March 12, 2012 - Media

Blog week podcast: 12 – 18 March

Panos Kakaviatos looks at how the organisation has been making headlines this week and previews the human rights week ahead.

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March 12, 2012 - Against Torture

Anti-torture unit reports on Ukraine

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has today expressed concern over Ukraine police’s treatment of detainees and its care of high profile prisoners such as Yuriy Lutsenko and Yulia Tymoshenko.

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March 9, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Judges to rule on French gay adoption complaint

A decision by French authorities to refuse a woman’s application to adopt her female partner’s child reaches judgement day at the European Court of Human Rights next week.

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March 9, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Anti-globalisation protestors await court “kettling” decision

The case concerns a complaint by a demonstrator and some passers-by that they were not allowed to exit a police cordon for almost seven hours during a protest against globalisation in London.

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March 8, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Court victory for French motorists

The case concerned two French drivers who complained that the denial by the public prosecutor of their requests for exemption from fines had deprived them of their right to the determination of a criminal charge against them by an independent and impartial tribunal.

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