European Court of Human Rights

Pentagon Hacker Tries One More Time to Avoid Extradition (PC World)

A British systems administrator who hacked into U.S. military computers in 2001 and 2002 will have another chance to make his case of why he shouldn't be extradited to the U.S. A High Court judge will decide on Jan. 20 whether...

Russia president calls for judicial reforms to stem shift to Europe rights court

[JURIST] Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official profile; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday proposed [transcript, in Russian] that Russian courts become more transparent in order to restore faith in the justice system and...

ČR must pay damages to former asylum seeker

Prague - The European Court of Human Rights last week ordered the Czech government to pay EUR 2,000 in damages to Mohamed Magdi Mansour Rashed for violating his rights as an asylum seeker two years ago. The Egyptian man filed...

The Embarrassment of Russian Justice

You don't have to go very far to find an instance of dubious Russian justice. Only recently a senior judge admitted that she had been pressured by the Kremlin. And President Dmitry Medvedev is the first to admit that his...

London hacker tries one more time to avoid extradition over Pentagon

Demonstrators ask Barack Obama to interveneA London systems administrator who hacked into US military computers in 2001 and 2002 will have another chance to make his case of why he shouldn't be extradited to the US.

Finland slammed by Euro rights court on two counts (AFP)

STRASBOURG, France (AFP) - Finland violated the right to respect for private life by failing to balance Internet privacy needs with child protection laws, the European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday. In a ruling centred on...

Government reaches amicable settlements with two former policemen that complained to ECHR

The Government of Moldova concluded two amicable agreements with two former employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs so as not to be convicted again by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). According to the Jurists...

Moscow Court Rules 145 Gay Pride Marches Were Lawfully Banned

Appeal to European Court of Human Rights now planned Sent by Nicolas Alexeyev The Moscow City Court today threw-out the appeals by Moscow Gay Pride organisers over the banning of 145 gay human rights marches that were planned...

Identifying Individuals in Internet Iniquity: ECHR rules on naming wrongdoers

The European Court of Human Rights gave an important decision today in KU v. The Finnish courts ultimately agreed, holding that the law as it stood provided for this information to be revealed only in respect of specified...

REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA LOSES IN EUROPEAN COURT AGAIN

The European Court of Human Rights reached a verdict today according to which the three citizens of Armenia Lavrent Kirakosyan, Arman Kirakosyan and Myasnik Tadevosyan have been subject to inhuman and degrading treatment, have...