Human rights are the Council of Europe's DNA, the founding principles that underpin everything we do, and one of the three ...

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 European Court of Human Rights took Italy to task for not protecting citizens in an area where illegal dumping and ...

Sarah Dines, the former home office minister who has called for the UK to leave the Strasbourg court ... further corrupting the European Convention on Human Rights in an effort to force ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that authorities in Russia have engaged in "a coordinated effort to ...

Brazil has joined the Strasbourg Convention on the Transfer of Convicted ... the new instrument represents a step forward in the defense of human rights at a global level. Henceforth, the ...

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 UK government has rejected calls to leave the European Convention on Human Rights as it denied the agreement ensures ...

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

A case with potentially far-reaching consequences for EU border practices and human rights is being heard in Strasbourg.

Today, the CoE is comprised of 46 European countries “working together to promote human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.” In 1950, the CoE adopted the European Convention of Human ...