UN experts condemned on Wednesday the sentencing of Pakistani human rights defender Mahrang Baloch to two terms of life imprisonment by a court in Quetta, Pakistan,…
A French appeals court on Tuesday upheld French politician Marine Le Pen’s conviction for embezzling EU funds but reduced her ban on holding elected office. The…
Amnesty International on Monday condemned the conviction in Türkiye of environmental activist Esra Işık. Amnesty’s deputy regional firector for Europe, Esther Major, spoke on the broader…
The last two weeks have primarily grappled with the implications of the Chişinău Declaration, along with Israel’s continued policies concerning occupied Palestine: the establishment of ad…
By dr. Ufuk Yeşil Introduction On May 5, 2026, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case…
For decades, Israel prided itself on an ostensibly independent and professional civilian legal system, but when it came to prosecuting the accused of the October 7…
by Philip Nedelcu On 31 March 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case of Yuriy Dmitriyev v. Russia (case…
by Marilena I. Katsogiannou The intersection of alternatives to prosecution and fair trial guarantees has long occupied a contested space in European criminal procedure. In B.G.…
By Felix Demeester In Manjani v. Albania, the European Court of Human Rights (the ‘Court’) applied Article 8 ECHR in the context of access to public…