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Bosnia’s Serb Entity Passes Law Rejecting Constitutional Court’s Authority
On the request of the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, the National Assembly of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity on Tuesday passed a law declaring rulings of Bosnia's Constitutional Court non-applicable in the entity.
Greece’s Unrecognised Turkish Minority Takes Plight to UN
A Muslim in Athens praying in a new mosque, the first official place of worship for Muslims in Athens, 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/ORESTI PANAGIOTOU
The letter focuses on its educational and religious problems and its legal harassment for use of the word "Turkish".
ECHR Backs Croatia’s Right to Keep Tudjman Documents Secret
The European Court for Human Rights, ECHR, on Thursday ruled that Croatia does not have to give a writer access to the classified transcripts of the late President Franjo Tudjman's conversations.
Vladimir Seks, a former politician, wanted access to the documents for a book he is writing on the foundation of modern Croatia.
Serbia Discriminated Against Blind Chess Olympians, European Court Rules
Serbia discriminated against four blind chess players who won medals at Blind Chess Olympiads by excluding them from awards and benefits that were granted to sighted players, the European Court for Human Rights announced on Tuesday.
Court Asks Serbia to Delay Extraditing Wanted Kurd to Turkey
The European Court for Human Rights, in an interim measure adopted on Wednesday, asked Serbia not to extradite S.O, a Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin, sentenced to life in Turkey for membership of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, BIRN has learned.
‘Mothers of Srebrenica’ File Euro Court Complaint Against Netherlands
The Mothers of Srebrenica association, representing more than 6,000 family members of Srebrenica genocide victims, has filed a complaint against the Netherlands to the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg, Dutch law firm Van Diepen Van der Kroef announced on Monday.
Serbia Routinely Ignoring Human Rights Rulings, Experts Say
After Serbia ignored the advice of the UN Committee Against Torture and extradited Kurdish political activist Cevdet Ayaz to Turkey, activists and experts have accused of Belgrade of disrespecting important human rights bodies.
Romania Expects More Time to Improve Overcrowded Jails
The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule on Tuesday in several cases against Romania about inhuman conditions in the country's prisons.
Romania is reportedly in line for a "pilot" ruling, an instrument of the ECHR designed to identify structural problems underlying repetitive cases against many countries and impose an obligation on states to address those problems.
ECHR Rules European Countries Have Right To Revoke Citizenship of Persons Suspected of Terrorism
European countries have the right to revoke the citizenship of persons suspected of terrorism in order to prevent them from re-entering the country.
This is the ruling of the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) on a case initiated against Great Britain by a Sudanese person with dual citizenship. The decision was final and unanimous.
Romania To Investigate Deaths in 1989 Revolt
When Gabriela Birbora lost her husband on December 24, 1989, it was more or less the end of an era for her.
Since then, this widow who lives in Resita, in western Romania, has dedicated her time and energy to finding out who was responsible for the death of her husband during the protests in 1989 that brought down the communist regime.
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