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The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday denied the admissibility of a lawsuit brought by Saddam Hussein against 21 European countries on the grounds that the case fell outside its jurisdiction. Saddam's lawyers had...

The European Court of Human Rights based in Strasbourg announced Thursday that it has received an application from French Muslims asking it to declare the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad ...

Case of Evans v. The United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, March 7, 2006 . Read the full text of the...

The Netherlands cabinet is set to decide later this month whether to go forward with a ban against Muslim women wearing the niqab , the Muslim religious veil similar to a burqa that leaves only a...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled Tuesday that a British woman could not have frozen embryos conceived with a former partner implanted without his consent. Natallie Evans and Howard Johnston entered an IVF...

The French Conseil d'Etat , the country's highest administrative tribunal, held Monday that Sikhs have to remove their turbans to be photographed for driver's licenses as a matter of public security. The ruling overturned an...

Secretary General's report under Article 52 ECHR on the question of secret detention and transport of detainees suspected of terrorist acts, notably by or at the instigation of foreign agencies, Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, March...

The Council of Europe said Wednesday that an investigation into allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency operated secret prisons in Europe revealed no "smoking gun" evidence that proved the existence of the prisons. COE...

A UK parliamentary report released Tuesday concludes that British control orders confining and/or regulating the conduct of suspected terrorists who cannot be prosecuted in courts may violate the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) . Eighteen...

Insisting his was a country where freedom prevailed, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday expressly condemned a new ruling by Turkey's high administrative court that a teacher should be refused promotion because of her decision...