Judges make €69,000 award after hospital ‘shortcomings’ lead to pregnant Turkish woman’s death

Judges ruled today that the lack of medical assistance for a pregnant woman requiring emergency treatment breached Article 2 of the human rights convention.

Court backs UK plan to send former US military interpreter back to Afghanistan

Judges decided today that a former UN driver and US forces interpreter can be removed from the United Kingdom to Afghanistan.

Nils Muižnieks urges Skopje authorities to reduce inter-ethnic conflict

A new report published today by the Commissioner for Human Rights highlights concerns about interethnic divisions in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.”

Convict awaits court decision on United Kingdom human rights challenge

A rapist jailed in the United Kingdom and detained in prison beyond the length of his sentence, will find out tomorrow if judges accept that his human rights have been breached.

Jagland wants action on Tymoshenko after Ukraine’s Lutsenko pardon

Welcoming President Viktor Yanukovych’s pardon of former minister Yuri Lutsenko, Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland said: “It follows the spirit of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights. I trust that Ukraine will also follow the judgment of the Court in the case of former Prime-Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.”