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The high-profile legal battle over a Belfast bakery's refusal to bake a cake with a message in support of same-sex marriage will continue at the European Court of Human Rights, lawyers have announced. The UK Supreme Court ruled last year that Ashers Baking Company's refusal was not discriminatory on

An Irish man whose access to a solicitor was restricted during questioning by gardaí on suspicion of murder did not suffer a violation of his right to a fair trial, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. The applicant, Barry Doyle, was arrested in February 2009 in connection wi

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled again that the UK's blanket ban preventing serving prisoners from voting represents a violation of article 3 of protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) – the right to free elections. The court declined, however, to a

There would be a violation of article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights if a man resident in Switzerland, who was convicted of rape and who is now disabled and dependent on his children, were to be expelled to Kosovo, judges in the European C

People who complained about having been arrested and detained to prevent a breach of the peace on the day of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding in 2011 have had their appeal to the European Court of Human Rights unanimously declared inadmissible. Agreeing with the UK courts’ rev

Italy failed to provide proper legal representation to Amanda Knox, the American woman acquitted in 2015 of killing her British housemate, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. It ordered the Italian authorities to pay €18,400 in damages and legal costs.

The UK government has failed to give assurances that it will not repeal or replace the Human Rights Act – a stark contrast to its proclaimed commitment to "shared values of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms" – the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has stated. T

An insured man who was surveilled by his insurance company to determine whether his claim for compensation was justified has had his application declared inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights. Mehmedovic v Switzerland concerned the surveillance of Mr Mehmedovic and, indirectly