European Court of Human Rights

Data blunders can breach human rights, rules ECHR (case)

workplacelaw.net     Jul 23, 2008   4 related          

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Finnish Government to pay out €34,000 because it failed to protect a citizen's personal data. One data protection expert says that the case creates a vital link between...                    

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Lesbos islanders lose lesbian ban court case

telegraph.co.uk     Jul 22, 2008   68 related          

Residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have failed in their bid to ban the use of the word lesbian being used to describe sexual attraction between women. The residents appealed to a court in Athens to ban the word, claiming...                    

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Surveillance sweep

economist.com     Jul 22, 2008   2 related          

A new surveillance law causes a rumpus in SwedenRecently approved legislation in Sweden that allows for increased surveillance of crossborder telecommunications traffic has triggered the country's most heated political debate...                    

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Sweden: Widespread protests against wire-tapping law

mathaba.net     Jul 21, 2008   2 related          

From the beginning of June, groups on social networking websites and other Internet sites began organising opposition to the wire-tapping law. With limited coverage in the print media, it was largely as a result of blog...                    

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ECHR accuses Turkey of two separate rights violations

famagusta-gazette.com     Jul 21, 2008          

By Staff Reporter 21.JUL.08 The European Court of Human Rights has accused Turkey of two separate rights violations - failing to punish a policeman who mistreated a woman and sentencing 11 people taking part in a teachers'...                    

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Ireland: Britain’s spying slammed by EU

greenleft.org.au     Jul 20, 2008          

The British government has been slammed by the European Court of Human Rights for secretly and illegally monitoring every single telephone call, fax message and e-mail between Ireland and Britain for years. The spying operation...                    

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Widespread protests against Swedish wire-tapping law

indybay.org     Jul 20, 2008          

Saturday, July 19, 2008 :With protests against Swedens new surveillance law rising, the Justice Center (CFR) announced July 14 it would file a case against the legislation in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The bill...                    

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Applications Submitted With The ECHR

usc.edu     Jul 19, 2008   1 related          

APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED WITH THE ECHR A1+ 18 July, 2008 Lusine Sahakian, Erwand Varossian and Tigran Safarian, the advocates of the ex-deputy prosecutor Gagik Jhangirian, and Vahe Ghazarian sentenced to a 4.5 years' imprisonment...                    

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Selective Exceptionalism?

prawfsblawg.blogs.com     Jul 19, 2008   1 related          

Adam Liptak’s series on “American Exceptionalism” in the NY Times, the latest installment of which treats the exclusionary rule, connects in some counterintuitive ways with the relatively recent brouhaha about the Supreme...                    

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Sri Lanka: Landmark European ruling says Tamils risk torture if deported

tamilnet.com     Jul 18, 2008   54 related          

In a rebuke of Britain’s efforts to deport Tamil asylum seekers, the European Court of Human Rights allowed Thursday the appeal by one refugee, finding that he was at risk of torture by the Sri Lankan authorities if returned...                    

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