ECHR

Europe News

European Court rules Greece illegally deported Turkish migrant

Greece claims its border policies comply with international law, but the ruling raises concerns about how European nations handle migrants.

07/01/2025

EuroVerify

Fact check: Is the ECHR blocking the UK from deporting migrants?

Threats to leave the European Convention on Human Rights are once again circulating in the UK, as the right-wing Conservative Party elects its new leader. How true are the candidates' claims that the convention hinders efforts to control migration?

17/10/2024

Climate

Why are a grandad, activist and toddler suing the Irish government?

This is the first climate lawsuit in Ireland that tackles fundamental rights, following a landmark European Court of Human Rights ruling.

18/09/2024

Climate

Euroviews. We won a victory for generations in the European Court of Human Rights

Our cases coasted to the height of Europe’s top human rights court. Now we need to unite behind the ruling and force all European governments to ensure a liveable future for ourselves and our loved ones, Claudia Duarte Agostinho and Dr Elisabeth Stern write.

06/05/2024

Tech News

UK court orders delay to WikiLeaks' Julian Assange's extradition to US

Judges at the UK's High Court are seeking assurances from the United States that Assange would not face the death penalty.

26/03/2024

Italy

Italy condemned by ECHR for inhuman treatment of migrants

The European court ordered Italy to pay a total of €27,000 to the Sudanese migrants in a case going back to 2016.

16/11/2023

Italy

Italy ordered to compensate 3 migrants for ‘inhumane treatment’

The ECHR found Italy guilty of subjecting three Tunisian migrants to "inhumane and degrading treatment" in its reception centre in Lampedusa.

20/10/2023

Europe News

Young people sue 32 nations for climate inaction at human rights court

Six young people from Portugal took on 32 countries in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday for failing to protect them against climate change.

27/09/2023

Russia

European court condemns Russia over murder of opposition leader

The European Court of Human Rights imposed a fine on Moscow for its inadequate investigation of Boris Nemtsov's murder.

11/07/2023

United Kingdom

Majority of Brits want to stay part of ECHR, finds poll

The results are an embarrassment for the Eurosceptic newspaper that commissioned the survey.

02/05/2023

United Kingdom

UK citizens lose most if country exits ECHR, warns expert

Britain's government has threatened to pull out of the landmark treaty in order to allow a crackdown on migration.

13/03/2023

Netherlands

Case against Russia over downing of MH17 can go ahead, court rules

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg issued its latest judgment on Wednesday afternoon.

25/01/2023

France

Record numbers behind bars in France

This year France has reached record numbers of people behind bars, with prison density at 120% compared to places available.

28/11/2022

United Kingdom

Madeleine McCann's parents lose case at ECHR over book claims

Former Portuguese policeman Goncalo Amaral suggested in a book that Madeleine McCann’s parents had been involved in her disappearance.

20/09/2022

Europe Decoded

The European Court of Human Rights has nothing to do with the EU

The court on Wednesday halted London's bid to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, prompting questions on social media about why the UK, post-Brexit, was still bound by its rulings.

15/06/2022

Ukraine

Five things you need to know about the Ukraine war on June 14

From the latest on Sievierodonetsk to suggestions by the Pope that the war could have been provoked by NATO's expansion, here are five things you need to know about the Ukraine war today.

14/06/2022

Culture news

What is Romuva? Inside the ancient religion's bid for state approval

Followers of Romuva have been attacked by the Catholic church, Teutonic Knights and the Soviets, but they've just been given a massive break.

12/12/2021

Croatia

Europe rights court slams Croatia on Afghan family pushback

The court ruled that Croatia illegally pushed back a migrant family in 2017. A 6-year-old girl was killed by a train on the border with Serbia shortly after the removal.

18/11/2021

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Dominic Raab's attack on the ECHR should frighten us all | View

"Since Roman times, despots and authoritarian leaders have tried to erode the power of judges to strengthen their own rule. Britain's justice secretary is in dubious company."

28/10/2021

Turkey

Turkey violated rights of jailed journalist Ahmet Altan, ECHR finds

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Turkey violated veteran journalist Ahmet Altan's rights to liberty and freedom of expression by jailing him on terrorism charges after the failed 2016 coup.

13/04/2021