, Surveillance

A Spanish supermarket’s installation of secret surveillance cameras to combat employee theft violated cashiers’ right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.

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