June 28, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Court’s €15,500 award puts spotlight on Germany’s ‘preventive detention’ laws

The European Court of Human Rights ruling earlier today in the case S. v. Germany (no. 3300/10) declared a violation of Article 5 § 1 of the human rights convention.

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June 28, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Searches and seizures at French newspapers breached human rights

The case concerned investigations carried out at the premises of L’Equipe and Le Point newspapers and at the homes of journalists accused of breaching the confidentiality of a judicial investigation.

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June 28, 2012 - Strengthening Democracy

Podcast: “Renewing democracy in Europe”

London University Professor Martyn Bond says: “It’s not that people don’t want greater participation in decision-making. They find themselves frustrated by a system that has concentrated more on representative democracy and less on participatory democracy.”

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June 27, 2012 - Parliamentary Assembly

Federica Mogherini: “Smart austerity” will deliver economic recovery to Europe

“The state has to help, to facilitate that every single family has an income,” the Italian Parliamentary Assembly member says. “We have to take together the cuts in the budget. We have to spend less but we have to spend better.”

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June 26, 2012 - Society

Launch of new guidelines to fight Islamophobia

The ‘Guidelines for Educators on Countering Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims’ are aimed at education professionals and will be launched later today.

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