European Court of Human Rights

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French woman who refused sex with husband wins case at European court

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that a 69-year-old French woman was not "at fault" in her divorce because she stopped having sex.

23/01/2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Euroviews. With the Kovačević ruling, let justice be done for Bosnia’s democracy

The European Court of Human Rights must uphold its last year's ruling on Bosnia's constitution because it is the function of the court to affirm only one basic principle: the principle of justice, not politics, Dr Jasmin Mujanović writes.

12/11/2024

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

Europe News

Strasbourg court upholds bribery conviction against Romanian ex-MEP

Former Deputy Prime Minister Adrian Severin was convicted of trading in influence after a 2011 media sting led to allegations he’d accepted money to table amendments to EU banking laws.

08/10/2024

Green News

Elderly Swiss women won a climate case but it’s not been plain sailing

Five months after the judgment, the Federal government said that it has fulfilled the policy requirements of the ruling.

07/09/2024

World News

European court upholds French law penalising clients of sex workers

According to rights group Amnesty International, Thursday's ECHR's ruling was a missed opportunity to better protect sex workers from abuse and violence.

25/07/2024

Green News

Why has Switzerland snubbed the ‘landmark’ climate ruling?

The group of older Swiss women won an ‘historic’ case in the European Court of Human Rights but now the Swiss government is pushing back.

14/06/2024

Green News

Is it time the right to a healthy environment is recognised in Europe?

The Council of Europe is the only regional human rights system that has not yet explicitly recognised the right to a healthy environment.

11/05/2024

World News

Rwanda's Hope Hostel prepares for migrants from Britain

The hostel, which once housed students whose parents died in the 1994 genocide, is preparing to house the migrants sent to Rwanda from the UK.

25/04/2024

Climate

Euroviews. The ECHR’s climate decision is a warning to governments the world over

A brave group of 2,000 women proved — collectively — that the right to a healthy environment had been violated by Switzerland’s failure to take effective action to restrain global warming, Sian Sutherland writes.

19/04/2024

Green News

ECHR ruling ‘completely climate justice’, says former UN rights chief

Mary Robinson, who was the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, praised Tuesday’s mixed court decision as precedent-setting and change-triggering.

12/04/2024

Green News

Swiss women’s ECHR victory could open the door for more legal action

Despite mixed results, experts say the trio of cases ruled on by the European Court of Human Rights could serve as a "blueprint" for future climate litigation.

10/04/2024

Green News

Top European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction

Two similar climate cases - brought by six Portuguese youth, and a former French mayor - were thrown out by the judges.

09/04/2024

Health news

European court condemns Greece for naming HIV-positive sex workers

Criminal charges were filed against more than 30 women in 2012, with authorities publishing the personal details, photos and HIV status of most of them.

23/01/2024

World News

Conviction based on app use violated Turkish teacher's rights - ECHR

Turkish Justice minister Yilmaz Tunc said on social media that "The ECHR clearly exceeded its authority by evaluating evidence."

26/09/2023

Green News

Young activists take 'condescending' EU governments to court today

The historic climate case is due to begin today at the European Court of Human Rights.

25/09/2023

World News

European court will hear case against crackdown on sex workers

The European Court of Human Rights will hear an appeal against laws which criminalise sex workers.

07/09/2023

World News

The ECHR turns 70. What has it done for Europe?

Hundreds of millions of Europeans benefit from the convention every single day - sometimes without even knowing it, says the Council of Europe's Secretary General.

03/09/2023

Europe News

Bosnia and Herzegovina elections 'undemocratic' - Human Rights Court

Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina - an EU candidate country - are undemocratic and entrench the privileged position of dominant ethnic groups, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.

29/08/2023

Europe Decoded

The Council of Europe has nothing to do with the EU. Here's what it is

The body, which counts 46 countries as members, is the oldest political organisation in Europe and was created three years before the European Coal and Steel Community.

15/05/2023