Russian Supreme Court urges compliance with ECHR decisionsRussian courts will take into account the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) - not only in cases against Russia but also in those involving other countries - where the circumstances of cases and the laws applied are similar to Russian law, the Supreme Court said on Thursday.16:32 27.06.2013
ECHR holds Russia was not responsible for death of militant leader MaskhadovThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Russia was not responsible for the death of Aslan Maskhadov, but that its automatic refusal to return his body constituted a violation of his family’s right to respect for private and family life, as guaranteed by Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (Convention).19:07 06.06.2013
Russia violated Jehovah’s Witnesses rights by disclosing medical records - ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that the rights of two Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia had been violated when their medical records were disclosed to prosecution authorities as a consequence of their refusal to accept blood transfusions.15:31 06.06.2013
Former Georgian prime minister to file application with ECHRThe lawyers of former Georgian Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili, the general secretary of the pro-presidential United National Movement party, who was arrested for alleged involvement in the dispersal of a rally in Tbilisi in 2011, plan to refer the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.14:25 06.06.2013
Ambiguity in Swiss assisted suicide law constitutes rights violation – ECHRA lack of clarity in Switzerland’s assisted suicide law has risen to the level of a rights violation in the case of an elderly albeit healthy woman wishing to end her own life, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Wednesday.16:28 14.05.2013
Armenian government to pay out 112,000 euro to Jehovah's WitnessesThe Armenian government allocated €112,000 to the Justice Ministry during its meeting on Wednesday to be paid out to Jehovah’s Witnesses in accordance with a judgment rendered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in November 2012.17:43 08.05.2013
Russian opposition activist sentenced for drug trafficking appeals to ECHRTaisia Osipova, an activist in the unregistered The Other Russia opposition party, has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights over her eight-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, her attorney Irina Khrunova said on Tuesday.13:42 07.05.2013
ECHR ruling in Tymoshenko v. Ukraine caseThe European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that the rights of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to liberty and security, a speedy review of the lawfulness of detention, and compensation for unlawful detention, had been violated in connection with Tymoshenko’s arrest and detention for abuse of power in Ukraine.21:23 30.04.2013
Ukraine violated rights of ex-prime minister Tymoshenko – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights held unanimously Tuesday that the rights of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to liberty and security, a speedy review of the lawfulness of detention, and compensation for unlawful detention, had been violated in connection with Tymoshenko’s arrest and detention for abuse of power in Ukraine.13:08 30.04.2013
Russia responsible for secret transfer of Tajik national – EСHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Russia responsible for the covert and unlawful transfer of a man to Tajikistan where he was later prosecuted and sentenced to imprisonment for offences against national security, the judgment reads.16:31 25.04.2013
Luxembourg violated free expression rights of news agency – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Luxembourg violated the rights of a news agency and its journalists to free expression and protected privacy and family life by issuing a disproportionately broad search warrant as part of a defamation investigation.15:57 18.04.2013
ECHR holds Russia violated adoptive parents' privacy, family rightsThe European Court of Human Rights held Thursday that Russia failed in many capacities to protect the private and family rights of a couple embroiled in a very public child abuse scandal.14:56 18.04.2013
US extradition violates rights of schizophrenic terror suspect – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that the UK would be violating the rights of a schizophrenic man charged with conspiring to establish a US-based jihad training camp by extraditing him to the US.15:32 16.04.2013
ECHR petitioners awarded €176.8 million in 2012 – reportThe Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe released a report which laid out analyses relevant to compliance with court judgments by all member states including Russia, which has become increasingly omnipresent in the ECHR.13:01 11.04.2013
ECHR informs Russia of activist's application seeking €500,000The European Court of Human Rights has informed the Russian authorities that an activist of the banned National Bolshevik Party, who was sentenced in 2006, has filed an application demanding €500,000 in compensation.18:23 05.04.2013
ECHR orders Russia to pay 152,000 euros to evicted Kremlin neighborsThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Russia Thursday to pay 152,000 euros to compensate a Moscow couple who were evicted from their Central Moscow flat in 2005 to make room for an expansion of the Moscow State Art Gallery.15:01 04.04.2013
Russia violated rights of lawyer commenting on prison guards - ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Russia violated the free expression rights of renowned Russian attorney Genri Reznik in light of his defamation conviction over commentary involving the treatment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s attorney by Moscow pre-trial detention center guards.14:08 04.04.2013
ECHR holds the Estonia violated rights during WWII monument riots of 2007The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Estonia violated its obligations under the European Convention of Human Rights (Convention) in connection with arrests and detentions that followed April 2007 riots over the relocation of a World War II monument celebrating the Red Army.18:05 28.03.2013
ECHR: Russia did not violate Novaya Gazeta's freedom of expressionThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Russia did not violate the freedom of expression rights of widely circulated Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and journalist Georgiy Borodyanskiy, who were convicted of libel over a 2006 story on the regional governor of Omsk.15:02 28.03.2013
Council of Europe documents display confusion over gay parades in RussiaDocuments released by the Council of Europe Thursday conveyed tension and a lack of assurance in the course of implementing a 2010 European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgment accusing Russia of having disproportionately violated the free assembly rights of sexual minority advocates by repeatedly denying requests by gay rights activists to hold public events.12:02 22.03.2013