Property in Ortakoy returned to Greek community
The Directorate General of Foundations which is responsible for minority foundations in Turkey has returned the office building of Turkish Ministry of EU Affairs in the Ortakoy district of Istanbul to the Greek the community....Read more...
Armenia’s FM to depart for Strasburg
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will visit Strasburg May 15-16 to attend the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Council of Europe member states. Foreign ministry press service reports that during the gathering...Read more...
Despite warning on violence, Greece won't ban Golden Dawn
Surge in racist attacks tied to elected extremist party . 7/5/2013- Although Greece's government has said it will not ban the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, the Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights said there is...Read more...
Swiss ordered to define assisted suicide laws
Human rights ruling The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Switzerland to clarify whether and under what conditions individuals not suffering from terminal illnesses should be helped to end their own lives medically....Read more...
Armenian authorities ready to pay 112,000 euros to Jehovah's Witnesses under ECtHR's decision
The Armenian government has decided to pay 112,000 euros to members of the religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses, who had won the case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). In November 2012, the ECtHR ruled to...Read more...
PM: Georgian-Russian relations to be reflected in Secretary General of the Council of Europe’s...
The Georgian Prime Minister does not find the absence of consideration of the Georgian-Russian conflict in the agenda of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers to be held on May 16 in Strasbourg, harmful for the country....Read more...
Right to Die, Grayling v Legal Aid and Abu Qatada Finally Off (?) - The Human Rights Roundup
Welcome back to the UK Human Rights Roundup, your regular chocolate selection gift box of human rights news. The full list of links can be found here . You can also find our table of human rights cases here and previous...Read more...
Why dont we send Abu Hamza back to Egypt – Telegraph Blogs
Abu Hamza will not be extradited to the United States any time soon, thanks to the European Court of Human Rights and its postmodern and ironic understanding of the term “human rights”.Hamza and another man,even for wages that,...Read more...
Why Respect Samvel Alexanyan?
Why Respect Samvel Alexanyan? European months are awaiting Armenia. In May our country will take up the chairmanship of the Council of Europe, which will smoothly pass to pre-signing of the Association Agreement with the EU....Read more...
South Ossetia has refused PACE delegation in visiting the country
Parliament of South Ossetia has refused the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in visiting South Ossetia. This was announced by Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia Yuri...Read more...
The Pen Register and the Meter – Reasonable Expectations of Privacy?
So I’m seeing a lot of hyperventilating about the revelations that the DOJ has been conducting traffic analysis. I thought it would be helpful to have a brief primer post on the subject of pen-registers and trap and trace...Read more...
Dozens Missing Following Mine Collapse
International Service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation Swiss ordered to define assisted suicide laws The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Switzerland to clarify whether and under what conditions individuals not...Read more...
EU asks Swiss to define assisted suicide
The European Court of Human Rights has asked Switzerland to define the conditions for assisted suicide. The request comes in the case of an 82-year-old woman from Zurich who does not suffer from a terminal illness, but from...Read more...
Court to assess damages against Quinn nephew
The Commercial Court is to assess damages against bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn's nephew Peter Darragh Quinn. It relates to allegations of asset stripping and follows last year's finding that he breached court orders. Peter...Read more...
European Court of Human Rights expert on Safarov's case Philip Leach to arrive in Armenia
Which country will to recognize first the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh? European Court of Human Rights expert on Safarov's case Philip Leach to arrive in Armenia YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. English expert in the European...Read more...
Grand reception marks Europe Day
Islamabad To celebrate Europe Day, a grand reception was hosted by Head of Delegation, European Union, Ambassador Lars Gunnar Wigemark and his wife Rebekah Naomi Wigemark. The event was held at the Serena Hotel and well...Read more...
UKIP: If the UK leaves Europe, we might back gay marriage
UK's Euro-sceptic party says despite the quadruple lock protecting religious groups from being told to conduct same-sex marriages, the safeguards are not strong enough The UK Independence Party has said it may back full gay...Read more...
Strongman Putin alone is no match for growing corruption
President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on corruption is vital to Russia’s future. It is also certain to fail unless he recognises the shortcomings of his methods. ||| President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on corruption is vital to...Read more...
CoE human rights commssioner warns of racial hatred across Europe, including Greece
The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks has expressed concern about the worrying rise of race-hate groups across Europe, including in Greece. “It worries me deeply that the European community and...Read more...
Bulgaria’s elections competitive and well run, but trust in process is lacking, international...
Bulgaria's early parliamentary elections on 12 May were held in a competitive environment, fundamental freedoms were respected, and the administration of elections was well managed, although the campaign was overshadowed ...Read more...
PACE president hints optimism for settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Jean-Claude Mignon, indicated his optimism in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, an issue that has disrupted the relations between Armenia and...Read more...
‘Too old to live’ woman seeks court action over Swiss lethal injection ban
An elderly woman, unwilling to suffer further mental and physical decline, wants human rights judges to back a complaint against Switzerland for refusing her a lethal injection. The European Court of Human Rights will give...Read more...
Lithuanian Bishops: European convention on domestic violence will promote homosexuality and...
Lithuanian bishops said they opposed a convention on violence against women that also included protections for LGBT people The Lithuanian Bishops Conference (LBC) has urged their government not to sign a Council of Europe (COE)...Read more...
Brussels piles on pressure
The ruling Fidesz party reacted angrily this week to a draft report from the European Parliament’s civil rights committee calling for infringement proceedings over controversial constitutional amendments. The document raised...Read more...
Tymoshenko case: the European Court of Human Rights condemns the practice of selective justice in...
The Court of Strasbourg stated that the restriction of (Yulia Tymoshenko’s) liberty had not been applied for the purpose of bringing her before a competent legal authority on reasonable suspicion of having committed an offence,...Read more...
Who pays puppets without borders to slander Russia?
Reporters Without Borders Calls Putin a Predator and Control Freak - Mikhail Doubik, Publisher at Vedomosti is the director of the Moscow Times. Vedomosti was conceived by Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, the One...Read more...
Ginsburg says Roe gave abortion opponents target
When I argued a case challenging Ireland’s ban on abortion before the European Court of Human Rights in 2009, I told the story of my client, "Ms. C," who had been battling cancer when she became pregnant. Ms. C’s doctors in...Read more...
CC: Government proposes the ECHR judge candidates
The government proposes the candidates to the position of judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Romania’s behalf, reports Mediafax. The decision was passed yesterday by the Constitutional Court (CC), who...Read more...
PACE president to visit Turkey
PACE came under the spotlight of the Turkish media after the European body adopted a controversial report which referred to members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as “activists.” World Bulletin/News Desk Jean-Claude...Read more...
PACE President to make official visit to Turkey
Which are Armenian most topical social-political issues? PACE President to make official visit to Turkey YEREVAN, MAY 11, ARMENPRESS: The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Jean-Claude...Read more...
