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

Despite Brexit, the UK is still subject to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). All 47 member states of the Council of Europe, including the UK, have signed it.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

It used to be considered a "distasteful hobby horse of the radical Right", said Oliver Moody in The Times. Yet in the past few weeks, the cause of reforming the European Convention on Human Rights ...

Without decisive and unified action by CoE institutions and Member States, the Convention framework - a cornerstone of Europe’s human rights system - is at risk of being undermined. Recommendations: ...

Türkiye’s systematic failure to comply with its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (“the Convention” or “the ECHR”), implement the binding judgments of the ...

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.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Germany violated the rights of a protester who was convicted for wearing a self-made plastic visor during a demonstration in 2015. It ...

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 ...