Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to close the loophole, which relies on an interpretation of the European Convention on Human ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held unanimously on Thursday that Ukraine violated the right to respect for private life of three Ukrainian nationals and their lawyer by ordering unlawful ...

The Strasbourg-based court said France violated article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, relating to the right to respect for private and family life. It said that any concept of ...

The Council of Europe’s legal instruments are open to states from all regions, creating opportunities for cooperation in AI, data protection, cybercrime, and more. By connecting regional and global ...

Europe's rights court on Tuesday condemned Russia over "a coordinated effort to suppress dissent" inside the country over its ...

On February 11, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled against Georgia in the so-called “cable case” ( Glonti and others v. Georgia ), finding violations of the European Convention on Human ...

The European Court of Human Rights has for the first time ruled that failures to address pollution amounted to human rights ...

Nick Thomas-Symonds attacked the Tories for challenging the authority of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by pursuing the Rwanda deportation scheme. The Brexit minister, in a speech ...

In a ruling described as ‘seismic’, The European Court of Human Rights has determined that in failing to protect its citizens ...

Women's rights activists hailed a "historic" ruling, while Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said French legislation should now be amended. The Strasbourg-based court said France violated article 8 of ...

Canada has signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the ...