Council of EuropeChildren’s Rights at the heart of data protectionToday, the Council of Europe awards the first ever Stefano Rodatà award to two Ghent University academics, for their work to place…Jan 28, 2019Jan 28, 2019
Council of EuropeItaly: European court awards €18,000 to Amanda Knox after human rights complaintHuman rights judges in Strasbourg have backed American Amanda Knox in her human rights battle against Italy.Jan 24, 2019Jan 24, 2019
Council of EuropeCourt: Judges make €27,000 award after Serbian prison rape and assaultHuman rights judges have made a €27,000 award to a detainee who was assaulted and raped in Serbian prison.Jan 15, 2019Jan 15, 2019
Council of EuropeAzerbaijan: Court ruling on journalist’s ‘sex-smear’ human rights complaintHuman rights judges ruled today that Azerbaijani authorities failed to investigate the “serious invasion” of journalist Khadija…Jan 10, 2019Jan 10, 2019
Council of EuropeAzerbaijan journalist’s allegations of politically-motivated sex-smear campaign set for Strasbourg…Later this week, human rights judges will reveal their decision in a complaint which centres on an alleged politically-motivated sex smear…Jan 7, 2019Jan 7, 2019
Council of EuropeEuropean court: Russia’s arrests of Aleksey Navalnyy violated his human rightsHuman rights judges today ruled that the 2012 and 2014 arrests of Russian political activist and blogger Aleksey Navalnyy violated his…Nov 15, 2018Nov 15, 2018
Council of EuropeEuropean court backs Austria over Prophet Muhammad insult convictionJudges have backed Austria and rejected a woman’s human rights complaint following her conviction for making insulting comments about the…Oct 25, 2018Oct 25, 2018
Council of EuropeCourt: Some aspects of UK surveillance regimes violate conventionJudges at Strasbourg’s European Court declared today that “some aspects of UK surveillance regimes violate human rights laws.”Sep 13, 2018Sep 13, 2018
Council of EuropeUnited Kingdom: Human rights commissioner urges independent inquiry into counter-terrorism abusesHuman rights commissioner Dunja Mijatović, has urged the United Kingdom to allow an independent investigation into detainee mistreatment…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
Council of EuropePortugal: ‘Casa Pia’ paedophile ring members await human rights court judgementConvicted members of an elite Portuguese paedophile ring, will find out tomorrow (26 June), if Strasbourg judges accept that they were…Jun 25, 2018Jun 25, 2018