“If Europe is to grow together and become an effective unit, we urgently need the backing of the wider population in member states,” said German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble in a speech earlier today.
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.
The case concerned the applicant’s conviction and prison sentence for an incestuous relationship with his younger sister whom he had only met as an adult, having been adopted by his foster family, and with whom he had four children.
A man who fathered four children with his sister will find out next Thursday if human rights judges back his complaint against his criminal conviction in Germany.
In this interview, Panos Kakaviatos looks at how the Council of Europe has been making headlines this week and previews the human rights week ahead.
