#European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday upheld the Cypriot authorities’ decision to impose salary and pension cutbacks on civil servants in the midst of the 2011-2012 financial ...

Investigative journalist Makarios Drousiotis, whose trilogy of books stirred a wave of controversy after his writings described Cyprus as a mafia state embroiled in corruption, has lodged an appeal with ...

The right to a fair trial of two Cypriots jailed for their part in the so-called Dromolaxia scandal, a dodgy land deal that came under investigation in 2013, was not violated, ...

The government on Wednesday denied carrying out pushbacks, arguing its migration policy is in line with EU and international law. Its defence came a day after a damning European Court ...

Making agreements with Lebanon to stem the tide of would-be refugees is misguided, Associate International Law and Human Rights’ professor Aristotelis Constantinides said on Wednesday. The UCy expert made the ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Cyprus to pay €12,000 to Evangelia Zavridou for moral damage, as it ruled her right to respect of private and family life ...

The rejection of Cyprus’ three nominees to sit on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)’s judges election committee ...

The Parliamentary Committee of the Council of Europe has recommended rejecting the list of candidates submitted by Cyprus for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). According to a decision ...

Cyprus on Tuesday received a slap on the wrist from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for its treatment of two asylum seekers who arrived on the island in 2019. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides discussed issues related to the implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, in a meeting with the president of the court, Siofra O’ ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled as inadmissible an appeal by a Cypriot national that Cyprus authorities had violated his private and family life by ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos has hailed a Council of Europe committee decision to maintain its supervision of the case of property rights of Cyprus against Turkey, noting that more countries ...

The European Commission will continue to call on Turkey to fully and speedily implement all European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgements, the Commission said in a letter, expressing its ...

National guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou’s family is determined to open private criminal proceedings against those who they deem responsible for covering up his death in 2005, lawyer Christos Triantafyllides told the ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled in favour of a Russian citizen who argued his lengthy detention in Cyprus pending extradition violated his rights. According to ...

Court proceedings in Cyprus which ordered a woman to hand over her son to be extradited to the US to be with his father in 2017, did not violate the European ...

UK government is wrong to argue health workers cannot go on strike There are many rights in employment and industrial relations law that are not fundamental human rights, but the ...

Turkish Cypriot publisher and writer Sener Levent, editor-in-chief of newspaper Avrupa, has filed a lawsuit against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for alleged violation of his ...

The Council of Europe’s ruling to end supervision of a Greek Cypriot refugee’s individual application against Turkey gives Turkey an alibi to not abide by ECHR decisions, Famagusta ...

The foreign ministry on Friday supported refugee Titina Loizidou in her claims that the Council of Europe committee decision to essentially drop her case on Thursday was politically driven. Speaking ...

The government on Thursday expressed disappointment with the same-day decision by a Council of Europe committee to end the supervision process in the implementation of a prior European Court of ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday that the Astrasol plant had no bearing on the high number of cancer cases seen in nearby residents is wrong, their lawyer Loucis ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled against the Republic of Cyprus in the appeal by journalist Makarios Droushiotis that there was a violation of Article 10 of ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled against a Cypriot national who had claimed his right to a fair hearing was violated after an unsuccessful appeal against ...