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Chechen Refugees Unlawfully Refused Entry to Poland, Rules ECtHR

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.

family migration , refugees , Poland , European Court of Human Right
August 05, 2020 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Strasbourg: Lithuania "Justified" in Not Letting Medics Deliver Babies at Home

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.

Lithuania , Article 8 ECHR , European Court of Human Right
June 18, 2019 • Human Rights Monitoring Institute
Polish Authorities' Demolition of Roma Settlement Lands in Strasbourg

The European Court of Human Rights has forwarded questions to the Polish government regarding a case submitted by sixteen Romanian nationals of Roma origin concerning the demolition of their homes in Wrocław, which...

Poland , Romanian , ECtHR , eksmisja , European Court of Human Right
October 06, 2017 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
ECHR: Hungary’s Practice of Detaining Asylum Seekers in Transit Zones Is Illegal

The Hungarian authorities' treatment of asylum seekers at border transit zones is against the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously on Tuesday. The verdict says that...

European Court of Human Right , Strasbourg court
March 14, 2017 • LibertiesEU
New Book on the Criticism of the ECtHR Published

"The European Court of Human Rights is under substantial pressure. From a case overload crisis it stumbled into a legitimacy crisis in certain countries. This should be taken seriously, since scholars warn that...

European Court of Human Right , ECHR , book , ECtHR
July 13, 2016 • LibertiesEU
​Watch How You Can Bring a Case to the Strasbourg Court

Did you know that 800 million people across Europe may apply to the European Court of Human Rights? The court receives 50,000 new case applications a year — but 90 percent are inadmissible. Watch this video to avoid the most common traps.

ECHR , video , European Court of Human Right , Strasbourg court , Admissibility Criteria , ECtHR
April 22, 2016 • LibertiesEU
Russian Phone Tapping Act Is Judicial Swiss Cheese, Rules Strasbourg Court

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.

EHCR , Russia , interception , secret surveillance , intelligence services , European Court of Human Right , private life , safeguards , quality of law , ECtHR , Article 8
February 26, 2016 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
People with Intellectual Disabilities Lack Legal Protections in Poland

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.

people with disabilities , mental disabilities , criminal proceedings , criminal procedure , administrative procedure , civil procedure , Poland , European Court of Human Right , ECtHR , equal access , HFHR , Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
December 04, 2015 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Belgium Slapped for Police Slapping

Even a simple slap, given by a police officer against a person in custody, violates the dignity and human rights of that person.

Police violence , Belgium , European Court of Human Right , ECHR , LDH , OBSPOL , Observatory of police violence , League of Human Rights , Abuse , Brussels
October 27, 2015 • Belgian League of Human Rights
In Her Own Words: Daniela Tarău on Her 1 Year and 9 Months of Unlawful Detention

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.

prison , judicial error , right to fair trial , Daniela Tarău , compensation , ECHR , European Court of Human Right
August 24, 2015 • The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Romania – the Helsinki Committee
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