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Europe rights court rules Switzerland laws on assisted suicide too vague
May 14, 2013 by Julie Deisher
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Swiss law does not provide sufficient guidelines on the extent of the right to die, in violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Article 8 protects an individual's right to respect for private life, which was.... [more]
Europe rights court rules Ukraine violated ex-PM Tymoshenko's rights
April 30, 2013 by Lauren Laing
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Ukraine violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by jailing former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko for politically-motivated reasons. The court ruled that Tymoskenko's indefinite pre-trial detention was arbitrary and that it was.... [more]
Europe rights court upholds ban on animal rights advertisement
April 22, 2013 by Lauren Laing
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg held Monday in a 9-8 vote that a ban on an advertisement by an animal rights group did not violate freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In 2005 Animal Defenders International (ADI) submitted to.... [more]
Europe rights court blocks extradition of terror suspect to US
April 16, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday blocked the extradition of Haroon Aswat, a former aide to radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, from the UK to the US. The court said that removing Aswat, a UK-based terror suspect whose nationality is unknown, to an American high-security prison.... [more]
Dutch judge blocks terror suspect's extradition to US
April 5, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
A Dutch judge on Friday blocked the extradition to the US of a Dutch-Pakistani terror suspect until US authorities agree to provide post traumatic stress disorder treatment equal to what he is currently receiving. The suspect, known under Dutch privacy laws only as Sabir K., is accused of plotting.... [more]
Do Criminal Record Disclosures Breach Our Human Rights?
March 28, 2013 by Fangxing Li
JURIST Guest Columnist Serge Diaz, University of Edinburgh School of Law Class of 2015, discusses the effects of a recent ruling by the UK Court of Appeal on UK criminal record disclosures laws...On January 29, 2013, the UK Court of Appeal handed down a disappointing judgment for the UK government.... [more]
Europe rights court upholds Pirate Bay co-founders' criminal conviction
March 14, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday upheld The Pirate Bay (TPB) co-founders' criminal conviction for aiding copyright infringement on the Internet, unanimously declaring their application inadmissible. Co-founders Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij appealed a 2009 decision from a.... [more]
Europe rights court rules Austrian woman can adopt child of same-sex partner
February 20, 2013 by Maureen Cosgrove
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that a woman in a same-sex relationship could adopt her partner's biological child. The court held that Austria's existing ban on the practice, also called successive adoption, violated Articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human.... [more]
Europe rights court rejects Italy appeal on embryonic screening law
February 12, 2013 by Julie Deisher
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Monday refused to reconsider an August ruling that Italy's ban on screening embryos for diseases before they are implanted in a womb violates parents' rights. The court found that this provision of Law 40 violated Article 8 of the European Convention on.... [more]
Russia feminist rock group appeals conviction to Europe rights court
February 7, 2013 by Sung Un Kim
Russian feminist rock band Pussy Riot on Wednesday filed a complaint in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) challenging their conviction. They contend that their conviction violates four articles of the European Convention on Human Rights: the freedom of speech, the right to liberty and.... [more]
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