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Chechen Refugees Unlawfully Refused Entry to Poland, Rules ECtHR

August 05, 2020 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

Chechen asylum seekers, who had repeatedly been refused an opportunity to file applications for international protection by the Polish Border Guard, have successfully challenged Poland at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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Strasbourg: Lithuania "Justified" in Not Letting Medics Deliver Babies at Home

June 18, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The European Court of Human Rights has made a judgement in the case of Kosaitė-Čypienė and others v. Lithuania, which concerned the right of women to give birth in their homes with the help of medical professionals.
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Russian Phone Tapping Act Is Judicial Swiss Cheese, Rules Strasbourg Court

February 26, 2016 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

Given the secret nature of the surveillance measures and the lack of effective means to challenge them at a national level, the court said that complainants don't need to prove that their communications risk being tapped.
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People with Intellectual Disabilities Lack Legal Protections in Poland

December 04, 2015 • by Małgorzata Szuleka, Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

A Polish man who accuses his therapist of rape has applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for redress after Polish courts did not consider his testimony reliable.
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Belgium Slapped for Police Slapping

October 27, 2015 • by David Morelli, Belgian League of Human Rights

Even a simple slap, given by a police officer against a person in custody, violates the dignity and human rights of that person.
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In Her Own Words: Daniela Tarău on Her 1 Year and 9 Months of Unlawful Detention

August 24, 2015 • by Dollores Benezic, The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Romania – the Helsinki Committee

After 15 years of court proceedings before the Court of Human Rights and Romanian national courts, Daniela Tarău was finally acquitted. Here is her side of the story.
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