Politicians have long raised concerns about the extent to which international human rights law affects UK migration policy.

The tide has turned against the European Convention on Human Rights - COMMENT: As two backbench Labour MPs break ranks to voice their support for rewriting the Convention – following an even ...

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a lawsuit from three former British MPs, who sought to compel the government ...

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected a case brought by three MPs who had accused the British government of ...

In upholding domestic restrictions on such speech, the ECtHR equated insult, defamation and ridicule with hate speech that falls outside the protection of Article 10 of the European Convention on ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain called on Wednesday for reform of the European Convention on Human Rights, amid growing domestic criticism that it allows a foreign-based court to meddle in sensitive ...

Nine EU countries, led by Denmark, challenged the European Court of Human Rights to permit deportations of illegal immigrants, citing threats to democracy and safety.

Nevertheless, Ms. Meloni and Ms. Frederiksen’s coalition is determined to push forward, concluding their letter with a call for “a new open debate on the interpretation of the European Convention on ...

The Court has issued over 10,000 opinions on a wide range of human rights issues relating to the Convention. In April 2024, it got the attention of the climate change community when it issued a ...

The Court found that Russia was responsible for repeated human-rights violations over a period of more than eight years. This included indiscriminate military attacks; summary executions; torture ...

Tuesday's ruling was the latest warning about a sharp slide in Hungary's human rights record under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a far-right nationalist opposed to the European Union's liberal ...

Article 17 and the totalitarian legacy Article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) prohibits the use of Convention rights for the destruction of such rights. The Court has ...