The Berlin tax office withdraws the charitable status of a German campaigning organization. By doing so, it makes it harder for citizens to get their views to their politicians.
Strasbourg judges have found in favor of a lawyer who was disciplined by French authorities after claiming an all-white jury helped acquit a police officer prosecuted over a suspect’s death during a car chase.
Bulgarian authorities continue to ignore the Strasbourg court regarding the evictions of Roma and other citizens from their homes in violation of European human rights law.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Bulgarian state violated the Convention on Human Rights by not acting to reunite children who had been unlawfully taken away from their parents.
While the French Court of Cassation has shown itself capable of applying European standards in combatting discrimination, Spanish courts are incapable of seeing beyond the presumption of truth in police testimonies.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that national authorities have "considerable room for maneuver" with regard to home birth regulations. The issue was raised by a complaint against the Czech Republic by two...
The Christian owners of Ashers Bakery in Northern Ireland have lost their appeal against a ruling that their refusal to make a "gay cake" was discriminatory. The Court of Appeal found on October 24 that they had...
Here's the surprising story of how a British Conservative politician played a key role in creating the European Convention on Human Rights.
The new attorney general of the Dutch Supreme Court, Jos Silvis, argued in his installation speech that the ideal of the protection of human rights is under pressure. Silvis, a former judge at the European Court of...
In the case Jeronovics v. Latvia, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled against Latvia and turned to the unilateral declarations of the government, which are submitted to the ECtHR when...
