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This man has quit Badenoch’s increasingly hard-right Tory party – others should be brave enough to do the same | Polly Toynbee
By Polly Toynbee

The London Assembly’s Andrew Boff is one of many who reject Kemi Badenoch’s authoritarian position. They are the only chance for the party’s future

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/23/tory-party-kemi-badenoch-quit-andrew-boff

#Conservatives #KemiBadenoch #Europeancourtofhumanrights #HumanRightsAct #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #PollyToynbee

This man has quit Badenoch’s increasingly hard-right Tory party – others should be brave enough to do the same | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/23/tory-party-kemi-badenoch-quit-andrew-boff #Conservatives #KemiBadenoch #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #HumanRightsAct #Politics #UkNews

https://www.europesays.com/ie/746797/ Couple allege their Meath home built without planning permission was wrongfully demolished – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HighCourt #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MeathCountyCouncil #News #SupremeCourt #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/53193/ Foreign Interference and the Democratic Self-Defense Trap #2026ElectionProtection #accountability #authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #CouncilOfEurope #democracy #Diplomacy #DonaldTrump #ElectionInterference #Elections #Europe #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECHR) #IntelligenceActivities #MidtermElections #NATO #Romania #RuleOfLaw #SocialMediaPlatforms #TrumpAdministrationSecondTerm #UnitedKingdom(UK) #UnitedStates(US)

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/43795/ Foreign Interference and the Democratic Self-Defense Trap #2026ElectionProtection #accountability #authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #CouncilOfEurope #Democracy #Diplomacy #DonaldTrump #ElectionInterference #Elections #Europe #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECHR) #EuropeanDefence #EuropeanDefense #IntelligenceActivities #MidtermElections #Romania #RuleOfLaw #SocialMediaPlatforms #TrumpAdministrationSecondTerm #UnitedKingdom(UK) #UnitedStates(US)

As Britain Softens Stance On Europe, Farage Takes A Dangerous Gamble

“Is there no peace from Memories that take their toll? Answer comes there none! Is there no cease…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #Brexit #EuropeanCourtofHumanRights #EuropeanUnion #KemiBadenoch #labourparty #NigelFarage’sReform #PMAndyBurnham #Xenophobia
https://www.europesays.com/britain/145551/

https://www.europesays.com/britain/145551/ As Britain Softens Stance On Europe, Farage Takes A Dangerous Gamble #Brexit #Britain #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #EuropeanUnion #KemiBadenoch #LabourParty #NigelFarage’sReform #PMAndyBurnham #Xenophobia

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1256901/ As Britain Softens Stance On Europe, Farage Takes A Dangerous Gamble #Brexit #Britain #England #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #EuropeanUnion #GreatBritain #KemiBadenoch #LabourParty #NigelFaragesReform #NorthernIreland #PMAndyBurnham #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales #xenophobia

https://www.europesays.com/dk/186613/ Kavala says Turkish court’s refusal to grant retrial damages judiciary’s credibility #AggravatedLifeSentence #AKParty #AKP #CouncilOfEurope #democracy #Erdogan #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECtHR) #GeziParkProtests #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #JudicialIndependence #Justice #law #oppression #OsmanKavala #PoliticalImprisonment #retrial #RightToAFairTrial #RuleOfLaw #Stockholm #Sweden #Turkey

European rights court rules Turkish lawmaker’s 2020 pretrial detention unlawful

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the right to liberty of women’s…
#Europe #EU #AdaletKaya #European #EuropeanConventiononHumanRights(ECHR) #EuropeanCourtofHumanRights(ECtHR) #Humanrights #KurdistanCommunitiesUnion(KCK) #KurdistanWorkers’Party(PKK) #righttoliberty #RosaWomen'sAssociation #turkey
https://www.europesays.com/europe/159301/

https://www.europesays.com/dk/185445/ Turkish court rejects Kavala’s release and retrial despite ECtHR ruling #AhmetKöksalBayraktar #DomesticRemedy #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECtHR) #GeziParkCase #HumanRights #Justice #OsmanKavala #RuleOfLaw #Stockholm #Sweden #Turkey

Turkish court rejects Kavala’s release and retrial despite ECtHR ruling

Osman Kavala A Turkish court has rejected jailed philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala’s requests for release and retrial…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #AhmetKöksalBayraktar #domesticremedy #EuropeanCourtofHumanRights(ECtHR). #GeziParkcase #humanrights #Justice #OsmanKavala #ruleoflaw #Turkey #Turkish
https://www.europesays.com/turkiye/61096/

https://www.europesays.com/dk/185389/ European rights court rules Turkish lawmaker’s 2020 pretrial detention unlawful #AdaletKaya #EuropeanConventionOnHumanRights(ECHR) #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECtHR) #HumanRights #KurdistanCommunitiesUnion(KCK) #KurdistanWorkers’Party(PKK) #RightToLiberty #RosaWomen'sAssociation #Stockholm #Sweden #Turkey

British attorney general to approve future prosecutions of former UK soldiers under legacy law changes – The Irish Times

The British attorney general will approve future prosecutions of former British soldiers and others under long-awaited changes to…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #UK #ChrisBryant #EuropeanCourtofHumanRights #legacy-act #northern-ireland #UnitedKingdom
https://www.europesays.com/britain/142729/

https://www.europesays.com/britain/142729/ British attorney general to approve future prosecutions of former UK soldiers under legacy law changes – The Irish Times #ChrisBryant #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #LegacyAct #NorthernIreland #UK #UnitedKingdom

European rights court found 1,004 fair-trial violations in Turkey from 2003 to 2025

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found 1,004 violations of the right to a fair trial in…
#Europe #EU #AKParty #AKP #Democracy #Erdogan #European #EuropeanCourtofHumanRights #fairtrialviolations #GülenMovement #Humanrights #judicialindependence #oppression #OsmanKavala #RuleofLaw #SelahattinDemirtaş #turkey #YükselYalçınkaya
https://www.europesays.com/europe/157297/

Turkish lawmaker warns 73-year-old prisoner with gangrene could die in custody

An independent Turkish lawmaker has warned that a 73-year-old man imprisoned over alleged ties to the Gülen movement…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #AbdullahTırpan #CouncilofForensicMedicine(ATK) #EuropeanCourtofHumanRights(ECtHR). #GülenMovement #MustafaYeneroğlu #prisonconditions #Prisonersrights #righttohealth #seriouslyillprisoners #Turkey #Turkish
https://www.europesays.com/turkiye/59457/

Former European rights judge says Turkey’s blanket ban on T24 news site violates free speech

Former European Co…
#Europe #EU #accessrestrictions #AKP #Article8/A #ConstitutionalCourt #ECtHR #Erdogan #European #EuropeanCourtofHumanRights #freedomofexpression #Humanrights #internetcensorship #judicialindependence #LawNo.5651 #LGBTpropaganda #lgbtqrights #mediacensorship #pressfreedom #righttoinformation #RızaTürmen #RuleofLaw #T24 #turkey #websiteblocking
https://www.europesays.com/europe/155107/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/462681/ ECtHR finds Turkey violated investigative journalist’s rights over Libya reporting #CommitteeToProtectJournalists(CPJ) #DisclosingConfidentialInformationRelatingToStateSecurity #ErhanTokatlı #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECtHR) #IndependentJournalism #Libya #MüyesserYıldız #Odatv #PressFreedom #turkey #TurkeyInLibya

https://www.europesays.com/dk/181274/ ECtHR finds Turkey violated investigative journalist’s rights over Libya reporting #CommitteeToProtectJournalists(CPJ) #DisclosingConfidentialInformationRelatingToStateSecurity #ErhanTokatlı #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECtHR) #IndependentJournalism #MüyesserYıldız #Odatv #PressFreedom #Stockholm #Sweden #Turkey #TurkeyInLibya

European rights court faults Turkey for unfair trials of 591 people convicted over alleged Gülen links

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated…
#Europe #EU #ByLock #crackdownonGülenmoveme #European #EuropeanConventiononHumanRights(ECHR) #EuropeanCourtofHumanRights(ECtHR) #GülenMovement #Humanrights #righttoafairtrial #terrorism-relatedoffenses #turkey #YükselYalçınkayav.Türkiye
https://www.europesays.com/europe/151471/

European Court awards damages to Moroccan national for prolonged detention https://www.byteseu.com/2418083/ #AsylumSeekers #Cyprus #CyprusNews #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECHR)

https://www.europesays.com/dk/177633/ Family, lawyer urge release of Kurdish singer as health worsens #AKParty #AKP #ArtisticFreedom #Cizre #ConstitutionalCourt #CulturalRights #democracy #ECtHR #Erdogan #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #FreedomOfExpression #HumanRights #Justice #KurdishMusic #KurdishRights #KurdishSinger #KurdistanWorkers’Party #law #MemûZînCulturalAndArtsCenter #NûdemDurak #oppression #pkk #PoliticalPrisoners #PrisonConditions #RuleOfLaw #Sirnak #Stockholm #Sweden #TerrorismCharges #Turkey

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Legal Vacuum or Legal Uncertainty in Strasbourg

On 2 July 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered one decision and one judgment in two cases which, whilst resting on different facts, raised the same legal issue. The common thread between the two cases is that the children of two same-sex couples residing

#ConventionOnTheRightsOfTheChild #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/legal-vacuum-or-legal-uncertainty-in-strasbourg/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/441581/ When the law has no name for your grief #Cop28 #EasternUganda #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #ICJAdvisoryOpinion #Kakira #LossAndDamageFund #Uganda #UNCRCGeneralComment26 #UnitedNationsFrameworkConventionOnClimateChange

https://www.europesays.com/dk/171203/ Council of Europe urges Turkey to free jailed Kurdish politicians #CouncilOfEuropeCommitteeOfMinisters #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECtHR) #FigenYüksekdağŞenoğlu #KurdistanWorkers’Party(PKK) #oppression #Peoples’DemocraticParty(HDP) #RuleOfLaw #SelahattinDemirtaş #Stockholm #Sweden #TheLawOnStrengtheningNationalSolidarityAndSocialIntegration #Turkey #TurkeyPeaceProcess #Turkey’sConstitutionalCourt(AYM)

https://www.europesays.com/ch/133451/ ‘No 50-degree summers!’: Thousands march in Switzerland over climate inaction #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #Geneva #GuillaumeMatthey #Lausanne #NuclearPowerStationClosure #SwissClimateProtests #Switzerland

https://www.europesays.com/ch/133365/ Thousands protest inaction over climate crisis in Switzerland #ClimateChange #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #FabriceCOFFRINI #SwissCities #Switzerland

Thousands protest inaction over climate crisis in Switzerland

Several thousand people marched in the Swiss cities of Geneva and Lausanne on Saturday to protest government inaction…
#Climate #ClimateChange #Climate-Change #climatechange #europeancourtofhumanrights #FabriceCOFFRINI #globalwarming #swisscities #switzerland
https://www.europesays.com/3260442/

https://www.europesays.com/3260442/ Thousands protest inaction over climate crisis in Switzerland #Climate #ClimateChange #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #FabriceCOFFRINI #GlobalWarming #SwissCities #switzerland

https://www.europesays.com/africa/429502/ Zenith reveals details of arbitrator irregularities in Tunisia spat #Arbitration #BoussayeneKnani&Associé #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #ICCInternationalCourtOfArbitration #Litigation #Tunisia #ZenithEnergy

https://www.europesays.com/dk/166963/ ECtHR faults Turkey over monitoring of imprisoned judge’s lawyer meetings, correspondence #CanavcıAndOthersVTürkiye #CrackdownOnGülenMovement #DismissedJudgesAndProsecutors #EuropeanConventionOnHumanRights(ECHR) #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights(ECtHR) #GÜlenMovement #HumanRights #NuhUzunAndOthersVTurkey #RightToRespectForPrivateAndFamilyLife #SalihBenli #Stockholm #Sweden #Turkey

European Court Orders Turkey to Release Osman Kavala Immediately, Again

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/08/25/european-court-orders-turkey-to-release-osman-kavala-immediately-again/bi/

Deportations hit 10-year high as Shabana Mahmood says change 'sends a message'

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/shabana-mahmood-deportation-migration-record-37568131

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Adaptation and Victim Status in ECtHR Climate Litigation

Since 2020, 23 applications concerning climate change have been made to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The ECtHR delivered its first climate decisions on April 9, 2024, when the Grand Chamber gave a controversial and groundbreaking 260-page judgment in

#ClimateChange #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #Litigation

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/adaptation-and-victim-status-in-ecthr-climate-litigation/

RAF Chinook crash victims’ families ask Andy Burnham for review of disaster
By Josh Halliday North of England editor

PM urged to end ‘cover-up culture’ and order independent review taking in evidence that has emerged on 1994 crash

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/27/raf-chinook-crash-victims-families-ask-andy-burnham-fresh-review

#Military #MinistryofDefence #LiamFox #Scotland #Europeancourtofhumanrights #UKnews #Politics #AndyBurnham #Law #Helicoptercrashes #TheGuardian #JoshHallidayNorthofEnglandeditor

RAF Chinook crash victims’ families ask Andy Burnham for review of disaster https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/27/raf-chinook-crash-victims-families-ask-andy-burnham-fresh-review #Military #MinistryOfDefence #LiamFox #Scotland #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #UkNews #Politics #AndyBurnham #Law #HelicopterCrashes

Italy ordered to compensate woman who was told her rape allegations were ‘normal’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/06/italy-ordered-compensate-woman-rape-allegations-echr #Italy #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #WorldNews #Law #HumanRights #Europe #RapeAndSexualAssault #Society

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From Evidence to Assumption

In its judgments in Seyhan and Others, Karslı and Others and Bozyokuş and Others v. Türkiye, published on 16 December 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court or ECtHR) exposed a state of structural lawlessness in Turkish criminal court proceedings. Individualized criminal liability had been replaced by an

#CrimesAgainstHumanity #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #Turkey

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/from-evidence-to-assumption/

Roman Abramovich takes Jersey to European human rights court over Chelsea sale proceeds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/roman-abramovich-jersey-european-human-rights-court-chelsea-sale-proceeds #RomanAbramovich #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #Jersey #ChannelIslands #Chelsea #Ukraine #Europe #HumanRights #Law #UkNews #WorldNews #Russia

Father’s Dying Wish: Albanian Sues Serbia in Strasbourg after Address ‘Erased’

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/03/30/fathers-dying-wish-albanian-sues-serbia-in-strasbourg-after-address-erased/bi/

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The Bonaire Climate Case

Climate injustices are often interlinked with other historical injustices related to colonization, slavery, and their remnants which manifest in different forms of disadvantage in the lives of present and future people. The case of Greenpeace Netherlands v The State of the Netherlands (Bonaire Case) is a reminder of this. On January 28, 2

#ClimateJustice #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-bonaire-climate-case/

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The Bonaire Climate Case

Climate injustices are often interlinked with other historical injustices related to colonization, slavery, and their remnants which manifest in different forms of disadvantage in the lives of present and future people. The case of Greenpeace Netherlands v The State of the Netherlands (Bonaire Case) is a reminder of this. On January 28, 2

#ClimateJustice #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-bonaire-climate-case/

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Redefining Family?

‘Gravity of Tenderness’ by The Fabler.

Legal traditions are formed by deeply rooted assumptions about social realities. Who legally counts as a parent and what relationships count as kin are primary examples of how law embeds those assumptions. Yet social practices have always varied, and de facto fam

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #LGBTQIARights #ReproductiveRights #RightToPrivateAndFamilyLife

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/redefining-family/

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What Makes a Lawyer a Lawyer?

What makes a lawyer a lawyer? The question sounds elementary, yet legal systems rarely confront it directly. Ordinarily, they need not to: the role is constituted through a familiar constellation of duties, privileges, and institutionalized relationships that cohere without requiring explicit theorisation.

Regvar v.

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #StudyingInternationalLaw

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/what-makes-a-lawyer-a-lawyer/

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Fast-Tracking and Fundamental Rights

In recent years, the European Union has placed unprecedented emphasis on accelerating its green and industrial transitions. Two flagship instruments, the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) and the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), now require Member States to fast-track the authorisa

#ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalRights #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/fast-tracking-and-fundamental-rights/

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Intersectionality in International Human Rights Law

In an earlier contribution, I analysed the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) usage of the concept of intersectionality to address claims of multidimensional discrimination. The main conclusion of that post was that intersectionality might be gaining ground in inte

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #HumanRights #Intersectionality

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/intersectionality-in-international-human-rights-law/

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Clashing Stereotypes

The judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in A.R. v. Poland has recently complemented the growing international jurisprudence on women’s reproductive rights, specifically on the access to abortion. The judgment dealt with the widely criticized restriction of Polish abortion legislation following a decision of the

#DisabilityRights #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #GenderJustice

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/clashing-stereotypes/

Just published:

"When Young Democracies Comply — and When They Don’t: A Case Study of Lithuania’s (Non)Compliance with Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights" by Ausra Padskocimaite.
https://doi.org/10.1080/18918131.2025.2602343

#EuropeanCourtofHumanRights
#ExecutionofJudgments
#CommitteeofMinisters
#Lithuania
#Compliance
#ECHR
#ecthr
#openaccess
#humanrights
#democracy

Major change to small boat migrant law 'will save lives' from today

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/major-change-small-boat-migrant-36487512

Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/02/ministers-cannot-go-on-ignoring-the-shamima-begum-case-for-two-important-reasons #ShamimaBegum #HumanRights #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #BritishIdentityAndSociety #IslamicState #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #HomeOffice #ShabanaMahmood #SajidJavid #Bangladesh #Law #SouthAndCentralAsia #UkNews #Syria #Politics #Society

Major update in Shamima Begum bid to return as ministers refuse to budge

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/major-update-shamima-begum-bid-36482259

European human rights court questions UK decision to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/31/european-human-rights-court-questions-uk-decision-to-strip-shamima-begum-of-citizenship #ShamimaBegum #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #HumanRights #Law #UkNews #IslamicState #HomeOffice #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy

Major warning over 'demonisation of migrants' including harm to British people

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/major-warning-over-demonisation-migrants-36437097

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Judging a Ghost

For over a decade, European states have externalized migration control to non-European partners such as Libya - often beyond the reach of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). S.S. and Others v. Italy challenged the legality of this practice: survivors of a 2017 shipwreck alleged Italy’s coordination with the Libyan Coast Guard m

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #NonRefoulement #StateResponsibility

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/judging-a-ghost/

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Tasting the Poisoned Fruit

It has recently been made public that Magnus Gäfgen, who in 2002 kidnapped and murdered a child in Germany, has applied for release from prison. The case attracted widespread attention after police threatened him with severe suffering if he refused to reveal the child’s location, and while his subsequen

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #FairTrial #ProhibitionOfTortureAndIllTreatment

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/tasting-the-poisoned-fruit/

The European Court of Human Rights: Roles, Debates, and Migration

https://beitmenotyou.online/the-european-court-of-human-rights-roles-debates-and-migration

#EuropeanCourtofHumanRights #ECHR #EuropeanConventiononHumanRights #CoE #HumanRightsLaw #CouncilofEurope #MigrationandAsylum #ImmigrationPolicy #InternationalLaw #2025Europe

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Against the Harmful Digital Satire

In a previous piece for EJIL: Talk, I examined the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) judgment in Yevstifeyev and Others v. Russia, where the Court addressed two applications. The first concerned homophobic verbal assaults by a politician, which the Court rightly found to violate Articles 8 and 14 of the Conve

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #FreeSpeech #Satire

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/against-the-harmful-digital-satire/

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S.S. and Others V. Italy

Recently, particularly in Europe, the obligations towards refugees and asylum seekers have become a game of cat and mouse, whereby obligations are created, and loopholes or other legally sound ways of dodging the obligation without violating any framework are found and exploited. As a result, the distressed civilian

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #HumanRights #NonRefoulement #RefugeeLaw

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/s-s-and-others-v-italy/