October 22, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Court backs France in pre-trial detention human rights complaint

Judges have agreed that France was right to hold Didier Rossi in pre-trial detention for more than four years, as police investigated his involvement in 11 armed robberies.

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October 19, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Grand Chamber hearing for ‘optional celibacy’ priest’s human rights complaint against Spain

Fernández Martínez v. Spain (no. 56030/07), concerns the decision not to renew the contract of a priest, who was married with five children, to teach Catholic religion and morals, following the publication of an article disclosing his membership of the “Movement for Optional Celibacy.”

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October 19, 2012 - Strengthening Democracy

Wanted: Trainers for democracy in Tunis

In this podcast, Menno Ettema gives the background to the training course for trainers on democratic youth participation, scheduled for Tunis next December.

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October 19, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Transdniestria: Forced closure of Moldovan language schools “fell within Russia’s jurisdiction”

The European Court of Human Rights judgement concerned the complaint by children and parents from the Moldovan community in Transdniestria about the effects of a language policy adopted in 1992 and 1994 by the separatist regime forbidding the use of the Latin alphabet in schools and the subsequent measures taken to enforce the policy.

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October 18, 2012 - Society

Podcast: Bringing interculturalism to the private sector

Ahead of her visit today to San Sebastian, Spain, for a private sector awareness raising conference, Irena Guidikova, the Intercultural Cities programme manager, sets out the project’s principles and added value.

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