The Latest Breaking News from European Court of Human Rights

The U.K. government was due to begin its first deportation flight to remove asylum-seekers to the East African country of Rwanda on June 14, 2022, exactly two months after signing the U.K.-Rwanda agreement. The asylum-seekers were from several war-torn and politically unstable countries, including Syria, Sudan and Iran.

Judges have ruled that doctors treating 12 year-old Archie can switch off his life support machine but his parents continue to fight a legal battle to overturn the decision

Three Court of Appeal judges in London have upheld a ruling by a High Court judge, who had decided that doctors could lawfully stop treating Archie.

She is considering taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights

Three appeal judges on Monday upheld a ruling by a High Court judge who had decided that doctors could lawfully stop treating the 12-year-old.

The state of abortion laws in the US has many in the UK wondering about reproductive rights in their own country. While abortion is largely accessible in the UK, its legal status is more precarious than many understand. Whichever government is in power next, it has the ability to either…

Tom Tugendhat and Penny Mordaunt have both ruled out leaving the European Convention on Human Rights - drawn up after the Second World War. But other Tory leadership candidates are harder to pin down

All five remaining frontrunners have outlined plans to cut taxes in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. That spells bad news for austerity-battered public services - and that's before we get onto human rights and the environment...

Foreign secretary tells Tory MPs she would quit if necessary

Despite a delay to court proceedings, the Home Office today declined to rule out attempting to put asylum seekers on flights to central Africa - although government insiders say there is "zero chance" of this happening

The current favourite to be Tory leader blames the pact for stopping Britain from being able to cut illegal immigration