The case concerns Harry Shindler’s complaint that he is no longer entitled to vote in parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom due to a 15-year time-limit under primary legislation after which British citizens residing overseas are not permitted to vote.
Consideration of pending applications against the United Kingdom concerning prisoners’ right to vote has been adjourned until, at the latest, 30 September 2013, the European Court of Human Rights revealed today.
The case concerned the failure to execute a judgment confirming an order to return underage children to their mother in the United Kingdom, their divorced parents having shared residence rights.
“Coaches from Chelsea worked with young men in custody and encouraged them to develop skills on the pitch which they could apply to their lives off the pitch. It was particularly effective way of reducing aggression and gave them an alternative to offending,” says Teesside University’s Dr Rosie Meek.
The European Court of Human Rights declared that the right to manifest religion at work is protected but must be balanced against rights of others, as it held that the United Kingdom was to pay Nadia Eweida 2,000 euros (EUR) in respect of non-pecuniary damage and EUR 30,000 for costs and expenses.
