The Latest Breaking News from ECHR

Caster Semenya wins ECHR appeal as sex eligibility case set to return to court

The 34-year-old has been unable to compete in her favoured 800 metres event since 2019

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025

European Court To Rule In Semenya Sports Gender Case

A top European court will decide Thursday whether double Olympic champion Caster Semenya can be required to lower her testosterone levels to compete as a woman, in a key decision on contested gender testing.

International Business Times · Jul 10, 2025

Rights court says Olympic runner Semenya did not get fair trial in gender case

A top European court Thursday said a Swiss court did not give double Olympic champion Caster Semenya a fair trial in a much-awaited appeals ruling over contested gender testing.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 10, 2025

Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule on cases against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine

Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Wednesday on Russia’s actions in the conflict in Ukraine, including human rights violations during the full-scale invasion and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Europe Rights Court Condemns France Over Police Racial Profiling

Europe's top rights court on Thursday condemned France over "discriminatory treatment" against a Frenchman who accused his country's police of racial profiling.

International Business Times · Jun 26, 2025

French state ordered to pay man over discriminatory police ID check

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found France guilty of discrimination over a police identity check in 2011, ruling in favour of a French citizen of North African origin who was stopped three times in 10 days without clear justification.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 26, 2025

Echoes of Brexit as Starmer is pressed to seize initiative on human rights

Labour MPs fighting Reform want action and a European renegotiation looks unappealing. How would the PM sell a third way?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

ECHR must be reformed to restore ‘fraying’ public confidence – Lord Chancellor

Shabana Mahmood told the Council of Europe in a speech in Strasbourg the ECHR ‘must evolve’ to respond to new realities.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

Why Keir Starmer risks making the same mistake as David Cameron when it comes to Europe

ANALYSIS : After the former prime minister’s failed attempts to reform the EU in order to see off the threat of Eurosceptics within his party, Archie Mitchell asks whether Keir Starmer will come to regret opening the door to reforming the ECHR

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

DWP says transitional payments scheme for those losing Pip ‘one of most generous ever’ – as it happened

Department for Work and Pensions publishes text of bill cutting benefits and claims three-month transitional period is ‘one of most generous ever’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025