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Flouting the European Court of Human Rights and Bringing Domestic Courts to Heel
Türkiye’s systematic failure to comply with its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (“the Convention”), implement the binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights ...
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Joint Rule 9.2 submission to the Committee of Ministers on Demirtaş and Şenoğlu cases
Selahattin Demirtaş (no. 2) v Turkey [GC] (Application no. 14305/17, 22 December 2020) and Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu and others v Turkey (Application no. 14332/17, 8 November 2022, final on 3 April 2023) ...
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Turkey must free Selahattin Demirtas, European rights court says
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to release an opposition politician from prison. Selahattin Demirtas, of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), came third in ...
European court rejects Romanian far-right presidential candidate's election appeal
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Romania's far-right presidential candidate to overturn a ...
European court rules against Greece over migrant’s illegal deportation, calls practice ‘systematic’
The European Court of Human Rights in a landmark ruling has found that Greece illegally deported a woman back to neighboring Turkey.