The Latest Breaking News from ECHR

Conservatives to push for Human Rights Act to not apply to immigration decisions

The party has tabled an amendment to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025

Cypriot authorities failed British teenager who reported alleged gang-rape, says ECHR

Court highlights shortcomings in 2019 police investigation amid ‘certain biases concerning women in Cyprus’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2025

Cyprus failed to effectively probe British teen's rape claims, Europe's top human rights court says

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Cyprus’ law enforcement authorities failed to live up to their obligation to thoroughly and effectively investigate a British teenager’s claims that she had been gang-raped by a group of Israelis while on a 2019 vacation in a popular resort town

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025

The UN has condemned the ‘psychological torture’ of IPP – when will the UK government?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour has already ignored the advice of the Parole Board – it cannot turn a blind eye to the UN’s recommendations

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2025

Court Rules in Favor of French Woman Who Argued Refusal to Have Sex With Husband Wasn't to Blame for Divorce

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that refusal to have sex is not grounds for divorce in a historic victory for consent and women's rights in France.

Latin Times · Jan 23, 2025

Top European rights court rules woman's refusal to have sex not a fault in divorce case

A French woman who had stopped having sex with her husband and had been considered at fault in a divorce, has won a case at Europe’s top human rights court

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

French woman not 'at fault' for refusing sex with husband, European court rules

A French woman blamed for her divorce because she refused to have sex with her husband has won a landmark case at Europe’s top human rights court. The case has become a talking point in the renewed debate over women's rights in France.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 23, 2025

Woman who refuses sex is not ‘at fault’ in divorce in France, court rules

Court of human rights sides with French woman whose husband obtained divorce on grounds she was only person at fault

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025

Local elections will be ‘quite difficult’ for Tories, says Badenoch

‘These local elections will be quite difficult for us as a party,’ Kemi Badenoch said.

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2025

Badenoch signals leaving ECHR on the table in new Tory approach to immigration

The Conservative leader said her party would review ‘every policy, treaty and part of our legal framework’ as it sets out a new immigration approach.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024