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Breakthrough for Same-Sex Couples in Estonia

August 30, 2019 • by Estonian Human Rights Centre

Estonia has torn up previous policy and juridical practice and finally decided to give temporary residence rights to the registered same-sex partners of Estonians, allowing them to live a family life in Estonia.
HFHR Helps 80-Year-Old Prisoner in European Court Case

August 28, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

Prison populations are ageing but facilities and care are not keeping up with the change. HFHR has submitted an amicus curiae brief to the ECtHR in the case of an 80 year-old woman who claimed her rights were violated while in detention.
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- elderly
- penitentiary system
Polish Deputy Justice Minister Resigns Over Troll Campaign Allegations

August 23, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

The campaign was intended to discredit judges who have criticized the government's takeover of the judiciary.
NGOs Help Same-Sex Couple Whose Children Were Refused Polish Citizenship

August 21, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

A number of international organisations have intervened in a European Court of Human Rights case after Polish authorities denied Polish citizenship to the children of a same-sex couple, one of whom is a Polish citizen himself.
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Romanian Boy Bullied for Having Special Educational Needs Takes Case to ECtHR

August 19, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the Forum for Human Rights intervened in a case before the European Court of Human Rights. The case concerns a boy with special educational needs who experienced discrimination at a public school in Romania.
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Hungary Wages Propaganda War Against Finland as Article 7 Looms

August 16, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

The Hungarian government is waging a propaganda war against Finland in order to undermine the latter's credibility when the EU resumes Article 7 proceedings against Hungary.
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CSO Threatened With Fine for Migrant Rescue Operations; Anti-LGBT Group Win Court Cases

August 15, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

CIVICUS Monitor update on Spain - August 2019
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Polish Court Reforms: Judges Under Pressure From All Sides

August 15, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

Changes in the Polish justice system introduced over the last four years are being used to increase pressure on judges, according to the HFHR study “The Time of Trial. How do changes in justice system affect Polish judges?”
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Hungary To Pay Compensation to HCLU Client Who Was Forcefully Catheterised

August 14, 2019 • by Anna Kertész, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

In an important judgement delivered in July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) stated that forced catheterisation was a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the prohibition of torture.
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Man Who Was Denied a Court Refund Wins on Appeal

August 12, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

A Polish appeals court has changed the verdict of the District Court and ruled in favour of the claimant, who had been forced to take out loans as the lower court refused to return his money.
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