European Court of Human Rights

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts. 

The law, published on Dec. 15 on the government website, enables the Russian court to overturn decisions of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) if it deems them unconstitutional. 

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the conviction of a Turkish author over a book he wrote about former President Abdullah Gül constituted a violation of freedom of expression.The court has ordered a retrial, stating that penalization of criticism of politicians would "damage pluralism" in society.

The European Court of Human Rights has elected two new vice-presidents: I??l Karaka? from Turkey and András Sajó from Hungary. They have both been elected for a three-year term and will take up their respective duties on Nov. 1.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered a Turkish construction company, Ünal Akp?nar ?n?aat ?malat Sanayi ve Ticaret, to be given 1 million euros in pecuniary damages due to its losses on a project in the southeastern province of ?anl?urfa. 

Turkey?s human rights record has never been a bright one. Especially in the 1980?s and 1990?s when Turkey entered a spiral of violence due to the Kurdish issue, human rights violations became a major and shameful headache for Turks.

The government is obliged to implement decisions taken by Turkey?s Supreme Court and the ECHR on the rights of the Alevis, or else the justice system will be blocked by thousands of new legal cases and ?unfortunate?

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Greek Cyprus 8.75 million euros for wrongdoing in the compulsory purchase of Limasol, which used to belong to Michael Theodossiou Ltd. 

Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Thursday took part in Brussels in a high-level conference on the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights as a shared responsibility, where he said Romania has attached special importance to enforcing the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that concern it .

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STRASBOURG - The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has published a report on the supervision of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights for 2014, which says that Serbia will have to pay around EUR 2.7 million in damages.

In 2013, the sum was around EUR 1.65 million.

ECHR rulings in 2014 to cost Serbia EUR 2.7mn

STRASBOURG -- The CoE Committee of Ministers has published a report on the supervision of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights for 2014.

The document states that Serbia will have to pay around EUR 2.7 million in damages.

In 2013, the sum was around EUR 1.65 million.