ECHR orders Cyprus to pay compensation in parental custody case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Cyprus to pay €12,000 to Evangelia Zavridou for moral damage, as it ruled her right to respect of private and family life ...
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Rejection of Cypriot ECtHR judges ‘neither unprecedented nor rare’
The rejection of Cyprus’ three nominees to sit on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)’s judges election committee ...
Council of Europe rejects Cyprus’ list of ECHR judge candidates
The Parliamentary Committee of the Council of Europe has recommended rejecting the list of candidates submitted by Cyprus for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
According to a decision ...
Cyprus receives slap on wrist for refugee treatment
Cyprus on Tuesday received a slap on the wrist from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for its treatment of two asylum seekers who arrived on the island in 2019.
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ECHR says Cyprus man’s rights not violated
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled as inadmissible an appeal by a Cypriot national that Cyprus authorities had violated his private and family life by ...
The right to strike is a fundamental human right
UK government is wrong to argue health workers cannot go on strike
There are many rights in employment and industrial relations law that are not fundamental human rights, but the ...
Russia behind 2006 Litvinenko killing says ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the 2006 killing of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko who died an agonising death after he was poisoned ...
A Turkish Cypriot’s fight for his property
Caught between obstructive Cyprus government and dismissive European court
By Esat Mustafa
In March 1964, following intercommunal fighting, myself, my family and 250 other Turkish Cypriot villagers fled the beautiful, green village ...