Court: Romania’s PM Victor Ponta calls for Communist-era property ruling deadline delay

Victor Ponta said Romania will ask the court to postpone by 3-4 weeks its 12 April deadline for implementation of its judgment on the Romanian law on property restitution (Maria Atanasiu and Others v. Romania)to allow for more consultations in Strasbourg.

Court hearing on Austrian fertility treatment ban

Two Austrian married couples banned from using medically assisted procreation techniques will bring their human right complaint before judges in a public hearing next week.

Court optimism at new case filtering results

The Filtering Section centralises the management of cases from Russia, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine and Poland – the five countries against which most applications are lodged with the court.

The man who knew too much

Judges today declared Russia breached the human rights of a retired military officer by banning him from international travel to protect state secrets.

Complaints to ECHR on the rise

“The Court still faces serious problems with its case-load,” said President of the Court Jean-Paul Costa. “We will be building on the reforms introduced in 2010 to make the Court more effective and efficient.”