Committee of Ministers 398th meeting (March 2021) (DH) - Rules 9.2 and 9.6 - Communication from NGOs (ARTICLE 19, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France, saying a woman who refuses to have sex with her husband should not be considered "at fault" by courts in the event of divorce.

Belarus has been allegedly 'sending' migrants into the EU for years. Several EU member states are now facing legal scrutiny ...

When H.W. exhausted all legal avenues in France, she brought her case to the European Court of Human Rights in 2021, arguing that the French court's decision was an unjust intrusion into her ...

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The European Court of Human Rights judgment ruled that the woman — known as Ms. H.W. in court documents in keeping with European protocol — suffered a violation of Article 8 under the European ...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the right to life of Italians living in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples ROME -- The European Court of Human Rights ruled ...

Europe's rights court on Tuesday condemned Russia over "a coordinated effort to suppress dissent" inside the country over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022. The ...

A case with potentially far-reaching consequences for EU border practices and human rights is being heard in Strasbourg.

The French woman - identified as Ms. H.W, born in 1955 - brought her case to the European Court of Human Rights in 2021 after exhausting legal avenues in France almost a decade following the divorce.

A French woman who stopped having sex with her husband has been vindicated by Europe’s top human rights court this week after they ruled she could not be blamed for her divorce. The European ...