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Turkey

Osman Kavala: Council of Europe launches legal action against Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights had called for Kavala to be immediately released, but Turkey has dismissed the ruling.

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.

Poland

European court urges Poland to address lack of judicial independence

The court called on Warsaw to take "rapid action" to resolve the lack of independence in its National Council.

Turkey

European court condemns Turkish law banning insults of Erdogan

The ruling followed a 2017 case when a Turkish man was convicted of posting two caricatures of President Erdogan on Facebook.

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World News

Catholic Church sex abuse claims: Vatican has immunity, rules ECHR

Abuse victims seeking compensation from the Holy See and Catholic leaders were told Belgian courts had no jurisdiction over the Vatican.

Poland

Poland discriminated against gay mother in custody battle, says court

A Polish mother has been awarded €10,000 in damages after she lost custody of her children by starting a relationship with another woman.

France

Ban on National Bolshevik Party was 'a human rights violation'

Fifteen years after the case was first lodged, during which the founder died, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled Russian courts had not had a strong enough case to ban radical anti-Putin group the National Bolshevik Party.

Lithuania

Lithuania must not push back Afghan refugees to Belarus, says court

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Lithuania not to push back five Afghan refugees stranded on the border with Belarus.

France

European court dismisses complaint against mandatory vaccination

More than 670 professional and volunteer firefighters in France had complained that compulsory vaccines violated their rights.

Austria

Austria postpones deportation of Afghan man after ECHR ruling

The ECHR considers that an expulsion under the current conditions could constitute a violation by Vienna of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Russia

Russia rejects European court order to recognise same-sex unions

Russian authorities have dismissed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that same-sex unions should be acknowledged.

France

ECHR to hear 12 cases against Poland over abortion ban

The applicants, all Polish women, say the law change that came into effect in January 2021 breached their human rights.

Spain

Spain violated free speech rights of ETA politician, court rules

The former politician has been sentenced to prison in Spain for honouring a deceased ETA activist in a speech in 2008.

Climate

These 6 countries are taking governments to court over climate change

The UK is facing fresh legal action over its failure to tackle CO2 emissions. Which other European nations are in the courtroom?

United Kingdom

UK surveillance breached human rights laws, top European court rules

The case upheld a 2018 ruling by the lower chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

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.

Europe News

How a court ruling lays the ground for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination

A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has set a precedent that European countries could use to make COVID-19 vaccines compulsory.

World News

Mandatory child vaccinations 'necessary in a democratic society'

The ruling came in a case involving several Czech families whose children had been refused admission to school because they had not been fully vaccinated against a panel of diseases.

Malta

Rights of Caruana Galizia murder suspect were not breached, says ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed the complaint of businessman Yorgen Fenech, a suspect in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Ukraine

'Brazen, arrogant and aggressive': Ukraine takes Russia to ECHR

Ukraine has accused Russia of violating human rights and carrying out "targeted assassination operations of alleged opponents".