Sometimes a court conviction can be part of a cover-up, as demonstrated by two recent rulings by the European Court of Human Rights that involve police abuses in Turkey and Georgia.
Posts Tagged “European Court of Human Rights”
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Italy's Supreme Court has ruled that the right to marriage cannot be curtailed by the country's efforts to control undocumented migration.
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After two years of consultations on the right of free of expression, the UN Human Rights Committee has strengthened protections for new media, and says blasphemy laws should not be used to restrict legitimate free expression.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Article 19, blasphemy, European Court of Human Rights, freedom of information, General Comment No.34, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, international justice, Organization of Islamic Conference, Sandra Coliver, UN Human Rights Committee, UN Human Rights Council
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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Greece for holding migrants in jails designed for short-term stays, highlighting the challenge facing the European Union as a whole in addressing migration pressures.
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Two landmark cases recently confirmed that the UK's human rights obligations apply to its military conduct in Iraq, finding that Britain’s treatment of Iraqi civilians violated provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. The rulings are expected to have an impact far beyond Iraq.
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Public outrage over phone hacking by tabloid journalists should not lead to restraints on the ability of the media and the general public to hold politicians and other public figures accountable for their actions.
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Twenty years after the break-up of the Yugoslav federation, the European Court of Human Rights is focusing on the plight of 25,000 people who were erased from Slovenia's registry of residents after the republic declared its independence.
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New legislation allows for suspects in serious crimes to be held by police for up to 48 hours without access to defense counsel, and for up to 5 days without court review.
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The human rights and anti-migrant sides of the EU immigration debate went head to head at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, in a controversial case over "push-backs," or interceptions, of migrants in the Mediterranean.
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: Case Watch, European Court of Human Rights, Hirsi v. Italy, Italy, Libya, migrants, refoulement, Sarah Montgomery, UNHCR
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Journalist Eynulla Fatullayev's release after four years of prison seemed a shock move by the Azerbaijan government. But for one coalition of advocates, his freedom was the long-awaited result of intensive strategic work.