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Children’s Rights at the heart of data protection

Today, the Council of Europe awards the first ever Stefano Rodatà award to two Ghent University academics, for their work to place…

1 min readJan 28, 2019

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Children’s Rights at the heart of data protection

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Italy: European court awards €18,000 to Amanda Knox after human rights complaint

Human rights judges in Strasbourg have backed American Amanda Knox in her human rights battle against Italy.

3 min readJan 24, 2019

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Italy: European court awards €18,000 to Amanda Knox after human rights complaint

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Court: Judges make €27,000 award after Serbian prison rape and assault

Human rights judges have made a €27,000 award to a detainee who was assaulted and raped in Serbian prison.

3 min readJan 15, 2019

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Court: Judges make €27,000 award after Serbian prison rape and assault

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Azerbaijan: Court ruling on journalist’s ‘sex-smear’ human rights complaint

Human rights judges ruled today that Azerbaijani authorities failed to investigate the “serious invasion” of journalist Khadija…

2 min readJan 10, 2019

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Azerbaijan: Court ruling on journalist’s ‘sex-smear’ human rights complaint

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Azerbaijan 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…

4 min readJan 7, 2019

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Azerbaijan journalist’s allegations of politically-motivated sex-smear campaign set for Strasbourg…

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European court: Russia’s arrests of Aleksey Navalnyy violated his human rights

Human rights judges today ruled that the 2012 and 2014 arrests of Russian political activist and blogger Aleksey Navalnyy violated his…

2 min readNov 15, 2018

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European court: Russia’s arrests of Aleksey Navalnyy violated his human rights

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European court backs Austria over Prophet Muhammad insult conviction

Judges have backed Austria and rejected a woman’s human rights complaint following her conviction for making insulting comments about the…

2 min readOct 25, 2018

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European court backs Austria over Prophet Muhammad insult conviction

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Court: Some aspects of UK surveillance regimes violate convention

Judges at Strasbourg’s European Court declared today that “some aspects of UK surveillance regimes violate human rights laws.”

2 min readSep 13, 2018

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United Kingdom: Human rights commissioner urges independent inquiry into counter-terrorism abuses

Human rights commissioner Dunja Mijatović, has urged the United Kingdom to allow an independent investigation into detainee mistreatment…

2 min readSep 4, 2018

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United Kingdom: Human rights commissioner urges independent inquiry into counter-terrorism abuses

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Portugal: ‘Casa Pia’ paedophile ring members await human rights court judgement

Convicted members of an elite Portuguese paedophile ring, will find out tomorrow (26 June), if Strasbourg judges accept that they were…

3 min readJun 25, 2018

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Portugal: ‘Casa Pia’ paedophile ring members await human rights court judgement

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