Rights Court Exempts Jehovah’s Witnesses From Military Service
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Jehovah’s Witnesses in Azerbaijan cannot be forced to serve in the military.
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European Court Rules Press Must Have Access to Immigration Centers
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that denying journalists access to centers for asylum seekers violates their right to freedom of expression.
Read moreCourt Rules Holocaust Denial Not Protected by Rights Law
Settling a years-long dispute, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that denying the Holocaust happened is not protected expression under Europe’s human rights convention.
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European Court Orders Bosnia to Remove Orthodox Church
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Bosnia to remove a Serbian Orthodox church that it says was illegally built on land owned by a Bosnian Muslim war widow after she and her family were forced to flee their village during the country’s 1992-95 war.
Read moreHuman Rights Court Turns Away Hungarian Oil Boss
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that the CEO of a Hungarian oil and gas company cannot bring his fight against Croatia prosecutors to the court because he hasn’t exhausted his legal options in the Croatian judicial system.
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Ukraine and Russia Face Off in Human Rights Court
Russia and Ukraine met once again in court Wednesday to present evidence in another case stemming from the annexation of Crimea.
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Rights Court Condemns Russia Over Magnitsky Death
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Russian prison guards, doctors and criminal investigators violated the human rights of Sergei Magnitsky, a 37-year-old tax expert and lawyer whose death in prison 10 years ago became a cause célèbre.
Read moreRule of Law in Poland
Wading into the fray of what many call a constitutional crisis, the European Court of Human Rights asked Poland on Wednesday to answer whether purported judicial reforms – in this case appointing judges to a judicial watchdog board rather than allowing the judiciary to elect them – violates the civil rights of judges thrown off the board.
Read moreEU Rights Court Refuses to Order Italy to Accept Ship-Bound Refugees
For the second time in six months, the European Court of Human Rights declined a request Tuesday from the captain of a humanitarian ship to order Italy to allow refugees from Africa to disembark and enter the European Union.
Read moreEuropean Court Rejects Catalan Separatists’ Suit
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a suit brought by Catalan separatist lawmakers claiming that Spain’s top court violated their rights when it ruled to suspend a regional parliamentary session to declare independence in 2017.
Read moreEuropean Court: Russia’s House Arrest of Navalny Unlawful
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that a Russian court order placing opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest in 2014 was unlawful and politically driven.
Read moreItaly Ordered to Offer Care to Ship-Bound Refugees
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ordered Italy to provide food and medical care to 47 migrants on board a ship anchored off the coast of Sicily, but stopped short of approving the migrants’ request to disembark.
Read moreTurkey Slammed for Stonewalling Cyprus on 2005 Murder
Breaking a stalemate in a 14-year-old triple murder, the European Court of Human Rights faulted Turkey on Tuesday for ignoring requests by Cyprus to extradite suspects.
Read moreAmanda Knox Prevails Against Italy at EU Court
Amanda Knox, an American at the center of a sensational murder case in Italy, suffered unfair treatment at the hands of Italian police and is entitled to damages, a European human rights court ruled Thursday.
Read moreEU Rights Court Sides With Artist in Flap Over Naughty Exhibit
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.
Read moreEuropean Court Rejects German Couple’s Home-Schooling Appeal
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.
Read moreEurope’s Top Rights Court to Hear Belgian Euthanasia Case
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.
Read moreHuman Rights Court Rules Against Greece in Sharia Law Case
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.
Read moreEuropean Court: Russia’s Ban on LGBT Rallies Violates Rights
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.
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