Armenia’s new judge elected to ECHR
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected Vahe Grigoryan as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Armenia, PACE …
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Foreign agents file lawsuit against Georgia in ECHR
Opponents of Georgia's foreign agents law have filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). There they indicated the main problems and violations of international law in the draft law.
Georgian NGOs may challenge foreign agent law in ECHR
A group of Georgian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said they were preparing an appeal to the Georgian constitutional court against a "foreign agent" law. The coalition of NGOs was also preparing a submission to the …
Azerbaijani MFA: ECHR exposes Armenia's true intentions
The European Court of Human Rights has exposed Armenia's true intentions, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Elnur Mammadov said. In the recent judgment delivered by the …
ECHR leaves Saakashvili in Georgia
The Strasbourg court rejected an appeal to release Mikheil Saakashvili, who asked to be sent abroad for treatment due to being allegedly tortured in Georgia
ECHR excludes Saakashvili's case from list of pending cases
The European Court of Human Rights removed the case of ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili about inhuman treatment in prison from the list of cases under consideration, the press service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic …
Russia files complaint against Ukraine with ECHR
Moscow has filed the first ever interstate complaint against Ukraine with the European Court of Human Rights, over the events since 2014, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office told reporters on Thursday. "On July 22, the …
ECHR dismisses Georgia’s claims against Russia over 2008 events as unfounded
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that a number of Georgia’s claims against Russia in connection with the August 2008 events in South Ossetia and Abkhazia were unfounded, the Russian Justice Ministry said in a statement on …
Azerbaijan sends interstate statement on Armenia's military aggression to ECHR
In accordance with the order of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, an interstate statement on the violation of the rights and freedoms of the country's citizens who suffered as a result of Armenia's military aggression …
Envoy: Russia committed to abiding by European Court’s decisions
Russia is complying with decisions by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) despite its current dubious situation in the Council of Europe, Russian Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe Ivan Soltanovsky said. …
Russia to pay Georgia 10,000,000 euro
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has announced its judgment today in the case of Georgia v. Russia, regarding the collective expulsion of Georgian nationals from Russia in the autumn of 2006. "The …
Kocharyan's defense threatens Pashinyan with a lawsuit in ECHR
British lawyer of former Armenian President Robert Kocharian Edward Fitzgerald told Armenian media that he intends to file a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights if the Armenian court can not protect his client from a prosecution by …
Mikhail Galperin appointed Russia's representative to ECHR
Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Mikhail Galperin as Russia's representative to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) - Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation. The …
Turkey's Justice Ministry: European rights court has no jurisdiction over referendum
Any opposition challenge to a referendum that expanded President Tayyip Recep Erdogan's powers would be rejected by the constitutional court, and Europe's human rights court had no jurisdiction on the matter, …
Tea Tsulukiani gives birth to daughter
The Minister of Justice of Georgia, Tea Tsulukiani, gave birth to a daughter, who was named Mariam, the media reports. On the eve of the birth, Tsulukiani went on maternity leave for two months. The Minister of Justice of …
Armenian citizens win cases against country in ECHR more often
Over the past 2.5 years the European Court of Human Rights issued 335 thousand euro verdict against Armenia, the Armenian government’s chief of staff David Harutyunyan said. Harutyunyan noted that four …
Strasbourg court stands up for Merabishvili
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said that pretrial detention of Georgia’s ex-interior minister Vano Merabishvili …
PACE winter session opens in France
A regular session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will start in Strasbourg today, during which two reports on Azerbaijan will be discussed. On January 26, participants of the session will discuss …
ECHR accepts ANC's lawsuit against Armenia
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted to consider the lawsuit, which the opposition faction Armenian National Congress filed against the Armenian government in 2010, a representative of the Armenian National Congress, …
Burhan Ozkoshar: Turkey won a legal victory in ECHR
Turkish political commentator Burhan Ozkoshar, in an interview with a correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza, named the decision on the prohibition of criminalizing denial of the 'Armenian genocide', adopted by the ECHR, as an …
