Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from ECHR

Tory MPs to push for UK exit from European convention on human rights

Reports say Rishi Sunak is considering proposal, backed by several ministers, to allow crackdown on migration

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak ‘prepared to withdraw from European Convention on Human Rights’

PM said to be keen to ‘push boundaries of what is legally possible’ in removing migrants

The Independent UK

'We will oppose any attempt to take Scotland out of ECHR', SNP say

SNP MPs will oppose any attempts by the UK Government to remove the country from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the party’s…

The National (Scotland)

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Rishi Sunak prepared to take UK out of European Convention on Human Rights

RISHI Sunak is prepared to consider taking the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) amid an anticipated spike in migrant…

The National (Scotland)

Human rights trial against Russia over downing of flight MH17 to go ahead

Judges rule Russia eligible for trial for alleged war crimes in Ukraine because of its effective control over separatist-held areas

The Guardian - UK

ECHR says it can hear case against Russia over MH17 downing

The Netherlands and Ukraine are pursuing Moscow over its pre-February 2022 actions in eastern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

European rights court rules Ukraine, MH-17 cases against Russia are admissible

The European Court of Human Rights said cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over alleged human rights violations in the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, and the shooting down of Flight MH-17, were admissible.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

ECHR asks Britain to respond to election interference legal claim

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday requested a response from the British government to a legal claim brought by three lawmakers who accuse it of failing to properly investigate alleged Russian interference in elections.

Reuters

Rishi Sunak refuses to budge on NHS pay as strikes continue

PM says rises could make inflation worse and states politicians should not ‘cut across’ independent pay review process

The Guardian - UK

Racial hatred conviction against French far-right politician upheld by ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a conviction for incitement to racial hatred and discrimination against far-right French presidential candidate and polemicist Eric Zemmour was not a violation of his freedom of expression.

Reuters

Litvinenko: The true story behind David Tennant's new ITVX drama

Tennant, 51, will be portraying ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who was fatally poisoned in London in 2006 in the four-part mini-series.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson backs Tory plan to defy European court on Rwanda deportations

Bill to take back ’parliamentary sovereignty’ over European Court of Human Rights is fresh challenge to Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Julian Assange appeals to European court over U.S. extradition

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who is battling extradition from Britain to the United States where he is wanted on criminal charges, has submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the court confirmed on Friday.

Reuters

Owen Paterson’s lawyers admit irony of his seeking ECHR’s help

Representatives of Eurosceptic insist he had been left with no option but to appeal to European court of human rights

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Former Tory MP Owen Paterson claims ‘unfair’ lobbying investigation breached his human rights

Brexiteer takes case to European Court of Human Rights – despite previously railing against Strasbourg influence

Reuters

Turks risk losing Europe's human rights protections after court spurned

Nebahat Akkoc says her life began afresh after the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2000 that she had suffered torture while in Turkish custody, emboldening her and others to carry on their fight for women's rights.

The Guardian - UK

Vegan activist takes Switzerland to human rights court over prison diet

Man says state prison failed to provide adequate diet, in appeal joined by former psychiatric patient

The Independent UK

Liz Truss to give government powers to override human rights court

Prime minister resurrects plan for ECHR override

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Record

Madeleine McCann parents 'naturally disappointed' after losing legal battle

Lawyers for Kate and Gerry McCann had argued that Portuguese authorities had breached their right to respect for a private and family life in the way the courts there dealt with their libel claims against Goncalo Amaral.

The Independent UK

Madeleine McCann’s parents ‘naturally disappointed’ after losing legal battle

But Kate and Gerry McCann said the focus is now rightly on the search for their daughter and her abductor(s).

The Independent UK

Madeleine McCann’s parents lose court case against Portugal detective

Gerry and Kate McCann brought case over book, documentary and newspaper interview by Gonçalo Amaral, who suggested they were responsible for daughter’s disappearance

The Guardian - UK

France must rethink case of IS-linked women refused re-entry, rules ECHR

Families argued detention in Syria exposed the two women and their children to inhumane treatment

The Guardian - UK

First climate lawsuit against Russian government launched over emissions

Group of activists file supreme court case demanding stronger action on meeting Paris accord goals

The Independent UK

Liz Truss government shelves Bill of Rights – but vows to carry out human rights overhaul

Ex-justice secretary Dominic Raab’s bill described as ‘a mess’ by Truss camp

Reuters

Britain to shelve proposed Bill of Rights - The Sun

Britain's new government will shelve plans for a Bill of Rights aimed at giving London power to ignore rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Sun newspaper reported on Wednesday.

1 … 9 10 11 12

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

European Court of Human Rights

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.