Calls grow for hotel collapse case to be taken to ECtHR
Calls grew on Wednesday for the case regarding the collapse of the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman, which killed 72 people, including 35 Cypriots, to be taken to ...
EU court backs Cyprus on crisis-era pay and pension cuts
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 ...
Lawyer calls for new process for ECtHR pick
A Cypriot lawyer alleged on Tuesday that the procedure to select a Cyprus judge for the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is tainted and should be repeated from scratch ...
Greek Cypriots still held in the north, foreign minister confirms
Five Greek Cypriots who tried to visit their properties in northern Cyprus remain illegally detained by the Turkish-controlled authorities, the country’s Foreign Minister, Konstantinos Kombos, said on Tuesday.
He ...
Lawyer slams govt over how it selects ECtHR judge
Lawyer Christos Clerides on Friday questioned the Council of Europe’s selection process for the island’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Clerides, who represents two ...
Angelides agrees to withdraw from rape case investigations
The rape complaint, for which the Republic of Cyprus was chastised by the European Court of Human Rights for violating key human rights, is set to be reopened, but the ...
Legal service answerable to Human Rights Court
In rape cases the central task, according to the court, is assessing the issue of non-consent
There is a public outcry in Cyprus following the finding by the European Court ...
European court rules against appeal of Cypriot drug case convict
In a judgement made public on Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled against an appeal filed by a Cypriot convicted of drug-related charges.
“The applicant complained ...
Animal party calls for deputy attorney general to quit after ECtHR ruling
The animal party on Thursday demanded the resignation of deputy attorney general Savvas Angelides, following a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling that condemned Cyprus over its handling of ...
Government stands by separation of powers amid calls for deputy AG’s resignation
The constitution clearly defines the separation of powers, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, when asked about calls to sack deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides after the European Court of ...
Woman at centre of rape trial called on deputy AG to resign
The woman at the centre of a European Court of Human Rights ruling that condemned Cyprus because the legal service suspended the criminal prosecution of a politician in a rape ...
Parties press for justice reform in wake of ECtHR rape case ruling
Disy on Saturday said it took seriously the judgement issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) which found that Cyprus had failed to properly investigate a rape complaint, ...
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Attorney-general’s office to study ECtHR rape case ruling, revise procedures
The Law Office of the Republic gave assurances on Friday that it would be studying the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling, which dealt a sharp blow to Cypriot ...
Stereotypes continue to influence justice administration, says commissioner
The recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on two rape cases in Cyprus suggests that gender stereotypes and biases continue to influence the legal system, gender ...
North largely satisfied with ECtHR Varosha ruling
Both Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Tuesday night expressed broad satisfaction with a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling regarding Greek Cypriot-owned ...
ECtHR orders Turkey to compensate Cypriot company over Varosha flats
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ordered Turkey to pay compensation for moral damage to Cypriot company KV Mediterranean Tours Limited for loss of use of property.
The ...
Cyprus to compensate Russian fugitive for delayed extradition
A Russian fugitive who had been detained in Cyprus for three years before being extradited to Russia to be tried for large-scale fraud was awarded damages by the European Court ...
MPs discuss body to monitor implementation of ECHR rulings
The prospect of setting up a coordinating body to monitor the implementation of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rulings for cases concerning the Republic of Cyprus was discussed on ...
Journalist Drousiotis lodges new appeal with ECHR
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 ...
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Cyprus should have investigated UK woman’s gang rape claim, ECtHR says
Cyprus failed in its legal duty to investigate a British woman’s allegation in 2019 that she had been gang-raped by Israeli tourists on the holiday island, the European Court of ...
French woman who stopped having sex with husband wins ruling at European court
A woman who was blamed by French courts for her divorce because she no longer had sex with her husband won an appeal in Europe’s top human rights court, ...
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ECHR: Rights of Dromolaxia scandal defendants ‘not violated’
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, ...
‘Domestic remedies must be exhausted’ before ECtHR involved in Cyprus property cases
All effective domestic legal remedies must be exhausted by people claiming compensation or restitution for properties owned in Cyprus prior to 1974 before a case can be filed at the European ...
Govt denies carrying out pushbacks, after ECHR decision
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 ...