The case concerned the applicants’ inability to recover “old” foreign-currency savings – deposited with two banks in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina – following the dissolution of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).
The Norwegian authorities have given their backing to the 27-28 conference in Budapest to tackle online hate speech and support the Council of Europe’s campaigning activities in this area.
In its annual report published today, the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) calls on all Council of Europe member states to ratify a United Nations (UN) treaty and establish independent national bodies to monitor the treatment of detainees.
“In spite of recent legislative steps aimed at improving the free legal aid system in Albania, concerns remain about its compatibility with the Council of Europe standards in this field,” the Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks writes in a letter addressed to Albania’s Minister of Justice Eduard Halimi, which is published today.
The case concerns Redfearn’s complaint that he was dismissed from his job as a driver transporting disabled persons, who were mostly Asian, because he was a member of an extremist right-wing and racist party (the British National Party, “the BNP”).
