They claim to have been detained in a tent without access to basic necessities, subjected to physical abuse, and ultimately ...

When H.W. exhausted all legal avenues in France, she brought her case to the European Court of Human Rights in 2021, arguing that the French court's decision was an unjust intrusion into her ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is to consider three cases involving irregular migrants allegedly being ‘pushed back’ across the border from EU states to non-member state Belarus.

Committee of Ministers 398th meeting (March 2021) (DH) - Rules 9.2 and 9.6 - Communication from NGOs (ARTICLE 19, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation ...

Hassan Abou Hayleh, 39, who assaulted 19-year-old woman, suffers from PTSD after being tortured, his lawyer says ...

A French woman who stopped having sex with her husband has been vindicated by Europe’s top human rights court this week after they ruled she could not be blamed for her divorce. The European ...

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The European Court of Human Rights condemned that decision. By Isabella Kwai and Ségolène Le Stradic The couple had been together for some three decades before they divorced. She blamed his work ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France, saying a woman who refuses to have sex with her husband should not be considered "at fault" by courts in the event of divorce.

Strasbourg (AFP) – Europe's rights court on Tuesday condemned Russia over "a coordinated effort to suppress dissent" inside the country over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched in ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against France, saying a woman who refuses to have sex with her husband should not be considered "at fault" by courts in the event of divorce.

The European Court of Human Rights judgment ruled that the woman — known as Ms. H.W. in court documents in keeping with European protocol — suffered a violation of Article 8 under the European ...