January 6, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Riga port complaint set for Grand Chamber hearing

The hearing concerns the expropriation of land to enlarge the Autonomous Commercial Port of Riga in the 1990s using a special law rather than the ordinary rules on expropriation.

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January 5, 2012 - Roma

Robert Rustem: Three steps to progress for Roma

Inequality and rigorously-enforced separate development are not accidents of social history, so great that they confound intelligence and the desire for remedy. They can be challenged and defeated only through sustained effort and the consistent application of skilled political leadership.

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January 4, 2012 - Against Racism

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu welcomes justice in ‘Europe’s most notorious race hate crime investigation’

“Justice will only ever be a half-full glass for the Lawrence family,” said the assembly president. “Nothing will bring back their son. But their relentless campaign for justice has changed the face of tackling racism and racist crimes. It has ensured that an innumerable number of persons, not just in the UK, but across Europe, do not have to stare at empty glasses of justice. We have the Lawrence family to thank for this.”

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December 14, 2011 - European Convention of Human Rights

Podcast: European Court of Human Rights caselaw on the right to privacy

In this interview, European Court lawyer Michelle Lafferty discusses the role of the press in her review of the court’s caselaw in privacy matters.

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December 14, 2011 - European Convention of Human Rights

Court judgement in Croatian ‘hearsay evidence’ complaint

The case concerned a man convicted of three murders and sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment solely on the basis of hearsay evidence.

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