EU court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws vague
GENEVA (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss laws on so-called passive assisted suicide are unclear and need revising to clarify when people are entitled to a medical prescription for a lethal dose of...Read more...
EU court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws vague
GENEVA (AP) -- The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss laws on so-called passive assisted suicide are unclear and need revising to clarify when people are entitled to a medical prescription for a lethal dose of...Read more...
European Court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws unclear when people entitled to lethal dosage
GENEVA - The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss laws on so-called passive assisted suicide are unclear and need revising to clarify when people are entitled to a medical prescription for a lethal dose of drugs....Read more...
EU court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws vague
GENEVA (AP) -- The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss laws on so-called passive assisted suicide are unclear and need revising to clarify when people are entitled to a medical prescription for a lethal dose of...Read more...
EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague
By JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press Posted: Tuesday, May. 14, 2013 GENEVA An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights,...Read more...
EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague
An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive...Read more...
EU court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws vague
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss laws on so-called passive assisted suicide are unclear and need revising to clarify when people are entitled to a medical prescription for a lethal dose of drugs.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...
EU court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws vague
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss laws on so-called passive assisted suicide are unclear and need revising to clarify when people are entitled to a medical prescription for a lethal dose of drugs. Alda...Read more...
EU court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws vague
GENEVA (AP) -- The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss laws on so-called passive assisted suicide are unclear and need revising to clarify when people are entitled to a medical prescription for a lethal dose of...Read more...
EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague
An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive...Read more...
EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague
GENEVA (AP) -- An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called...Read more...
EU court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws vague
EU court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws vague 4 minutes ago GENEVA — The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss laws on so-called passive assisted suicide are unclear and need revising to clarify when people are...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...
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...
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...
U.S. Helsinki Commission hopes European Court's ruling will help release Tymoshenko
The leadership of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, has expressed the hope that the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of pre-trial detention...Read more...
Amarian: Being `oppressed' advantageous to Jehovah's Witnesses
Amarian: Being `oppressed' advantageous to Jehovah's Witnesses Friday, May 10 Being `oppressed' is quite advantageous to Jehovah's Witnesses in Armenia, Alexander Amarian, Head of the Center for Aid and Rehabilitation of...Read more...
8 steps to build peace: FIDH calls on the Turkish government to act
International Federation for Human Rights, 8 steps to build peace: FIDH calls on the Turkish government to act, 25 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/518ceec03aa.html [accessed 10 May 2013] This is not a...Read more...
[World Report] Ireland's abortion debate
The Irish Government released its long-awaited draft Protection of Life in Pregnancy Bill last week, providing doctors with guidance on legal terminations. Zara Qadir reports. Savita Halappanavar died at University Hospital...Read more...
United Press International Ruling on Tymoshenko must not derail Ukraine ties
At the end of April, the European Union upped the ante when the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Ukraine violated Tymoshenko's fundamental rights, and that her pretrial detention was arbitrary and politically ...Read more...
EU official warns BiH over implementation of court ruling
All political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) would be held responsible if the country fails to implement a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, said Peter Sorensen, Head of the EU Delegation to BiH, on...Read more...
21st CENTURY NAKED CITY OF LONDON EXCRETA
Jim McIlmurray, spokesperson for Martin Corey, At 4:50 pm yesterday, May 2, 2013, I received the news that the High Court had overruled the application to take Martin’s case to the Supreme Court in London. This devastating news...Read more...
Jailed Russian activist complains to European court
Moscow, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Lawyers of a Russian political activist’s wife, have filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. Her eight-year prison sentence was slammed last year by then-president Dmitry...Read more...
Draft abortion Bill fails to clarify risk to woman's life - Irish Times -- 01:00
Draft abortion Bill fails to clarify risk to woman’s life Opinion: The lack of adequate safeguards for women against refusal of care is very worrying First published: Wed, May 8, 2013, 02:00 Unless substantially amended, the...Read more...
New Book Constituting Europe
Next month, the book ‘Constituting Europe. The European Court of Human Rights in a National, European and Global Context’ will be published by Cambridge UP. It was edited by Andreas Follesdal, Birgit Peters, and Geir Ulfstein....Read more...
European Court of Human Rights Says No Political Motivation Behind Arrest of Tymoshenko
KYIV, Ukraine, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) says it has found no political motives on the part of the Ukraine Government in the arrest of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, as has...Read more...
Heritage: European Court Errs in Decision on Terrorist Suspect Extradition
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has given an interim ruling that Britain cannot extradite Haroon Aswat to the United States. Aswat has been indicted in the U.S. on conspiracy charges related to the establishment of a...Read more...
Armenia to Pay €112,000 to 17 Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Armenian government on Wednesday allocated €112,000 ($145,226) to the Ministry of Justice to pay damages and legal fees to 17 conscientious objectors in compliance with a 2012 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights,...Read more...
