Whether the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has been a debate in UK politics for years.

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 ...

Speaking at the Gibson Dunn 'human rights summit', Spano said that, as a founding member, the U.K. "should be leading the way in terms of protecting the convention." ...

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 European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Russian “undesirable organization” law was incompatible with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), ...

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 ...

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 ...

Liberty, the independent human rights group, argues that British courts are not required to "blindly" follow the judgments of the European court; they need only "take account" of them.

In a reference to its fundamental Convention of Human Rights, "the court found that Art. 8 of the Convention encompasses a right for individuals to effective protection by the state authorities ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) was set up in 1959 to rule on individual or state applications.

The European Court of Human Rights on June 18 ruled unanimously that Russia violated the European Convention on Human Rights when it labeled several foreign organizations operating in Russia as ...