Human rights judges today signalled to Ukraine’s authorities that they must update Soviet-era laws on the right to peaceful assembly, to establish the requirements for the organisation and holding of peaceful demonstrations as well as the grounds for their restriction.
Human rights commissioner Nils Muižnieks has expressed concerns about weaknesses in Russia’s judicial system and the impact of the country’s ‘foreign’ NGO law.
Lithuania’s results “both in terms of money laundering convictions and confiscation of proceeds of crime remain modest,” experts warn in their latest report on the country.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a Somali national’s detention pending deportation was not lawful under domestic law
Judges ruled today that the lack of medical assistance for a pregnant woman requiring emergency treatment breached Article 2 of the human rights convention.
