Western and Central Europe

Britain Removes Judges from Hong Kong Court

Author: 
Kehinde Winful

On March 30, 2022, Britain's Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss,

CoE Publishes Latest Decisions on Implementation of ECtHR Judgments

Author: 
Şeymanur Yönt

On December 3, 2021, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), which oversees the execution of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments, published several decisions on the

CoE Adopts Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime

Author: 
Şeymanur Yönt

On November 17, 2021, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) adopted a Sec

UN Security Council Extends EU Mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author: 
Şeymanur Yönt

On November 3, 2021, the UN Security Council extended the European Union-led stabilization forces’ mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina for another year in resolution 2604 (2021) (to be issued as docu

ECtHR Issues Two Judgments on Freedom of Expression

Author: 
Şeymanur Yönt

On October 19, 2021, the European Court of Human Rights published two judgments, Miroslava Todorova v.

French Appellate Court Considers Environment in Asylum Claim

Author: 
Justine N. Stefanelli

Toward the end of 2020, the cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux (administrative court of appeals in Bordeaux) issued a judgment on an asylum claim that substantively took environmental pollutio

UK Supreme Court Declines to Align False Imprisonment Law with ECHR

Author: 
Justine N. Stefanelli

On February 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UK) issued its judgment in R (Jalloh)