Human Rights

Online Advertising Based on Sensitive Information Banned in EU

January 25, 2022

EU lawmakers voted on amendments to the proposed Digital Services Act (DSA), setting out their unified position to ban certain « surveillance capitalism » practices based on sensitive information such as political affiliation, potentially reshaping the online service model that is heavily dependent on targeted advertising.
England: Face Mask Rules and Covid Passes to End

January 19, 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an end to many Covid restrictions, including face masks and passes, citing that the nation must deal with coronavirus as it deals with the flu.
Austria’s Vaccine Mandate Begins February 1

January 19, 2022

The Austrian government has announced that it will make coronavirus vaccination mandatory from February 1, with those who refuse the order receiving penalties from €600 to €3,600 up to four times a year.
Lynas: Analyzing the Ashers bakery Cake Case

January 17, 2022

The Tablet: Lawyer Peter Lynas analyses the Ashers bakery case that has been in the headlines and the courts for the past eight years.
ECtHR: Bulgaria's Surveillance Laws Breach European Human Rights Convention

January 12, 2022

Bulgaria’s surveillance laws violate the European Convention of Human Rights according to a recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) citing that Bulgarian legislation was not able to meet requirements of keeping surveillance to only collecting what is absolutely necessary.
Gregersen: Impact of Schrems II

January 05, 2022

Carsten Rhod Gregersen writing for readwrite.com dives into the explaination and consequences of Schrems II, a legal case concerning Facebook’s transfer of personal data from Europe to the United States violating the GDRP.
Turkey’s Top Court Goes Against ECtHR Precedent in case of Jailed Journalist

January 04, 2022

In a ruling running counter to a precedent set by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) which faulted Turkey in the imprisonment of journalist Ilıcak, the Turkish Constitutional Court found no rights violations in the case of journalist Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, who was jailed in a mass crackdown following a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 and was jailed for almost four years on terrorism charges.
UK Government Reveals Reform Proposals to the Human Rights Act

December 15, 2021

The UK government has launched reforms to the Human Rights Act that will remain within the European Convention on Human Rights while insisting on the primacy of the British justice system instead of looking to the European Court of Human Rights, based in Strasbourg.
Ukraine PM Calls for NATO’s Support against Russia

December 01, 2021

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal urged NATO to send warships to the Black Sea and step up reconnaissance as Russian troops menace Ukraine with a mobilization of nearly 100,000 soldiers along the Donetsk region, Crimea and in Belarus.
ECtHR Condemns Turkey over Arrests of Judges and Prosecutors Post-Coup

November 23, 2021

427 members of the Turkish judiciary who were arrested after a failed coup in 2016 will be awarded 5,000 euros in damages following the ruling of the The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) which states that Turkey had acted unlawfully by arresting the judges and prosecutors.