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UK Mass Surveillance Challenge Heads to Human Rights Court

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will hear a legal challenge to the UK government’s bulk surveillance powers. The case is being brought by Liberty, Privacy International, Amnesty International...

Surveillance , UK , United Kingdom , ECHR , ECtHR , Court of Human Rights
February 07, 2019 • LibertiesEU
German Home School Appeal Rejected by Strasbourg Court

A German couple that refused to send their children to school have had their appeal rejected by the European Court of Human Rights. In 2012, the German State Education Authority found that the couple was "refusing to...

education , Germany , ECHR , ECtHR , Strasbourg , judiciary , court , Court of Human Rights
January 16, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Solutions to the Use of Racial Profiling by Police

Rights International Spain and Plataforma por la Gestión Policial de la Diversidad inform the European Court of Human Rights on the measures that should be taken to eradicate discriminatory police checks.

Spain , racial profiling , Ethnic Profiling , ECHR , Court of Human Rights
June 26, 2018 • Rights International Spain
To Fight Torture & Impunity, Police Officers Must Be Easily Identifiable

States have an obligation under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to put in place safeguards to protect people from torture and ill-treatment.

Spain , police , ECHR , ECtHR , Court of Human Rights , Abuse , torture , impunity
March 19, 2018 • Rights International Spain
Citing Torture Concern, Italy Court Blocks Prisoner Extradition to Romania

The court said Italian authorities must reexamine the risk of inhuman or degrading treatment that could occur once the prisoner is returned to Romania.

ECHR , ECtHR , Court of Human Rights , Court of Justice , extradition , Italy , Romania , prison , Detainees rights , torture
December 18, 2017 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Empowering Young Human Rights Lawyers in the Western Balkans

Team Iustitia from Niš, Serbia, have taken the title at the 2017 Regional Moot Court competition with a narrow win over over team Ad Victoriam from Tirana, Albania.

moot court , Albania , ECHR , ECtHR , Court of Human Rights
March 22, 2017 • Civil Rights Defenders
From CIA Prisons to Care Homes, Poland Struggles With ECHR Verdicts

A report by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on Poland’s implementation of European Court of Human Rights judgments finds that many decisions are still awaiting action, in part because Parliament has been dragging its heels.

Poland , ECHR , ECtHR , Court of Human Rights , cia , nursing care , detainee rights
March 21, 2017 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
#MeAndMyRights: The Charter of Fundamental Rights

The EU decided to write down all the human rights that it must protect in one document: the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Charter of Fundamental Rights , EU , Council of Europe , ECHR , ECtHR , CJEU , Court of Justice , Court of Human Rights , Convention on Human Rights , #MeAndMyRights , UN Human Rights Council
January 04, 2016 • LibertiesEU
Macedonian Organization Sues Bulgaria Over Registration Refusal

A Macedonian cultural organization has brought a complaint against Bulgaria to the European Court of Human Rights after two state courts refused to register it because it poses "a threat to the unity of the Bulgarian nation."

Bulgaria , Macedonia , ethnic minority , ECtHR , BHC , freedom of association , Macedonians , repression , Court of Human Rights , ECHR , Convention on Human Rights , Sofia
June 11, 2015 • Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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